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Tattooed Teardrops
I just finished the first draft of a new YA novel, “Tattooed Teardrops” tonight. This is a book that I started on a while ago, seat of the pants, no plot or outline. Unfortunately, I got stuck writing backstory and didn’t know where the main book was going. So I sat down in December and worked through the Snowflake Method to get a basic plot outlined, set up a beat sheet with the main action, and dove back into it, much more excited! I aimed to get it done by the end of January, at a casual pace, but it came together a bit more quickly than that!
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Deviation, Breaking the Pattern #1
(Book #1) Everyone knew that he was a good guy; geeky, responsible, hard-working. Henry has had a lot to deal with in the past. Now, as he should be focusing on his schooling and preparing himself for the future, he is hindered by abuse, the challenge of raising his baby brother while dealing with his mother’s deep depressions, and the return of a ghost from the past Henry has tried his best to forget.
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A fantastic read
One of my friends suggested that I should read some of Kristen D. Randle’s works, so I started with “Breaking Rank”:
10 Steps to Writing a Novel; Tips, Tricks, and Resources
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is only a week away. For the uninitiated, this is a worldwide event in which thousands of people attempt to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. Some of us have bigger goals (for example, I aim for 100,000 words during the month – eliminating writing on Sunday, that’s roughly 4,000 words per day), but to “win”, you must write 50,000. It is supposed to be new work, not a revision or a continuation of a work in progress, and it is supposed to be a novel. But of course, there are rebels who choose other goals instead.
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Published!
You never thought it would come, but here it is! “Looking Over Your Shoulder” has now been published in Kindle format on Amazon:
Looking Over Your Shoulder
What do you get when you combine a mental illness, a high-stakes jewel heist, and a race against time? The gripping mystery novel Looking Over Your Shoulder
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