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Monday, September 30, 2013
My SIster's Reaper Book Blast
Little Red Writing Book Blast
"What a CLEVER, CLEVER story!" -- I Love to Read and Write Reviews
"This clever adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood has so many levels of creativity and learning... Every elementary teacher should have this book to begin their writing units." -- Play on Words
"Style, humor, and solid writing advice." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"So rich in words and wry humor-written and visual-that one reading just isn't enough." --School Library Journal, starred review
"Every writers' group should start with this story." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Every elementary teacher should have this book to begin their writing units." -- Play on Words
"An easy, winning prompt for beginning writers to abandon their fears and take up pencils of their own." --Booklist
Author Joan Holub I graduated from college in Texas with a fine arts degree, and then freelanced as an art director at a graphic design firm for eight years. I dreamed of working in children’s books, so I moved to New York City and became associate art director in Scholastic trade books, where I designed books for children and worked with editors and illustrators. It was a great job. I illustrated my first published children’s book in 1992 and soon began illustrating full time. I began completing manuscripts and mailing them out to publishers in the early 1990s. In 1996, I sold my first two manuscripts — Boo Who? A Spooky Lift-the-Flap Book (Scholastic) and Pen Pals (Grosset & Dunlap). Yippee! Now I write full time and have written and/or illustrated over 130 children’s books. Creating books that entertain, inform, and interest children (and me) is a fabulous job that I truly love.
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Toni's Journey #2
I’m back, and as promised,
I will be writing about a writer’s relationship with characters.
Now this topic is one
T.R. Graves and I have discussed a lot!
Although some writers will disagree, it is very, very important to
connect with your characters on an almost supernatural level.
LET ME TELL YOU HOW IT WORKS
(for me).
My characters and I are
one, although they are far more experienced in life than I am. Let me walk you through my basic day. I wake up, usually from a dream either about
friends of mine or my characters. There
have been some dreams about my characters that I have woken up from that made
me pause and question who I am. In some
of my dreams, I become my characters.
And, I know that sounds like I should be locked up for psychiatric help,
but that is the life of a writer (#itsawriterthing). I go to work with my characters lingering
throughout my thoughts. Leave me alone
for five minutes and I’ll be in my book.
I will be interacting with my character and them with me (or maybe not
so much, we will get to this later). I
go through my day thinking up conversations, replaying scenes, really, really
trying to get to know the subtleties that hide inside my characters. Let me tell you, it works. Give me a situation or opinion provoking
something and I could tell you in detail how each of my characters would feel
about it or do, better than I could say for me.
My day goes on, I write, and eventually I go to sleep thinking about my
characters, playing out more scenes.
Side note: sometimes I am working on a different book and characters
from one of them will be like, that right there sounds more like a _______
comment than _______. They are always
right (right here I almost wrote write.
I swear writing really is engrained in me. I always want an opportunity to use the word
or write the word ‘write’).
More than that though, I
really love my characters. They are a
part of me. I don’t know what I would do
without them. They are like Anne (my
muse and BFF) I would be so, so very lost without them. There are times where I don’t know how to
react to a situation and I say to myself, “What would Jake, or character x
do?” Most of the time that works.
I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE!
YAY!
There are a lot of
writers who are like me, even ones that write for screen. March 2010 I met Lee Goldberg (Monk), Paul Wagner
(Documentaries), and Hugh Wilson (Bay Watch) to name just a few writers. They were on a panel talking about screen
writing and characters and everything.
It was awesome. Hugh Wilson was
talking and said, “You write and a character says something and everything
changes. That is almost spiritual.” This couldn’t be truer. My characters have flipped my story inside
out more than once. Plus, I have to add
this made me feel more normal! Here is
this widely known and hugely popular writer, who gets it, who has the spiritual
connection with his characters.
Nola Sarina (Gilded
Destiny, Jaded Touch, plus an upcoming co-author Wild Hyacinthe) agrees with my
stance and like me lets her characters take over, “Sometimes, during revision,
writing from scratch gets a sharper voice than re-wording what’s already
there. I like to step away from a story
for a while and then let the character tell me the story again from his fresh,
enlightened perspective – allowing the character to grow with my style.”
