Today Tina Gray (A. G. Howard) has graciously accepted my invitation to be a guest blogger! I’m so excited. This is a really nice lady that I met through reading an agent’s blog. You can check out her website and read an excerpt of her novel. It’s wonderful! So . . . here she is! […]
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Well, I just checked out the excerpt on Amazon.Very catchy. Anything that has to do with the search for truth interests me.And the dialogue in one paragraph is what really pulls me in.Good job Mr. Shipp.Hope you sell millions. 😉
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Ever heard of it before?Neither had I, until I saw Jeremy Shipp’s place on MySpace. And he’s just had a book come out called Vacation. The cover is great, really makes me wonder what’s going to happen. I have to head back to his site and check it out.If you like weird/bizarro stuff, this is
My husband is a realtor. People try to slim his commission all the time. A percent makes a noticeable difference in a paycheck but some customers are so obsessed with paying him less money that they don’t seem to consider he’s supporting a family. And that his commission is his paycheck. It’s not a tip.
To Agent or Not To Agent . . . . Read More »
As was pointed out in the comments section, it’s not always great writing that creates a successful book. Duh, Jessie. 🙂 Of course I know that. There’s lots of books I’ve read where the writing was okay but it was the plot or characters that kept me turning the pages. Welcome to the world of
I did it again. I read a romance novel published in 1987 by a bestselling author. And boy did she break the rules. Especially with POV. (No, it’s not Nora Roberts, lol). The heroine described herself in ways that were obviously the writer’s words. And of course, there was backstory.Then I was annoyed by how
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I was out of town and have no clue how to write posts and then schedule them for later. So here I am, a week later and ready to post. I am now reading the sequel to Just As I Am. It’s called Sincerely, Mayla and it’s just as good as the first book. I’m
As of yesterday at lunch, I’m only one chapter deep into Virginia Smith’s novel Just As I Am. And yet, guess who haunted me all of yesterday well into evening?Her main character, Mayla.One chapter. And I can’t stop thinking about what will happen next. I’m not sure this curiosity of mine has anything to do
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I was reading about them here when I stumbled upon the Waif. Not my favorite at all. In fact, this type is almost like an anti-heroine. But she used to be, in romances, a favorite. So I was thinking that she’s outdated.Back in the day women had to rely on men for a lot. Finances,
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