Tag: The Sunshine Line
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Excerpt: The Mirror’s Image, first chapter
Oh we are so close to publication! Fans of The Sunshine Line don’t have long to wait for the sequel – The Mirror’s Image – now! To get you in the mood, here’s the first chapter: Wednesday July 1, 1992 Once the portal was fixed most of the fairies went through to their…
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And a Very Merry Unbirthday to You!
Tomorrow is my forty-third birthday, and I want to share the celebration. From today until February 17th I am offering a 43% discount on all my published works at Smashwords! This is a steal, people! I will still be donating 90% of my royalties for Silver Linings to YSC and 50% of my royalties for Help…
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News on the Universe of The Sunshine Line
The Sunshine Line was published in late August and has gotten stunning reviews on Amazon to my great pleasure. Last month I rolled The Sunshine Line out on Smashwords, thus giving my readers more choices and more control over their purchase. Many readers have eagerly asked for more. You ask, I deliver. Let me give you a…
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Temporary Removal of Excerpts – The Sunshine Line
The Sunshine Line is published! How exciting it that??? I have enrolled The Sunshine Line in Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing Select program, which requires that no more than 10% of a work be published anywhere else. I will be participating in the program for 90 days, after which I will make the book available in a…
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It’s almost time for The Sunshine Line!!
After some delays on the cover art, The Sunshine Line is almost ready to go! Some time in the next few days I will be posting (to Google+ and facebook) the excerpts previously published on this blog, counting down to publication! The Sunshine Line will initially be offered exclusively through Amazon, where I can do promotional days…
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The Larval Stage of an Outline
Every story has to start somewhere. Truthfully, this isn’t especially vague for me for an intial outline. Got to get the ideas I have down, and go from there. Still, this is pretty funny stuff. I hope you enjoy! Oh, and I’m not going to try to adjust the formatting, it just isn’t worth it. I…
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Spoilers and Sequels and Prequels, Oh My!
If I ever get my cover, I’ll be able to publish The Sunshine Line… So far, I’ve written two sequels and a short story that takes place between the first and second books. And now I’m starting to put together a prequel short story. I was careful in writing the short story mentioned above to…
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The Bare-Bones Outline
I’ve been doing a lot of editing and publishing research and all that less-fun stuff a writer has to do in order to become an author. I’ve started to feel desperate to write something, but with all the stuff I’m trying to push out the door I don’t think I should attempt another novel until…
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Excerpt (Un-named) Sequel to The Sunshine Line
From late in the July 2, 1992, chapter Angelina introduced her companion, “This is Amanda, my half sister. She came along because she wanted to meet you.” My face must have shown how puzzled I felt, because Angelina said, “we are both Leo’s daughters, so we know a little about you already. Amanda is very…
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My Kingdom for a Title!
If I push my brain way back into the fall of 2009 I can recall that at first the title for The Sunshine Line didn’t come easily. I had a couple of ideas pass through my head, but they all seemed flip and/or lame. When it came to me, it seemed perfect, working as a metaphor…