Month: June 2019

When ‘The End’ is Really the Beginning

I reached an important milestone on my work in progress this week:

After around nine months of work, I wrote ‘The End’ on the first draft of my latest book, currently titled MOVING ON. It’s a young adult fiction novel about 17-year-old Breanna Banks, who finds herself not only unexpectedly dead, but recruited to join the Attendants, who help the dying as they transition from one plane of existence to the next. It’s a job she very much does not want, but with a global catastrophe in the near future and Attendants in high need, does she really have a choice? Between working with the limitations of ADHD in a place where there are no meds, trying to satisfy her demanding mentor, developing a crush on a living boy who will literally never know she exists, and desperately missing her family and friends, Bree must find a way to fit into her new role before disaster strikes.

This is a story that made me cry real tears, in a coffee shop of all places, while I was writing it, and while that might sound pretty grim, I’ve actually enjoyed every minute I’ve worked on it. Reaching ‘The End’ feels bittersweet, to say the least.

But! A first draft is only a first draft. There’s editing to do, and filling in missing bits and things I made note of to add later. And if I can tell you a secret, I enjoy editing and revising even more than writing. I have so many ideas for how I can improve the story in the hope that others will love it as much as I do. It may be ‘the end,’ but that’s only the beginning for a writer. Stay tuned! I can wait to share with you all where this story goes.

Free books! Free Books! Free Books!

Hey, guess what this post is about? Yes, have the chance to win some incredible new releases, all by debut authors! I put together three giveaways this month, and no matter what you like to read, there’s something for everyone! You can enter one, or all three! Contest closes June 15, 2019. Check them out:

Six Thrilling Mysteries!

  • SOPHIE LAST SEEN by Marlene Adelstein
  • PAST PRESENCE by Nicole Bross
  • LITTLE LOVELY THINGS by Maureen Joyce Connolly
  • ONE NIGHT GONE by Tara Laskowski
  • COME AND GET ME by August Norman
  • HER DAUGHTER’S MOTHER by Daniela Petrova

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Six Compelling Literary or Historical Fiction Novels!

  • WE HOPE FOR BETTER THINGS by Erin Bartels
  • THE LAST LIST OF MISS JUDITH KRATT by Andrea Bobotis
  • FAMOUS MEN WHO NEVER LIVED by K Chess
  • THE WILD IMPOSSIBILITY by Cheryl A. Ossola
  • THE FLIGHT GIRLS by Noelle Salazar
  • THE WAR IN OUR HEARTS by Eva Seyler

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Five Dazzling Women’s Fiction Novels!

  • PAST PRESENCE by Nicole Bross
  • UNSCRIPTED by Claire Handscombe
  • THE MARRIAGE CLOCK by Zara Raheem
  • THE DNA OF YOU AND ME by Andrea Rothman
  • A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIRE by Suanne Schafer

Click here to enter!