Chapter 3.2….rough draft – here we go! Luke didn’t know who to strangle first – the blonde who looked like she could level him with one straight on glare in his direction or Greg, the cousin who just couldn’t seem to leave him alone. “I was just trying to help,” Mackenzie said. “I just hate the fact that they think they can rule the world.” “It really wasn’t any of your business, MaKen –Miss Grace.” “It’s Kenzie. And…I know.” She sighed, looked away. “Reporters just…get under my skin. A job hazard, I guess.” A job hazard. Luke glanced at her wrist brace. Something had happened, enough for her even now to put a protective hand over it. He had to admit, he hadn’t the faintest idea who […]
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About Susan May Warren
Former Russian Missionary Susan May Warren is the best-selling author of more than 40 novels and novellas with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill, and Summerside. A Christy award and RITA winner, and multiple finalist for the RITA, Christy and winner of Inspirational Readers Choice contest, Susan currently has over a million books in print. A seasoned women’s events speaker and writing teacher, she is the founder of http://www.mybooktherapy.com an online community for writers, and runs a fiction editing service teaching writers how to tell a great story. Visit her online at: http://www.susanmaywarren.com.Author Archive | Susan May Warren
Catching Up on Blog-a-Book
So…I’ll bet you are wondering where Blog-a-Book went. Me too. Well, actually…I know. IT’S BEEN TRAPPED IN MY BRAIN! See, one of the Voices asked me recently… “Do you normally write a book by the seat of your pants?” Uh…NO! I like a roadmap, a synopsis to work from. Then I have a sort of “cheat sheat” to start my day. I need to know what the end goal is so that I can put in the right clues in the beginning… HENCE, why the story has been trapped. Well, that and the fact that I’ve taught at two conferences, a women’s retreat and finished two books (and have a son that’s graduating). But I assured you that Blog-a-Book is NEVER far my mind. Keeping me up at night. Tormenting […]
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FINALLY – after a crazy week last week (I had a deadline) and also putting together a children’s musical, I finally had a chance to look over RH’s edits on this chapter! Sorry it took so long – the next two weeks are pretty grueling for both RH and I as we finish up books, do some editing and teach some classes. SO – bear with us, and I promise after we get past this, we’ll be rolling again with our chapters. For now, here’s my responses to RH’s great thots! Chapter 3.1 Of course, Greg didn’t have the courage to pick up his cell phone – Kenzie’s call went immediately to voice mail. “Just what did you tell your cousin?” Kenzie said under her coiled breath, RH: How […]
Read the RestStatus Seekers verses Storytellers
Rachel here: Donald Maass has graced the writing world with a new fiction craft book. “The Fire in Fiction.” The opening chapter is worth the price of the book. Maass talks about the status seekers of publishing and the storytellers. While there is a little bit of storytelling in the status seekers and a bit of status seeking in storytellers, each author has a strong leaning. Starting out, we all feel committed to the process. We will advance step-by-step, no matter what it takes, we’ll achieve excellence. We want to be the best. But, we grow impatient. After one manuscript with a crit partner we shuffle the manuscript off to agents or editors. We see other writers in our “class” moving ahead, signing with an agent, getting a full manuscript […]
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