I talked with Nola
extensively one day about this and wrote something to her, that I want to share
on here (it is only slightly edited to make sense for the blog post): “I
promise you, I have looked up from writing and looked to the left and said,
‘but this is my book.’ I hear laughter.
And I just sit there in protest until I let Devon have his way. The book and
characters take life...we are their way of becoming known, it’s not the other
way around. We don't make them known, they makes us known. I think they are their
own wonderful breed that we must take dictation from because I have fought him
and it turned out horribly, and when I listen to him, it is flawless.”
There are many other
writers out there that go through this, it is normal, don’t medicate! There are some writers who don’t and that is
okay, “to each his own”. And then there
are some writers who refuse to admit that they do this, because they are afraid
of how they will be received. To those
writers, don’t worry, allow your characters to take charge and scream it from
the mountain and we here will welcome you with open arms and similar war
stories. We love meeting our own people!
BUT, BUT IT IS MY BOOK!
I know your book is your
baby, but so are your characters. And
your characters are living the story so if they stop you or you get massively
painful writer’s block, then your characters are trying to tell you something. The book I am writing, (Devon’s book) at
times I have fought with my characters or Devon and wanted something specific
to happen or not happen because I am the writer and it is my $*&%$@&@*
book! I have felt my characters leave
me, until I give in and let them write the book and write what happens to them
(basically what I said to Nola in my quote earlier). They are ALWAYS right,
always! It is obnoxious. Like sometimes to the point where I want to
punch my characters, because it is my book and I should have control, but no,
they took life and took over. My book
would be nothing or horrible if I didn’t listen to them. After all they know themselves the best; we
can pretend we know them as well and 100%, but we don’t. We may never, and that is okay, really it
is. I don’t think we are ever really
supposed to know our characters, because then writing wouldn’t be magical. It would be boring and a task. Eventually we will get to know them quite
well and almost 100% but there will always be that magical percent that adds
the beautiful mystique that hold us hostage as writers. I mean, really think about it, do you really
know yourself? Do you really know
anybody? And I am not talking like
knowing their favorite color or birthday or food. I mean really knowing someone. There are always buried deep secrets that we
won’t admit to ourselves, let alone other people. And if we do that, why do we demand we know
our characters? They deserve privacy
too.
ON A CLOSING NOTE
When you are writing and
editing and thinking and plotting, take a step back. Take a step back and put your character into
a completely new situation. You don’t
have to physically write it, but really, really think into the story, make it
as real as the story you are writing, tell people about it if you have to get
opinions (this is what it takes to write a book). Because based on your characters reactions to
the new situation or terrible situation (let’s face it most of us are sadistic
and torture our poor loves. We need to
though, if people wanted to read happy books about rainbows and butterflies,
they’d be in the children’s section not YA and others) you will learn so much
about them. How they breathe, what
position they sleep in, how they smell, their favorite shower gel, laundry
detergent, cologne/perfume, how they
feel, how they feel things themselves.
How they feel—I can honestly describe my characters down to the touch,
how their embraces feel, what their arm feels like when relaxed and touched or
tensed and touched, what their hair feels like, the sound of their voice, the
sound of their breathing awake versus sleeping, ugh I could go on and on and
on. These aren’t things that necessarily
need to make it into the book, but they need to make it into our hearts and
brains to make the story work. Back to
my point, throw them into an unscripted, unwritten plot and see how they react,
because it will grow them and you and you will learn them even more, and that
will make your story worth reading and re-reading and sharing.
My next post will talk
about the importance of music while writing.
Peace, Love, and Inspiration
Keep writing and remember
#itsawriterthing
Listening to: Shattered by David Hodges album: Trading
Yesterday (More Than This)
Quote: "When I write, I
go to live inside the book. By which I mean, mentally I can experience
everything I’m writing about. I can see it, hear its sounds, feel its heat or
rain. The characters become better known to me than the closest family or
friends. This makes the writing-down part very simple most of the time. I only
need to describe what’s already there in front of me. That said, it won’t be a
surprise if I add that the imagined worlds quickly become entangled with the
so-called reality of this one. Since I write almost every day, and I think (and
dream) constantly about my work, it occurs to me I must spend more time in all
these places than here." - Tanith Lee
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
The Emerald Ring Book Blast
The Emerald Ring
Sara Bogus's life turns upside down when she discovers an emerald ring that once belonged to Cleopatra. The fun of discovering the ring's unique abilities turns to fear when she finds out a dangerous cult bent on restoring Rome to power is after the ring. Forced to choose between keeping the ring and saving her friends, Sara learns the price of bravery in this electrifying read!
