11 Wednesday Jun 2014
Posted in Writing Wednesday
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advice, author, Book, debut, debut novel, first impression, how to, marketing, novel, publish, publishing, self-publishing, timing, writer, writing
Last Week’s WW: Where and How, Physically Speaking
Every author starts somewhere. No matter how big, or how small, famous or flop, at some point, there is always a first book. At some point, you have to gather all your courage, sign a contract or press the publish button, and send your story out into the world. But is that enough?
11 Wednesday Jun 2014
Posted in Random
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author, beta, beta readers, feedback, looking for beta readers, novel, otherworlders, review, writer, writing
Hey all,
If anyone would like read my novel Otherworlders, please let me know and I’d be happy to send you a copy. I just ask that you read it in a reasonable time frame and give me feedback. I really want to release it soon, but I don’t feel like I’ve had enough eyes on it.
If you’re interested, email me at fictionbyangela at gmail dot com
You will have my gratitude and an acknowledgement in the book (if you want) if you beta read for me.
Thanks all. I look forward to hearing from you. Below is a description:
Tagline: After finding no alternative but to leave their war-torn dimension, and attempting to adjust to a new world, those who made the journey find that they are not welcomed and have to fight for their lives and escape yet again.
Synopsis: A man-made virus has been released. It’s destroying everything. It adapts too quickly to fight. The only way to save those whom haven’t been infected yet, over a billion, is to send them to a parallel universe. The technology is untested. The other universe is unprepared.
10 Tuesday Jun 2014
Posted in Mention Monday
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art, call to action, Carl Sagan, cosmic calender, cosmos, fox, great show, inspire, Neil deGrasse Tyson, physics, resource, review, science, seth macfarlane, show
Last Week’s MM: Terrible Minds
I am a nerd. Since high school, maybe before, I have been into science. I remember reading Stephen Hawking when I was 14, and having my mind blown. I spent a brief period of time wanting to be a cosmologist or theoretical physicist. I even looked at colleges. But, then I decided that I’d either be making bombs or teaching at a college, which wasn’t anything I wanted to do at the time. So, I changed my mind. I took a brief detour into wanting to be a fashion designer, and then, by time I went to college, I went for psychology. I’m right and left brained. A combination of arts and science. And, in a lot of ways, I think the show Cosmos is, as well. Continue reading
09 Monday Jun 2014
Posted in Fiction, Serial Sunday
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city, escape, fantasy, fiction, hermit, Moon, punk, read, run, serial, steam, steam-punk, story, tarot, weekly
Last Week’s SS: The First Fight
Outside of the house was nearly pitch black, with only the waning moon overhead lighting the night. The new moon would beginning tomorrow. It’d be a new beginning for me, as well. If I lived that long. Tears streamed down my face as I ran from the house. Just outside I saw dead soldiers. Continue reading
06 Friday Jun 2014
Posted in Fiction
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alive, ashes, autopsy, dead, fiction, flash fiction, mind, pheonix, read, reborn, reincarnation, rising from the ashes, story
Last Week’s FFF: Seven-Year Firestorm
I want to say I felt cold. Truth is, I didn’t feel anything. That should have been a comfort. But it was so easy to forget.
My mind and eyes seemed to be the only things working. However, they weren’t working well. My eyes were stuck, fixed looking up at the ceiling and anything that happened to pass into field of vision. My mind felt like it was running on reserve power. Not quiet enough to fuel the system, but enough to keep the smallest spark ignited.
I wanted to move. My mind instructed my arms and legs to get me out of here. At least sit me up. But they wouldn’t listen. Continue reading
05 Thursday Jun 2014
Posted in Writing Wednesday
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advice, amazon, author, celtx, computer, desk, hand written, how to, how to write, lenovo, scrivener, shipping, type, typed, weekly, writer, writing
Last Week’s WW: Story Vs Storytelling
I’ve mentioned before that when I was in high school, I used to carry around a journal and write my stories in it in between classes. I suppose I was anti-social. Still am. Sometimes, when I got home from school, my mom would ask me if I had gotten any phone numbers. The answer was usually no. But hey, change schools 11 times, and making friends either gets really easy or really hard. For me, it was the latter.
But little did I know, those journals were the start of something. Something other than my cubital tunnel. Continue reading
03 Tuesday Jun 2014
Posted in Mention Monday
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advice, chuck wendig, flash fiction, guest bloggers, instruction, mention, prompt, terrible minds, terrible minds blog, terribleminds, terriblemindsblog, writing, writing life
Last Week’s MM: X-Men: Days of Future Past
I like flash fiction. If you read my blog, you know that every Friday I post a flash fiction story. What you may not know, is that sometimes these stories are prompted by the terribleminds blog. This blog is run by the author Chuck Wendig. Continue reading
02 Monday Jun 2014
Posted in Fiction, Serial Sunday
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destiny, die, fantasy, fight, future, guard, guards, heirophant, lion, novel, read, robot, run, serial, steam-punk, story, tarot, weekly
Last Week’s SS – Intruders
Indecision overwhelmed my senses, and I could do nothing more then sneak another look into the room. The man across from Victoria had his back to her and the guards. He was inspecting our mantel. Without turning, he spoke. His voice was deep, but he spoke with a smooth, even tone.
“Did you find the girl?” he asked.
“She wasn’t in her room,” one of his men replied.
“Where is she?” he asked.
“I don’t know, sir.”
“I wasn’t talking to you. I was talking to the Hierophant, if that is your real card. Where is the child?”
“I don’t know about any child,” she said. Continue reading
Angela Cavanaugh 