Victoria and the Ghost is written by Janet K. Brown. From the words of Jane, here is a little bit of background info on the story and what her book is about: The title of my book is Victoria and the Ghost. In North Texas where I live, a historic Texas ghost town by the name of Clara caught my interest. A German man started the town. Colonel Hermann Specht loved his adopted nation. He purchased the area, cut streets through named for Texans, and planted trees not native to the state. He … [Read more...]
The Journey with Bonnie Engstrom
Please welcome this weeks guest Bonnie Engstrom for The Journey. She answers the question: How have you seen God work in your writing journey? Wow, huge question. How did God influence my writing journey? It started out with a salad. A little background: I had been an empty nester for several years and spent a lot of time on my computer. One day I came across an online prayer request site. I found myself sitting at my desk praying for needs, sometimes three hours a day. During these … [Read more...]
Featured Book: Winds of Wyoming, A Kate Neilson Novel
Winds of Wyoming, A Kate Neilson Novel is written by Rebecca Carey Lewis. Here is the book blurb: Fresh out of a Pennsylvania penitentiary armed with a marketing degree, Kate Neilson heads to Wyoming anticipating a fresh start on a working guest ranch. A typical twenty-five-year-old woman might be looking to lasso a cowboy, but years of mistreatment by men have tainted her regard for the opposite sex. All she wants is to get on with life on the outside and avoid another felony, which could … [Read more...]
The Journey with Lori-Ann Whyte
Please welcome this weeks guest Lori-Ann White for The Journey. She answers the question: How have you seen God work in your writing journey? I’ve always been a bit…different, but no one expected me to move from academic excellence for the better part of six years at a university—and no degree. Thanks to such a stellar display of unparalleled brilliance, I’ve been at home for the past two years. What seemed like the worst possible thing has turned into numerous opportunities for growth, and … [Read more...]
The amazing fiction writing journey
I sit at home after having spent a day going through email and editing the next chapter in my book with my main character Katalina Russo. As I sat going through the many critiques received for the chapter, I ran into one that put to the side until the end as it talked about how I could add more to the scene, basically as the saying goes with writers, I could add some meat and flesh to the bones. So I contemplated on how to better bring to life the scene. In the end, this person was right. … [Read more...]
Writing Fiction
I’ve been writing my first fictional book ever. It has been quite the experience. I will tell you writing fiction is so different than writing a college paper. A year ago when I started this journey, let’s just say, I was a little green behind the ears. I was so naïve to the proper rules and etiquette of fiction. Like the dreaded passive verbs (was/were/had) and ‘ly’ words. These are a big no-no in fiction (who would a thunk). I can remember growing up reading romance novels (starting … [Read more...]