The Emerald Ring is a middle grade fantasy novel.
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Praise
"Filled with fun, magic, mystery, and history, The Emerald Ring and spunky sleuth Sara will have you racing on a pulse-pounding trail that reaches all the way to Ancient Egypt."- Kevin Emerson, author of The Oliver Nocturne series, and The Fellowship for Alien Detection. "The Emerald Ring is a whirlwind adventure that transports the reader into the mysterious world of Ancient Egypt. A great choice for those who love mythology and magic. " - Suzanne Selfors, author of The Sweetest Spell, Smells Like Dog series, and many more. "The Emerald Ring is an exciting and mysterious fantasy featuring fast-paced action, a scary villain, and a spunky young heroine." - Suzanne Williams co-author of The Goddess Girls Series. "The Emerald Ring is a not-so-run-of-the-mill middle grade fantasy novel laced with mystery and intrigue. It has just enough surprises to keep kids turning the page to see what happens next. The author has a real knack with "kid lingo" and has used diverse cultures to her advantage. Definitely a book I can recommend with confidence."- Laurisa White Reyes author of The Rock of Ivanore & The Last Enchanter
Author Dorine White
I graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in Humanitites. I am a member of the SCBWI and the PNWA. I write middle grade and YA fantasy. My first book, The Emerald Ring, will be published in 2013 by Cedar Fort Books.
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The Emerald Ring
Sara Bogus's life turns upside down when she discovers an emerald ring that once belonged to Cleopatra. The fun of discovering the ring's unique abilities turns to fear when she finds out a dangerous cult bent on restoring Rome to power is after the ring. Forced to choose between keeping the ring and saving her friends, Sara learns the price of bravery in this electrifying read!
The Emerald Ring is a middle grade fantasy novel.
Amazon * Barnes & Noble
Praise
"Filled with fun, magic, mystery, and history, The Emerald Ring and spunky sleuth Sara will have you racing on a pulse-pounding trail that reaches all the way to Ancient Egypt."- Kevin Emerson, author of The Oliver Nocturne series, and The Fellowship for Alien Detection. "The Emerald Ring is a whirlwind adventure that transports the reader into the mysterious world of Ancient Egypt. A great choice for those who love mythology and magic. " - Suzanne Selfors, author of The Sweetest Spell, Smells Like Dog series, and many more. "The Emerald Ring is an exciting and mysterious fantasy featuring fast-paced action, a scary villain, and a spunky young heroine." - Suzanne Williams co-author of The Goddess Girls Series. "The Emerald Ring is a not-so-run-of-the-mill middle grade fantasy novel laced with mystery and intrigue. It has just enough surprises to keep kids turning the page to see what happens next. The author has a real knack with "kid lingo" and has used diverse cultures to her advantage. Definitely a book I can recommend with confidence."- Laurisa White Reyes author of The Rock of Ivanore & The Last Enchanter
Author Dorine White
I graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in Humanitites. I am a member of the SCBWI and the PNWA. I write middle grade and YA fantasy. My first book, The Emerald Ring, will be published in 2013 by Cedar Fort Books.
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Win a Kindle Fire
This is a joint AUTHOR & BLOGGER GIVEAWAY EVENT! Bloggers & Authors have joined together and each chipped in a little money towards a Kindle Fire HD 7".
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Saturday, September 21, 2013
Stranded Blog Tour
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Friday, September 20, 2013
Chasing Hope Blog Tour
BookBlast Giveaway $50 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash Ends 10/11/13 Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader, Not A Writer http://iamareader.com and sponsored by the author. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
A Nothing Named Silas
A Nothing Named Silas by Steve Westover blog tour
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
250 Great Movies
No, I'm not going to list 250 movies that I think are awesome. I'm going to plug Jonathan "Mormon Movie Guy" Decker's new release, 250 Great Movies for Latter Day Saints.
Decker could have just as easily called this book 250 Movies for People Who Care What Their Families Watch. I can’t begin to fathom the amount of time it took him to compile this long list of movies, including a brief description which is also pretty much a review, anything offensive in the movie, a grade, and then he relates it to some scriptural lesson.
