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Catching Up on Blog-a-Book

By on June 2, 2009 in Want to see a book in Action? Read the Blog-a-Book Series

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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Turn it upside down!

By on May 21, 2009 in Want to see a book in Action? Read the Blog-a-Book Series

Hi Voices, Susie is busy with writing, four kids and doing a bit of traveling, so we’ll get back to Blog-a-Book next week. Thanks for your patience. We appreciate you all. Today I wanted to talk about some of the basics of story telling and fiction writing. A great story starts with an idea. Any idea. What makes it great is developing a seed of an idea. Take an ordinary idea — boy meets a girl — and turn it upside down. “An engaged boy meets a girl he believes is his true love. But he’s getting married in a month.” Good, but how can we turn it upside down even more? Boy approaches the girl only to discover she is just recovering from her own heartbreak — her fiance […]

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Sell your synopsis, sell your book

By on May 16, 2009 in Want to see a book in Action? Read the Blog-a-Book Series

Rachel Here: Most writers dread crafting the synopsis. We feel constrained and pressured. How can we boil down a 70,000 or 100,000 word manuscript into 3, 5, even 10 pages? We can! And we will. I’ve never dreaded writing a synopsis because it enabled me to hash out my story points, to see in a consise manner what my book was going to be. Most writers dread this process because they don’t know what the book is about, they don’t really know the characters and their story arc very well, and most likely don’t want to take the time to find out. It’s more fun to write. Or, an author might feel the story is so good with so many layers they can’t possibly leave any out, so a 20 […]

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Finally – Chapter 3.1 with Susan’s Rebuttal to Rachel’s Changes

By on May 4, 2009 in Want to see a book in Action? Read the Blog-a-Book Series

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 […]

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