Just Don't Understand!!!

I am so confused!!! I just got two emails about my book. One said that the male characters were too unsympathetic toward the female and that this would make it hard for readers to bond with the book. What the hell? Aren't most males unsympathetic? Unfortunately for me, the two males she was referring to weren't even the main love interest in the book! She had only requested the first three chapters! So that really sucks for me. The second email said that I needed to find a strong voice and an original story! I'm sorry, but I think my story is extremely original. I sure as hell haven't read anything like it.
If I sound a little angry and upset, well I'm sorry but I am! LOL... I guess shit happens! It's just that I really had my hopes up on one of these emails... BUt, that's life!

Which Book To Finish Writing First???

I am torn right now. I'm going to write the YA book for sure. But, I need to finish one of my other projects first. I don't know whether to finish the sequel to my first novel or continue writing my stand alone book... It's hard because they are all fighting for their place in my head. Really wish I had an agent right now that would help me make the best decision. I just don't know.
On a lighter note. I just read Nina Bangs new book Wicked Edge that goes with the Castle of Dark Dreams series. It was great. Just wanted to give a shout out for her wicked cleverness. She is a great writer. I am reading one of Laura Wright's books right Eternal Kiss which goes with her Mark of the Vampire series. SHe's a great read as well.
Feel free to leave me a comment on which book you think I should work on. Any ideas would really be welcome at this moment.

Another Project...

Call me crazy... Perhaps I am, but aren't we all a little crazy sometimes... I have taken on another project... I have real faith in this project. I hope it may bring comfort to some and enlighten others. I think it's a story that really needs to be told these days. Lilianna just popped into my head night before last and has decided to take up residence there. She has given me no peace so I have been putting her story down. She is adamant about being written.
I don't really see this as being an adult novel. It will probably be a Young Adult book but I hope to have adults read it as well. It's not going to be boring. I promise you that. It may be a tear jerker, though. I just have hopes that it may help put a stop to some of this bullying going around. Some of the poor children thats lives have been claimed need their story told. I'm not able to tell their story, but through Lilianna they will have a story told.

What Started it all....

What started it all... Well, I loved reading all through middle school... My first 'adult' book was Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews. I was thirteen at the time... I read the next two books after that... But, I just thought there was a little too much incest in there for me... My mom gave me A Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood and I fell in love... I consumed books after that... Julie Garwood, Jude Deveraux, and Johanna Lindsey were like a drug to me... I didn't read my first paranormal book until I was seventeen. Blood and Chocolate. Now, I must say the movie industry did nothing for this book. The book blows the movie out of the water... They didn't even follow closely to the plot of the book.
After that I didn't really read any more paranormal until 2008... Charlaine Harris. She pulled me back into the whole paranormal scene. Yes, I have read the Twilight books, but they don't really do a whole lot for me. I'm not trying to disuade anyone from reading them or insult them for loving them but I just don't think they are all that. I find them somewhat boring.
Now, you give me a Larissa Ione, Caris Roane, Keri Arthur, Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter, J.R. Ward, or even Charlene Teqlia and I'm on board. Give me that steamy stuff with a touch of paranormal and I'm all in.
WHen you're writing, reading is a very important tool. You have to give yourself a break from the world inside your mind and dive into someone else's for a while. I remember I wrote my first cool story my senior year of high school. I loved it. I had tried writing in middle school, but it wasn't any good. I just didn't have a good grasp on it, yet.
Then, when I got married I attempted it a couple more times. It takes a few tries to get the hang of it. I finally made another attempt in 2009. I plotted and outlined my story to death. I have learned that while this may work for other writers this just doesn't work for me. Everytime I try to make my characters do something, they decide to take a totally different route. Finally, in 2011 I had a completed novel. I was so proud of myself. Now, in 2012 I have started two more novels and still haven't gotten anyone to take my first one. But, I haven't given up hope. Somewhere out there is the right agent for me... We just haven't found each other yet...

My Synopsis for A Time for Bewitchment

Darien is a demon-witch hybrid who was born into a destiny she isn't ready for. She meets a lot of supes on her quest to find herself in this world of madness. Learning to control the powers raging inside her is just one of her problems.
When love triangles go sour, Darien must rely on her friends to help keep her alive. Curses, lies, and treachery are just a few of the things she must endure in this quest called life. The question really is, will she surrender to love when it finally finds her? When she meets Thorne Godfrey, her life is turned upside down and inside out. Trust is not something she can afford this late in the game. But, as her body betrays her, she learns that Thorne may not be what he seems. He may just be her enemy. Who will win the battle of Good vs. Evil? Or will Love finally conquer all? Does love truly exist? Or is it just an illusion we all choose not to see through?
Thorne Godfrey has spent thousands of years killing creatures of the underworld. He is oath bound to see them meet their final death, but when he meets Darien he questions his reasons for doing so. He is ordered to kill her, but will he do it?

Characters in my Head!

I don't know about other writers, but inside my head is mass chaos... The stories write themselves in my head and it's not always in order... I have to grab a notebook a lot of times and jot stuff down... Then, later I have to try to make sense of it all... The bad part is when I fall in love with a character and then I have to write them doing something horrible. But, that's the way it plays out... You don't always like parts of the story but you have to write them. Nothing is perfect. I love how it feels like I am right there in that world with them and at that moment nothing else matters, nothing else exists.
The real fun part here lately is that I've been trying to work on the sequel to my fist novel, but there is another story wanting to be told. One that has nothing to do with the other two. SO, I've been having to let it take the lead right now. It's a beautiful story, though. So, it hasn't been all bad...

Chasing Your Dreams...

Well, I checked my email last night and sighed with frustration... Yes, yes... It was another rejection letter about my book... I swear I thought the hardest part would be in the writing of the book... But, no... Surprisingly that was the easy part! The hard part is getting a literary agent to give me a chance. Just a chance. I understand that a clever little query letter and synopsis is suppose to grab their attention. But, let me tell you. I have read a thousand books that by reading a brief synopsis on the back they have sounded great and have been a HUGE disappointment. The same is true when you read the back and it doesn't grab that much of your intention and then it turns out to be a great book.
Yes, I'm babbling. I don't know. I guess the rejection went well with other bad news yesterday. I had to watch people move into the house I have been trying to buy for the past year. I know there are other houses out there but this one had belonged to my grandparents and been in the family for over thirty years. My grandma sold it without telling us after my grandpa passed away. I had hoped to buy it back but I got beat to the punch as it were.
Anyway. What I really want to get across is that I will be blogging about chasing my dream to be a published writer and to one day be on a best seller list. Don't ever give up. Maybe this will help me get some followers and through word of mouth someone will take a chance on me and my book.