I really need help in reigning in what to actually try to work on...another author informed me that I have too many irons in the fire.
I know, in the end it should be my decision...but I think I need a push off the diving board to actually finish at least ONE project before jumping to another.
So...
I’ve prepared a list of titles...and if I could get a comment or two, three, or four...on which one to buckle down on and complete:
I‘m not trying to storm the board but thought about adding a few chapters back to the stories that were removed, or in the case of “Cherry Moone”, the first chapter was removed.
It’s on the site, but, starting Sunday the 7th of June until the 11th, the ebook for “the best damn thing” will be free on Amazon.
Not a lot has been changed from the version on the site, with the exception of some naming and grammar errors.
I am trying to work on the plot points for the continuation, “Sweet, but Psycho” (a sample of it is here on BC)
I’ve placed my second book on sale for .99 for the next five days. I decided that it needed to be be refined to remove some formatting issues (and there were plenty of those....and there may be some that remain...sorry) and to place the chapter titles back into the text as they were removed due to possible “infringements” in the original text.
I removed some filler words...not all of them, since I speak in a similar matter, so will my characters.
When I completed writing “The Best Damn Thing” I thought I would just set it aside but only a day later I had the start of a continuation of the storyline through the eyes of another character.
And then today, I wanted to go further with a third version.
So the three are:
The Best Damn thing. —Michaela Leigh
Sweet But Psycho —Anthony Cox
Good For Me. —Randy Cox
I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to read through “TBDT”.
I am working on the final chapter, “Keep Holding On” and, unlike other times, it will be posted as complete instead of in pieces.
Afterwards, I will need to re-work on chapter one due to the changes made during the course of the storyline.
1. Soak Up the Sun
2. Steve McQueen
3. All I Wanna Do
4. Light In Your Eyes
5. Every Day Is a Winding Road
6. My Favorite Mistake
7. Strong Enough
8. If It Makes You Happy
9. Picture
10. Sweet Child o’Mine
I placed a thank you to all of the readers on BCTS on the special thanks page.
I am still finding small errors...good thing I had a haircut yesterday, otherwise, I would be pulling it all out as I see a missing period or a form instead of form.
I regret that Amazon has sent me a “nice” e-mail that they have detected my stories on the site...so...I regret I will need to have them removed.
I have contacted Erin about the issue.
The following stories will be removed from the site:
To Be a Different Someone
Who I am
A Window to Your Heart
Bloomsday
Desert Rose
Ever since I played the first home version of the game on the PlayStation I wanted to, somehow, write the script of a book based on Namco’s Ridge Racer. In my version the racing team had a blind driver who uses sound and vibrations within the car to successfully drive it. The car is also equipped with mag-lev wheels which allows the wheels to disconnect from the car for extremely tight turns.
It took a few years until I saw the opening for the PSP version of the game and thought, I have found my character model for both the team car and driver.
The story takes place one month after the events in “To Be a Different Someone” and I decided to include the social and political issues that I didn’t want to hang onto Jennifer’s shoulders in the first book but it just seems that it had to come to place that there are going to be people who will hate her for no reason except their own prejudices and intolerance.
My three books were entered in a local authors fair last year and they were on the “local authors” section but now they’re gone and the library doesn’t know what happened to them.
a segment from chapter II: "Every day is a Winding Road"
Spencer is in Orange Beach, Alabama, walking to the beach to join the rest of his extended family when he sees a girl reading one of his books. He likes the way she looks, even if its in a swim top and shorts, but he doesn't want to look like he's ogling so he decides to ask a question about the book she's reading:
I know, the title is not original...nor is the concept, but it deals with a girl who can go back in time by literally taking a step back. She can go back to a particular day and retain the knowledge of what occurred.
There are times where her powers bring her to situations where there are more of her in the same moment in time and they have to solve the quantum puzzle at hand. I had one scene in particular where her girlfriend has been accused of murdering someone and in her attempt to clear her name she is shot which causes a paradox.
I have released the ebook and paperback of Who I Am on Amazon
I want to thank everyone who has read and/or commented on it, that has meant a lot to me.
I have had the idea for the story since 2001 and wanted to do more with it after I wrote it in script form but didn’t know how to make it work until two years ago.
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