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Dealing With Disappointment

By on September 21, 2013 in 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, Editing Basics, Encourage Me!, Life Coaching, Nurturing Creativity, Nurturing the Soul, Reba Hoffman, Writing Life, Writing Life Coaching

Many of you recently attended the ACFW annual conference in Indianapolis. Those who did pinned hopes on getting some sort of exciting news or opportunity. MBT Voices overall received overwhelmingly positive news. So why am I writing this? Because with the sweet comes the bitter. They always go hand in hand.

I’ve dealt with and helped people through disappointment for decades. There are some things I’ve seen in the circumstance that contributes to the emotion of disappointment that I want to share.

Having Unrealistic Expectations. Truly there are novice novelists who go to their first conference expecting that the biggest publishers in the industry will stand in line to snatch up their masterpiece…that hasn’t quite been finished. Ok, it really hasn’t been written yet, but with a contract in hand, they could stay up late one night and write it.

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Romance Writers, I’m Calling You Out

By on August 29, 2013 in Editing Basics

I’ve noticed something lately in romance stories. First in my own works and then in others. That is the over focus of how the hero or heroine views the other physically. It’s as if we don’t have any other way to show the reader that the hero and heroine are attracted to each other. It’s basic. Shallow. And I think we can do better. I’m challenging myself therefore I’m challenging you. I’m reading a book right now where there heroine’s internal thoughts are always on the hero’s “beauty” every time she sees him. However, he annoys the crap out of her and she’s determined not to have anything to do with him. Yet, while trying to give him the bum’s rush and cold shoulder, she flirts with him. Really? This […]

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Featured Fiction Friday with Kathleen Y’Barbo!

By on August 23, 2013 in Editing Basics, Featured Book, Featured Fiction, Featured Fiction Fridays

This year’s Frasier Contest has come to a close. The finalists and semi-finalists have been announced, and we are all eagerly awaiting the Pizza Party to find out who the winner is. In the mean time, lets meet one of the Judges that made it all possible: Kathleen Y’Barbo, with her new book Millie’s Treasure! Q: Kathleen, can you give the MBT Audience a little blurb about your story? A: From bestselling author Kathleen Y’Barbo comes Millie’s Treasure, the second book in The Secret Lives of Will Tucker series, a new set of novels involving romance, adventure, and hidden identity. Memphis 1890–Bookish heiress Millie Jean Cope is as clever as she is beautiful. Unfortunately, though adept at solving puzzles and cryptograms, she doesn’t realize her new fiancé isn’t who he claims […]

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Tightening The Middle

By on August 22, 2013 in Editing Basics

Tony Horton is the king of getting a body into shape. His methods work. His Ab Ripper X routine is fifteen minutes of 339 core moves. Half way into the routine, you want to quit. But you know you can’t, so you cheat. Instead of doing all the reps in a series, you do it half heartedly or only half the move. Fine. As long as you keep going. Work harder the next time. That’s they way you build up endurance. The way you build your abs. Doing all of the reps all of the time. It’s the same with a middle of the novel. You have to “work out” the middle of you book. Rip it! Get it lean and mean. A lot of times the middle of a book […]

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