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This group is open to all authors, writers and readers, but is especially targeted to those authors who have a presence on MySpace and would like to extend their exposure. This is NOT a critique group. Spammers, be warned!
AT the request of a friend, I have decided to add another group to hold discussions on spy novels and related reads.
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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Aspiring Author
- Do You Have A Website?
- myspace.com/angelwihnowings
- About Me:
- I currently do not have any published works. My first story I have written is "Choices". It is a story of a teen, Karla, whose parents have decided to move to a new location. Karla is upset about the move. She is afraid she will be leaving her friends behind.
Karla enters a new school and makes a new friend, Carol. Carol introduces Karla to a different sort of crowd. Karla is impressed by Carol's poppularity and is drawn to her.
Carol invites Karla to a teen drinking party. Karla makes up a story to tell her mom and leaves with Carol to attend this party. Excited by the fact she is on her first date with a football captain, Gerry, Karla does not know she has made the wrong choice of friends.
Disaster ruins the party for all the party goers, especially Karla.
My story and desire to write for Young Adults comes from watching my own two children grow into adults. My son struggles with an alcohol and drug addiction. I would really like to reach out to other teens and maybe be able to sway at least one into making better choices in their lives.
After coming to a completion of my first book, I feel I would like to make a series of books. The books would have a common setting. Each one would have different themes to deal with.
I would like to use a six degree approach. Each character would know another character that would lead to the next book.
The next step I need to learn is how to research for writing the next book.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://myspace.com/angelwihnowings
- Favorite Books:
- Dragon Riders of Pern, Magic of Xanth, The Stand, Harry Potter, Sanctuary (1980's Anthology), Wolf and Iron
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Borders, The Toadstool Bookstore, Amazon, Barnes and Nobel
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I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?
A Christmas Tree Already
On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.
With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.
While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?
Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life
I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.
PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!
CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter
One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.
I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.
What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?
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Preetham Grandhi
Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.
Was wondering if you'd be interested in reading my new novel, Dirty Little Angels, and posting your thoughts on your blog (or on Amazon.com). If you're interested, I'd be more than willing to send you an e-book version by e-mail. Just let me know. You can read a summary at the link below:
http://christophertusa.com/
Thanks so much,
Chris
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Christopher Tusa
Department of English
http://www.christophertusa.com
mail@christophertusa.com