My fellow Entangled Publishing sister, Rachel Harris, and I are taking it on the road to do a book signing in Humble, Texas. Squeee!
We’d love to see your smiling faces, but if you can’t make it, A Book-lover’s Review has all the deets on ordering signed copies of both books on her site. (PS: I’ve read Rachel’s book and its waaaaay cute!) Check it out, and let’s make all your readerly wishes come true!
My fellow Entangled Publishing sister, Rachel Harris, and I are taking it on the road to do a book signing in Humble, Texas. Squeee!
We’d love to see your smiling faces, but if you can’t make it, A Book-lover’s Review has all the deets on ordering signed copies of both books on her site. (PS: I’ve read Rachel’s book and its waaaaay cute!) Check it out, and let’s make all your readerly wishes come true!
This marked my third year attending the DFW Writers’ Conference (DFWcon, for short, because we’ve known each other for three years now and I think we’re BFFs). It was two days of intense classes on both craft and business. For those that had the guts, we got to pitch to an agent and a few of us lucky souls took part in the first ever small group genre-specific workshops–which was pretty amazing and insightful. The two key notes were David Corbett (who also gave a class about building a character web and I’m now mildly in love with him) and Michael Capuzzo. I’m a huge fan of them both now. After the weekend was over, I walked away inspired, overwhelmed, excited and ready to write.
Here are my quicky take-aways:
I need to torture my mc more. (Boo!)
Make characters do more, not just think and feel. Actions can’t be taken back.
“Change or die”
The hero in the story succeeds at the end by failing throughout the rest of the book.
Write happy. When I’m happy, so is my story…and the whole process.
Write what you know, but also write what you want to research and write about.
Drink more Diet Cokes.
If I could go back in time, I wouldn’t take the class on taxes. But I would go to the improv seminar.
Be prepared to for the “judges” to hate your query letter. Again.
This marked my third year attending the DFW Writers’ Conference (DFWcon, for short, because we’ve known each other for three years now and I think we’re BFFs). It was two days of intense classes on both craft and business. For those that had the guts, we got to pitch to an agent and a few of us lucky souls took part in the first ever small group genre-specific workshops–which was pretty amazing and insightful. The two key notes were David Corbett (who also gave a class about building a character web and I’m now mildly in love with him) and Michael Capuzzo. I’m a huge fan of them both now. After the weekend was over, I walked away inspired, overwhelmed, excited and ready to write.
Here are my quicky take-aways:
I need to torture my mc more. (Boo!)
Make characters do more, not just think and feel. Actions can’t be taken back.
“Change or die”
The hero in the story succeeds at the end by failing throughout the rest of the book.
Write happy. When I’m happy, so is my story…and the whole process.
Write what you know, but also write what you want to research and write about.
Drink more Diet Cokes.
If I could go back in time, I wouldn’t take the class on taxes. But I would go to the improv seminar.
Be prepared to for the “judges” to hate your query letter. Again.
This morning, I was interviewed on a radio program to promote Abby Road. Cool, right? It was meant to be between 3-5 minutes. I was on the air for 13. A lot of that time we spent talking about one of my favorite subjects. The Bealtes.
I’ve never claimed to be an expert. Lke Abby Road’s Abby, I just love their music. When my lovely interviewer started quizzing me on songs and albums, my mind (naturally!) went blank. While pulling answers and non-facts out of thin air, I made two errors…of which I didn’t realize till after we’d hung up.
Mistake #1: “Hey Jude” was the Beatles’ biggest hit. I said “All You Need is Love.” Sorry, lads!
Mistake #2: “Carry That Weight” is not off the White Album, but off Abbey Road. Sheesh. How could I get that one wrong?
I should’ve turned the table and quizzed him about Gwen Stefani and Taylor Swift. Of course I didn’t think of that until an hour later.
We did agree that “A Day in the Life” is an amazing song, and we both have a soft spot for the rare “Mr. Moonlight.”
All in all, it was a pretty successful interview. I did refer to myself as a liar but I didn’t mention Brad Pitt or cupcakes. *nods to self* That’s an A-plus in my book, people.
This morning, I was interviewed on a radio program to promote Abby Road. Cool, right? It was meant to be between 3-5 minutes. I was on the air for 13. A lot of that time we spent talking about one of my favorite subjects. The Bealtes.
I’ve never claimed to be an expert. Lke Abby Road’s Abby, I just love their music. When my lovely interviewer started quizzing me on songs and albums, my mind (naturally!) went blank. While pulling answers and non-facts out of thin air, I made two errors…of which I didn’t realize till after we’d hung up.
Mistake #1: “Hey Jude” was the Beatles’ biggest hit. I said “All You Need is Love.” Sorry, lads!
Mistake #2: “Carry That Weight” is not off the White Album, but off Abbey Road. Sheesh. How could I get that one wrong?
I should’ve turned the table and quizzed him about Gwen Stefani and Taylor Swift. Of course I didn’t think of that until an hour later.
We did agree that “A Day in the Life” is an amazing song, and we both have a soft spot for the rare “Mr. Moonlight.”
All in all, it was a pretty successful interview. I did refer to myself as a liar but I didn’t mention Brad Pitt or cupcakes. *nods to self* That’s an A-plus in my book, people.
On today’s Abby Road blog tour stop, I am interviewed *as* Abigail Kelly. It was so fun to be famous for a while. Here’s a little sample and the link. Check it out!
“Okay, let’s get right to it. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? My mother showed me “Beauty and the Beast” when I was about five. I fell hard for Gaston. Yeah, I kind of missed the boat on that one! I knew I was going to marry a big strapping hunter and we’d raise ten children. Here I am, twenty years later: woefully single and singing in a band with no real home base. I’m slowly learning that life doesn’t turn out the way you think it will. But I still think Gaston and I would have made a cute couple!”
On today’s Abby Road blog tour stop, I am interviewed *as* Abigail Kelly. It was so fun to be famous for a while. Here’s a little sample and the link. Check it out!
“Okay, let’s get right to it. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? My mother showed me “Beauty and the Beast” when I was about five. I fell hard for Gaston. Yeah, I kind of missed the boat on that one! I knew I was going to marry a big strapping hunter and we’d raise ten children. Here I am, twenty years later: woefully single and singing in a band with no real home base. I’m slowly learning that life doesn’t turn out the way you think it will. But I still think Gaston and I would have made a cute couple!”
Ophelia London 