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Published!

It's been a long time coming.  Life has a way of putting plans on hold but the finish product is now available on Amazon.com for download.

It will be available on iBook and Nook on September 20th.  I will keep you posted when the print version becomes available.

If you would like to learn more about me and my writing here is the link to my Smashwords interview.

If you have been a fan of The Raven and the Wolf in the past or are a new fan.  I love to hear from you and get your thoughts on the final version.


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It's Official

Yipeeeeee!!!!! 
http://www.textnovel.com/story/The-Raven-and-the-Wolf-Finalist/2218/

The Raven and the Wolf is a Textnovel Finalist.  The winner will be announced October 31st.  All your visits, comments and votes have help my story get this far.  But it's not over yet.  Keep clicking away to help me show the judges that the story is commercially viable and has a following.  I will keep working on ferreting out all of those pesky typos, punctuation errors and any other mistakes.  If you spot one PLEASE tell me. 

If I am selected the prize is $1000 and representation by the Stan Soper literary agency.  Stan Soper is a lawyer turned agent and the founder of Textnovel.com.

My job over the next few weeks is to get my manuscript ready for submission to publishers.  The benefit of having representation is that it will open the way for my novel to reach the desks of many more editors than I can reach on my own.

Writers Block

I sit here staring at the screen with little in my head but when it can hit the pillow and end today.  For weeks now I have been working on an outline of scene for the second novel of my Raven/Wolf series.  I have one first draft that no long syncs with how I have improved my original story.

I have scenes I love and great chemistry between my characters.  Despite enthusiasm and praise it has received from those with whom I have shared portions of it, I find the narrative sprawling and lacking direction.  The mood is still intact and my characters are more or less behaving as I expect them to, the plot is thin and lacking in subtext.

I have listened to music, watched movies and read other books for inspiration.  Nothing.  Now at 9 p.m. and barely able to keep my eyes open-voila!  It hits me.  The entire outline came to me in like three minutes.  It now sits on in front of me, written on the back of a discarded print out in red sharpie.  I am a little whew that was a good sniff, about the smell coming off the page. 

I couldn't even write it in a linear form.  My points run diagonal and side was with arrows crossing over one another.  I have my villains, my surprise twist, my cliff hangers for all my heroes, a noble sacrifice and a painful compromise. 

What can I say?  Sometimes your best work and only solutions come from mind numbing exhaustion.  Sorry for typos and run on sentences that I know must pepper the preceding. You can expect me to unblock and punctuate on 4 hours of sleep a night.  But I promise you will love the prose.      

It's Alive

Yes it is true Textnovel is up and running again, or perhaps I should say limping along.  Nevertheless, the links work.  You may read, vote and comment-for the most part.  Yesterday there were some snags in creating new reader only accounts but you don't have to have one to read a story and leave a comment.

The "winner" listings were a little random on page one and I guess a few were missing from the cue when you click through them.  Fortunately The Raven and the Wolf is not one of them.

Enjoy and sorry for the technical difficulties.  Finalists will be announced at the end of September. 

Textnovel down

Yes it is true.  Textnovel has announced its semi finalists and promptly crashed, repeatedly and for extended periods of time.  It has now been down since the wee hours of Thursday morning and there has not been a glimmer of a resurrection. 

The owners of the site are working through the issues but in the meantime for all of you who tried to use the link I have posted that is the reason for the clocking et cetera.  Thank you for your patience.  I hope the site will be up soon and I will be sure to announce any news on my blog.

Happy Saturday!

Textnovel Semi-Finalist!!!!!!

            Textnovel announced the list of the Top Twenty Semi Finalist today.  I am honored to say that The Raven and the Wolf has made the cut.  Thank you for all the fine reviews, votes and subscriptions to my little opus.  This is exciting.  I am in shock.

http://www.textnovel.com/story/The-Raven-and-the-Wolfe/2218/


I have two weeks to finish fixing any bugs, typos and plot holes until the list goes down to ten.  I need all the eyes I can spare to help me catch typos and glaring inconsistencies so that I know what I have put out there is the best it can possibly be.  Let me know if you see anything that needs correcting.

Even if you have already voted, comments and views are considered in their  selection process.  So with great appreciation for the support you have already given, if you have enjoyed my story share the link with a friend who you think might enjoy it too.