Whew!
Jonathan Decker was born and raised in Arizona. He's married, and the father of three. He works as a marriage and family therapist, as well as running his blog, Mormon Movie Guy. He also co-hosts the podcast Mormons at the Megaplex and hosts a segment each week on The KJZZ Movie Show. You can reach him at mormonmovieguy@gmail.com.
Decker could have just as easily called this book 250 Movies for People Who Care What Their Families Watch. I can’t begin to fathom the amount of time it took him to compile this long list of movies, including a brief description which is also pretty much a review, anything offensive in the movie, a grade, and then he relates it to some scriptural lesson.
Whew!
I would love to sit and debate some of the grades he gave
movies (Captain America and Napoleon Dynamite both only scored a B?
Dude! B+ for one of the greatest movies ever, Revenge of the Sith? You’re killing me, Smalls! And speaking of
Smalls, where’s The Sandlot?). And,
you know, I just really love a good rousing debate about movies because I
happen to be a big fan of them, so there’s that. Plus, I think the fact that
some of his choices even inspire debate is an awesome thing. Debating aside, I
have a great respect for probably 95% of his opinions, and 100% for the time,
effort, and thought he’s put into his choices.
Some of the movies
are specifically LDS movies, but most are mainstream and I think anyone who
worries about exposing their kids to inappropriate movies can use this as a
guide to watching clean, uplifting, message-laden movies. I recommend it.
Visit Jonathan Decker's website for more movie reviews, or visit his Facebook page.
Grab your copy of the book today.
Jonathan Decker was born and raised in Arizona. He's married, and the father of three. He works as a marriage and family therapist, as well as running his blog, Mormon Movie Guy. He also co-hosts the podcast Mormons at the Megaplex and hosts a segment each week on The KJZZ Movie Show. You can reach him at mormonmovieguy@gmail.com.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Misty Moncur Blog Tour: Fight For You

But she's not about to let cruel pranks and hurt feelings keep her from doing what she knows to be right. She completes every order with faithfulness - a hasty retreat from the Lamanite army, a spy mission into the enemy stronghold, a midnight assassination. From burying the dead to whiling away hours on guard duty, Keturah will do whatever it takes to protect her religion, her freedom, her peace, and her family.
But in a camp of two thousand boys, the most important thing she has to protect is her heart.
Fight For You is the second novel in Misty Moncur's Stripling Warrior series. Fall in love with these romantic novels set against a vivid Book of Mormon backdrop.
Misty Moncur wanted to be Indiana Jones when she grew up. Instead, she became an author and has her adventures at home. In her jammies. With her imagination. And pens that she keeps running dry.
Misty lives in a marsh near a very salty lake in Utah with her husband and children, where they cuddle up in the evenings and read their Kindles. Well, she does anyway.
Connect with Misty at the links below.
Visit Misty's blog
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Pretty Darn Funny: Fitness Challenge
For the final episode of season 2 of Pretty Darn Funny, Nora must lead the PDF crew through 26 minutes of circuit training.
My thoughts: This was my least favorite episode of the season. I just didn't find it particularly funny, though it was mildly amusing. Nora's whining was annoying. The two funniest things about it were the mom leaving behind final instructions for her kids on her cell camera ("Seek after things that are virtuous, lovely, and praiseworthy before everybody else does and it gets all mainstream." "Promise me you won't ever go to a Nickleback concert - even if it's ironically") and toward the end when the mom/grandma has a bobbypin hanging from her bangs. Otherwise it was . . . meh. And, as a mom of someone who serves in the armed services, I was offended by the final image wherein they seemed to think their accomplishment was worthy of duplicating the two famous, very similar images of firefighters raising the flag after 9/11 and the soldiers raising the flag at Iwo Jima. I don't know if it was intentional or just appeared that way, but it rubbed me wrong. Maybe it's just my mood. What do you think?
Below, you can enter the contest to win this weeks prize sponsored by Deseret Book, The Power of Starting Something Stupid by Richie Norton
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What if the smartest people in the world understand something that the rest of us don't? (They do.) What if they know that in order to achieve success, they will sometimes have to do things that others may initially perceive as stupid? The fact of the matter is that the smartest people in the world don't run from stupid, they lean into it (in a smart way).
