Life in the Fast Lane

Voices from Beyond

I finished book #5, Voices from Beyond, and it’s now at the publisher’s. He said he loved it! Stay tuned for more details. I have to work on the cover.

Writing Weekend

I went away for the weekend and was able to sneek in writing a few chapters while at the lake. Gotta love when the creativity kicks in.

Book Signings

I’ve got my 3rd book signing for my 3rd book, Angel of Mercy, at Toadstool Book Store in Keene, NH. The first two were at Barnes & noble in Manchester and Salem. Hopefully it will go as well as the first two.

Book Signing!

Since I have posted last, I have signed on with a local publisher and have re-published my 3rd novel, Angel of Mercy. Now I can be in the book stores! Yea! I also have my first big book signing, that I didn’t have to arrange myself, in Barnes & Noble in Manchester on April 23rd at 2:00. Here’s a link to order onine: http://www.fastlaneauthor.com/order_books

Publicist

I officially have a publicist and she wants to promote Angel of Mercy so we’ll see how that goes. She’s going to create a press release kit and contact magazines to get my book reviewed. I’m crossing my fingers!

Queries

I’m going to start sending out queries again for my first book, Life in the Fast Lane. It’s been a while and I’ve rewritten the query letter. Hopefully I’ll get a bite this time.

Contest

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Finished Book #4

I finally finished Book #4, Days of Destruction, but it’s too short.  Not wanting to make it a novella, I need to go back in and add more details.  I took a few days off from it so I can look at it with a sharper eye.  It’s so hard to get into the shoes of a hard-core male character, but I’m up to the challenge.

Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 7:

     Suddenly, there was a TAP, TAP, TAP on the front door.  Joey and I exchanged wide eyed looks.  Then he gave me the wad of cash.
     “Take this and don’t say a word to no one.”
     I pocketed the cash and jumped out the window, never looking back.
     About a block away, I heard two gunshots.  BANG!  BANG!!  Those sounds will forever be etched in my brain.  My family, as I knew it, was no more.  Once again, I was homeless.

Creating the “Hook”

I finished reading a writing book called Hooked by Les Edgerton and it really gave some insight to how important it is to show right from the begiining of your story, instead of telling all the backstory in the first chapter. I realize now that I did this with my first 2 books. I just rewrote the intro to my first book, LIFE IN THE FAST LANE, and I can see what the difference is, but I still like my original intro. I guess I’ll submit the active intro version to agents and see if they are “hooked.”

Welcome

Welcome to my hectic life!  I have a family of 4 crazy girls, a nutty husband, goofy dog, and lazy cat.  I am an author, teacher, student, mother, psychologist, you name it.  There’s hardly a dull moment, but when I do get one I like to sit in my sunroom, drink my coffee, listen to the nature around me, and write.