Publishing-Small Press

Publishing-  Small Press. As I promised in my last post I am sharing with you
a publisher accepting submissions. 2LeafPress is a small press publisher that accepts submissions from authors without an agent.

Their genres  are fiction, creative fiction, and poetry.  They publish in paperback, hardcover, and electonic.,

They publish novellas, short story collections and novels to name a few. They are new to the contemporary scene and may be worth it to check out their website.

As always. if you give them a try please come back and share your experience with us.

Until my next post.....Keep on writing.

Free Kindle- Another Lifetime

Free Kindle- Another Lifetime!    Available 9/14-9/16.

Please leave a review after you have read the book...I would appreciate your opinion.  If you had read my previous Blog post. It gives you a little preview about the journey Nora Campbell treks along with her challenges and obstacles.

Would YOU make the same choices?

Enjoy..and please leave a comment or review.

Thank You
M



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Creative Writing-What is in a name?

What is in a name?
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

Shakespeare said that in Romeo and Juliet. Many writers and poets have used that same phrase.
Of course, the meaning behind it is "names are not important only the individuals are".

When writing a short story or novel, I attempt to put a lot of thought into the names of my characters.

I envision what they look like and how they act and then decide on names to match them.

I don't know how other writers chose their characters names but I have found that works for me.

So what is in a name?

I think it's important to the writer to pick the perfect name for the character they are creating.

In my book The Magic Herb- I picked the name Nora as the main character because she was a warm, kind, woman searching for happiness and love. A name like Bettany, Carol, or Monica etc I felt would not convey the troubles and challenges Nora faces in the story.

If you are a writer share how you pick names for your characters. If not, what's your opinion?
I would enjoy hearing your thoughts.


Until next time
Have a wonderful day!

Creative Writing-Editing

Every writer needs to edit their work. It’s not fun at all and very time-consuming, I would say it takes more time to edit than it does to write the story.

Editing, not only is checking for errors but you actually end up rewriting parts of the story.

 Many writers have declared editing as writing a new story line.

But, editing is important and a part of a writers life. 

My new book that I am editing and preparing to send to a traditional publisher has

 consumed most my time. At this point, I wish I was finished!.

I would love to hear from other writers and how they deal with editing and when they

 have finally decided their editing was finished.

That I feel is the hardest decision to make- when is it done?!

Creative Writing- First Paragraph

 The First paragraph in- creative writing
How important is it?
 The first paragraph can set the tone of a story.

It can provide the reader an idea of what the journey through the book will be like. Some books have started out slow but as you continue to read the pace picks up.

Others start off in a rapid pace taking you on what feels like a roller coaster ride through the story, and you have no time to catch your breath.

I prefer to coast through the story a little and let the reader get comfortable, to throw them into a faster pace.  Then slow it down again and add twists until you reach the ending.  I love twists

Every writer decides to take you on the journey through the story either slow or fast or just a steady pace.

Which would you prefer?

Are You In Love With Writing?

Are you in love with writing?. Does writing call to your soul? Is it your passion?

Writing means many things to many writers---some write for the money.

Some write to just express their ideas.

And some write because it calls to them. They have an inner need to write!.

Most writers have a story within them, some will put it to paper and others will dream about it.

I believe you need  that pulling power to write. That's your passion!

It's a need so strong that you can't ignore it.

We all need to find and follow our passion. How wonderful the world would be if we did.

So if you have a story to tell.....do it now!

Creative Writing

The beauty with creative writing is that you can make up whatever story you want.

Most of the time you needn't do research unless you're writing about a certain time period.
Of course, you need to make your "world" interesting for the reader.

I like to incorporate the area that I live in with my stories. Stephen King always had his stories based in Main where he lives so I understand now why he chose to do that.

Being familiar with the area makes it easy to pull real people, places, and events into the story.

That's why The Magic Herb is about the mountains in PA. The trails can be filled with animals lots of trees and heavy thicket and beautiful views with waterfalls.

That is why Nora could so easily have gotten lost.

Titles Are Tricky

Titles can be tricky when choosing one as a title for a book.  I wonder what techniques other writers use to pick their book titles?

AS for myself I try and get something from the story and use it as part of the title.

Like The Magic Herb part of the story is about a magic herb discovered in the mountains of Pensylvania and how it works its magic.

With Even Exchange, I did the same thing. I had taken from the story the challenges and risks tampering with magic. There is always a price! Some kind of exchange is needed.

Now I am pondering what to name m y third fantasy book. Hmmm, I will get back to you on that one.

Leave a comment if you feel compelled to.

Until next time

Letting Go

   

Letting go....Can you do it?
Can you let go of something you love?
What would be so essential to your decision to walk away from everything?

Letting go can be refreshing and good for the soul.

Letting go is another step in our journey in life but it must be made with care. Choices have consequences so a choice must be given a lot of thoughts.

Sometimes holding on too tight can be the worst decision for anyone.

In my book, The Magic Herb Nora faces some of these tough choices.

What she decides to do you will need to read the book and find out.

What would you do? What choice would you make?




Holding on is believing that there’s the past;  letting go is knowing that there’s a future.
—Daphne Rose Kingma

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She Doesn't Like It!

 She just doesn't like it!   I added my ebook The Magic Herb to the Goodreads site and I received thumbs down with an I don't like rating.

Now, The Magic Herb has some sexual scenes to the story and this woman did not like it.  I feel those scenes are appropriate to the story line and although I was a little surprised I guess some people may feel that way.

It is nowhere like Fifty shades of Gray, but I suppose some may be offended.

I just wanted to share this thought with you.