In The Power of Starting Something Stupid, Richie Norton redefines stupid as we know it, demonstrating that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid. What if the key to success, creativity, and fulfillment in your life lies in the potential of those stupid ideas?.Sunday, September 15, 2013
The Pitcher Book Blast
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Salt Lake Comic Con - A Smashing Success!
The first annual Salt Lake Comic Con was held here in Salt Lake City on September 5, 6, and 7. I had a feeling it was going to be big when they pre-sold so many tickets they had to change the venue. But I couldn't begin to imagine just how big it really would be. It was the biggest (meaning most attended) inaugural Comic Con ever, and the 3rd most attended of any Comic Con ever. On Saturday, there were over 80,000 people in attendance. The fire marshall closed the doors, and they were refusing to let people in, even if they had a ticket!
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My booth at Salt Lake Comic Con 2013 |
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My daughter-in-law, AKA Princess Leia |
The amazing energy in the place kept me pumping, even when exhaustion threatened. I had to be there at a time that for me is basically the middle of the night (because I work at night and so usually sleep a good portion of the day). But the people who attended were friendly, fun people. And those who were there as vendors blew me away with their creativity.
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Me and the talented Kienan Lafferty |
I was sandwiched between two such talented people. To my left sat the handsome Kienan Lafferty, who quickly sold out of his original drawings from his free online comic book called Emma, which he calls "a little girl meets the walking dead". How cool is that? I went online and read them (he has 2 issues up) and they're pretty dang awesome. You can read his comics free here.
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Me and the awesome Dan Shaefer |
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Look: I'm touching Stan Lee! |
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Captain Kirk! |
My son, who I love to geek out with, was there on a VIP pass, and managed to wrangle a ticket to get a photo with Stan Lee. As he was standing in line, he called to tell me he could have two people in the picture, and did I want to come? Um, hello, YES! Someone gave him a free photo with William Shatner (who was charging $75 a pop!), so he let me come for that as well.
My daughter and I went to get a photo with Hercules . . . I mean, Kevin Sorbo. That dude is still rockin' it at age 54. (Recognize my beautiful daughter? She was the model on the original Geek Girl cover with black hair.)
So, now here's my stalker story. As in, I'm the stalker. (Don't judge yet.) There was this dude walking around who was a dead ringer for David Tennant. Have I mentioned David Tennant is my all-time fave Doctor? No? Well, he is. So this guy comes by my table on the first day and I ask him if I can take his picture. Didn't have my glasses on so I didn't realize it was fuzzy (stupid old eyes!). So I spent the next three days trying to find him. On the second day, my daughter found him and took a picture with him in what she calls her "creepy" pose (she's not wrong).
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Fuzzy photo of . . . David Tennant? |
So, now here's my stalker story. As in, I'm the stalker. (Don't judge yet.) There was this dude walking around who was a dead ringer for David Tennant. Have I mentioned David Tennant is my all-time fave Doctor? No? Well, he is. So this guy comes by my table on the first day and I ask him if I can take his picture. Didn't have my glasses on so I didn't realize it was fuzzy (stupid old eyes!). So I spent the next three days trying to find him. On the second day, my daughter found him and took a picture with him in what she calls her "creepy" pose (she's not wrong).
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Lexcie in her creepy pose with Doctor Who |
But finally, twenty minutes before the thing ended on the last day, success! I found him and nabbed a photo.
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Doctor Who? |
There was a ton of cool Doctor Who stuff, and people there, which helped feed my obsession. The Doctor Who I'm with in the picture below is my friend's son, and he came to my table specifically to get a picture with me because I asked him to. What a sweetheart, huh?
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I want for my next birthday! |
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I want both the dress, and the body to fit into the dress! |
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If you don't watch Doctor Who, you'll think this is dumb. If you do, you'll think this is the coolest t-shirt ever. |
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How awesome is this? |
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Cool R2-D2 cake. |
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There was a single person in this dinosaur costume, but he kept hitting people with his tail! |
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Little Mermaid and the Tardis? Yes! |
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Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, aka Nicholas Brendon |
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Glory from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, aka Clare Kramer |
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Yeah, dad, that's creepy (baby is real) |
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I could take this Hulk, all I need is a pin |
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You can even be historical at Comic Con |
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