How many of you are published?

@godlyfantasy12 Great idea! I did an indie author post last month, so some of KP’s published authors listed their books on that post (find it under “Indie Author Day”).

1. Definitely check them out! You can find a lot of us on Goodreads too! We’ve all got some great books out there!

2. No, it won’t be perfect. BUT you’re not the only one who’s had a bad first draft. Or second or third or fourth draft. Or finished product. My first novel, Held Captive, was published as basically a first draft, so it is horrible. However, my writing and my first drafts got much better, so my subsequent books are at least up to par. You WILL get better, and you’ll have the option to go back and reedit and/or republish your books as time goes on (assuming you self-pub).

3. Fantastic idea, again, so here we go! Yes, I am published (as of March 2019), with three short stories, a novella, and two full-length novels. You can read some of my short stories on my blog: http://www.novelist056.wixsite.com/graceajohnson/blog (And it usually works if you type the links out letter by letter, by the way…)

Otherwise, you can find me on Amazon. Just type in “Prisoner at Heart,” and my second novel will pull up. (Note: Don’t type in “Held Captive” or “Grace A. Johnson.” There are a lot of Graces, Johnsons, and Held Captives out there…)

Also, if you’re interested in reading one of my books, Held Captive is currently free. I can email you a review copy, or you can download one here: https://booksprout.co/arc/51197/held-captive (Link should work…I hope…)

Tagging some of our other authors: @r-m-archer @william-starkey @hobbitchild @devastate-lasting

PS: I recently interviewed Linyang Zhang on my blog, if anyone’s interested in reading that post… http://www.novelist056.wixsite.com/graceajohnson/post/author-interview-linyang-zhang

@godlyfantasy12 You can read some of my stuff online…but when I publish traditionally I’ll tag you.

@gracie-j Thanks for the tag!

Yep, you should be able to find a link to my work in the interview.

@godlyfantasy12 Awesome! And thank you!!

Girl, I’m just as sheltered as you. My dad didn’t want me reading Nancy Drew as a kid… (not that I’m complaining) 😉 My books are all super fairly clean. I mean, they’re about pirates, so… But no cussing or explicit scenes or anything like that. The only thing that would offend someone would be how spiritual I get! 😆 (Which is actually not funny. It’s sad.)

And you’re welcome! Maybe some of the other authors on here will show up…

I totally forget what my first rambly paragraph was about, but it was rambly and probably not all that important.

Second paragraph was also rambly, but it was about my books. I have three:

• The Mirror-Hunter Chronicles
• Short Story Collection vol. 1
• Lost Girl

They’re all under R.M. Archer. Short Story Collection vol. 1 is the most representative of my general writing style and genres and whatnot, if that’s what you’re interested in. The Mirror-Hunter Chronicles and Lost Girl are both very “fringe” as far as my writing is concerned, but they’re fun for what they are.

I would share links, but KP would eat my post. I was hoping it would let me at least share a link to my blog, from which you can reach my books, but I think that’s what resulted in my post getting eaten last time, so… I won’t do that. You should be able to Google “Scribes & Archers” and find it, if you’d like. 🙂

And yes, first drafts stink. So do lots of second and third drafts and some fourth and fifth drafts. It takes a while to get a book up to snuff, but it’s worth it in the end. 🙂

@r-m-archer Between me, my mom, and the ever so loving library (not to mention my grandmother’s collection of Nancy Drew), I managed to read a few, but Dad cut that off after a while. I still think of Nancy Drew as one of my driving inspirations. We got a lot of hand-me-down books when I was younger, so I’d read Junie B. Jones, The Boxcar Children (love–and still read–the first one to this day), The Sign of the Beaver (I read that one, like, seventy-five times), and more. Once I was seven/eight, I moved on to the Left Behind Kids, Seven Sleepers, etc. My dad wasn’t too keen on The Chronicles of Narnia until we finally watched the Disney movies (which was about five years after I secretly read the books…)

We had strange guidelines back in those days…now the stipulation is so long as it’s Christian and clean.

Have you ever reading anything by Frank Peretti?

@r-m-archer

Why The Horse and His Boy?? I am remarkably curious. I didn’t really grow up sheltered at all, so when my more conservative friends (this happens to me in real life just as much as on the internet) say they weren’t able to read/watch certain things I get confused 😀