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oh that’s awesome! I would LOVE to hear it when you’re done!! I just write some songs for my second published book, and it’s a tone of fun!! Now people are asking me to sing them. 😬
the tunes are in my head, but it sure is hard to make them sound right once I start singing. Does that ever happen to you?
the 14th sounds good to me!
Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
oh that’s awesome! I would LOVE to hear it when you’re done!! I just write some songs for my second published book, and it’s a tone of fun!! Now people are asking me to sing them. 😬
You published 2 books? What are their titles?
the tunes are in my head, but it sure is hard to make them sound right once I start singing. Does that ever happen to you?
Yes! However, I try recording the song when it starts coming to me, then later making the tune solid on the piano.
My place beside you, My blood for yours, Till the Green Ember rises, Or the end of the world!
smart. I generally come up with them while writing and then decide to solidify the tube later because I’m too interested in the writing I’m currently doing to stop. Lol.
yes! I do have two books!!
Fateful Night is the first, and The Choices We Made is the second. So far I don’t have the money to launch a website, so you can only get them by mail directly from my company. I have mail order forms if you are interested.Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
@ellette-giselle there are places where you can set up a website for free, I think. My friends did exactly that.
Also, your book titles are phenomenal!
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
Oh, thanks! That’s a great relief.
Woah! What are they about?
My place beside you, My blood for yours, Till the Green Ember rises, Or the end of the world!
well there is, but to make it so people can actually order online you have to pay for the card reading app.
Thanks!! I have a lot of fun with titles. I have a whole notebook full of ones I just scribbled down when I thought of them. If you ever want help thinking up a title, I’d be happy to brainstorm with you.
lol. Two very different things. The first one is the story of a defection attempt from a communist country. The second is about an arranged marriage meant to end years of war between two kingdoms. It’s got some nods to Pride and Prejudice and The Princess Bride, and illustrates the beauty and truth about God’s design for marriage, and how apart from Him, it will never work. One quote from the book that I’m very proud of is: “you cannot warp what God created and expect it to be as flawless as the original.”
so, yeah. Those are the two I have published so far.
Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
Wow. They sound fascinating. So, if you don’t have a website, how do you sell them?
Okay, I’ve finally found someone who has written and published a book!!!!!
You self-published…right?
So, what is it like to write a book from end to start? I plan on doing just that, but I’m somewhat unsure where to start. I’m in the stage of just writing the entire story plot down and am planning on putting it into the 3 Act plot structure…but do you have any tips? I’m also working on character development which is a heap of fun.
My place beside you, My blood for yours, Till the Green Ember rises, Or the end of the world!
I sell them by mail order. You send a letter to my company with check or cash, and the company sends you a book.
that’s how things were ordered just a couple decades ago, but no one wants to go through the time of mailing in an order form. 😢
Yes, I did self publish, though I designed and started my own company.
hmmm, well everyone has a different technique. I, for one, like a lot of freedom. I pull out a blank sheet and hit bullet points that I know of and put them in a general order that I think they’ll fall. For instance, I wrote that I wanted the MC to be arrested and condemned to the ships as a rower. Instead, it flowed better to have him captured by the main slave trading ring and end up out at sea that way. He still ended up being forced to row a big ship, which is where I wanted him. That make sense? I always hit beginning, climax, and end. That way I know where I started, where I’m going, and where it all ends. I find the triangle graph a fallacy. With the triangle you go start, up, and back down. 🔺 The reader will unconsciously or consciously wonder why they went through the whole story to end up in the same place except on the other side. What I like is a hiking graph. You start with a little up and down in the foothills, snake your way up the mountain, scale a cliff to the peak, (your climax) and then make your way part way down to a plateau cliff view. From here you can look back at the peak you scaled, and look forward to the view below and the adventure beyond.
does that make sense?I also graph my characters. I have a chart that I fill in.
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Family/characters he’s related to:
Personality:
Strengths (physical or other):
Weaknesses: (physical or other)
Occupation:
Other Key Points To Remember:
so yeah.
anything else you want to know? If I didn’t explain enough go ahead and ask questions. I’m always ready to jabber on about this. 😉Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
I sell them by mail order. You send a letter to my company with check or cash, and the company sends you a book.
What’s the name of your company? My family has a business ministry, and a publishing branch is one of them, so I’m planning to self-publish/publish with my family’s business.
With the triangle you go start, up, and back down. 🔺 The reader will unconsciously or consciously wonder why they went through the whole story to end up in the same place except on the other side. What I like is a hiking graph. You start with a little up and down in the foothills, snake your way up the mountain, scale a cliff to the peak, (your climax) and then make your way part way down to a plateau cliff view. From here you can look back at the peak you scaled, and look forward to the view below and the adventure beyond.
Yes, that makes sense.
I also graph my characters. I have a chart that I fill in.
I do that, too. I also like finding which Myers-Briggs type they are. It helps us find their weaknesses and strengths. Do you know of the Enneagram chart? That’s something I’ve started using as well.
Do you go to conventions to sell your books?
My place beside you, My blood for yours, Till the Green Ember rises, Or the end of the world!
my company name is Wild Horse Publishing. I did it because that was always the name we used since I was tiny when my brothers and I made movies or pretended to sell books. ☺️
I can send you the info page from the back of one of the books if you’re interested in the company.
I have not been to a convention. I haven’t found any near me so far, however a friend mentioned one that will be about 45 minutes away next year, so I’m trying for that.
Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
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