Okay, I finally broke down and did it. I visited The Dashner Dude's blog to see what the buzz was about. The Dashner Dude, aka James Dashner, announced several days ago that he would give a free book to the first 30 people who link up to his site. I visited his site briefly only to be interrupted by the Verizon repairman and the ensuing lack of service for several hours. As is common for me, I promptly forgot what I was doing before the annoying interuption occured and got busy with the writing side of my life -- and trying to cut those pesky 20904 words from my latest novel for the audio book.
Today my daughter was reading over my shoulder when I finally visited the Dude's site once more. We both got a good laugh out of his latest escapades and my daughter got so excited at the prospect of getting one of his books we decided we had to take him up on his offer. So here is the link to the brilliant James's site so that you can all share the Dude's latest adventures and his completely unique sense of humor. Of course, you can read all about his newest books too.
By the way James, you can just autograph that free book to Christina, your favorite fan.
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
New Beginnings
I've been inspired by my fellow LDS authors to start my own blog. As for what it will entail, only time will tell. At one time, during my early teenage years, I wrote faithfully in my journal. As time went on and my responsibilities increased, I found myself picking up my journal less and less. Since I've all but stopped writing in my journal, I hope this format might be used more frequently.
Recently I accepted the challenge by another author, Tristi Pinkston, to write a book in a month. We started on Monday and, if all goes well, those of us who accepted her challenge will have a finished novel by midnight on October 9th. The book I chose to start is a parallel novel to "Freefall" which will be released sometime in the spring of 2008. I already have a second novel written and almost ready to submit, but I decided to write a third in the series simply because I know most of the characters names.
Imagine a writer that has trouble naming characters and picking titles. Well, that's me. Once I figure out the basic names, I can steal a few minutes here and there at the computer and suddenly find a completed manuscript on my desk four or five weeks later. It's like I'm not sure exactly how it got there, but sometimes I think it's best not to overanalyze these things! Now I just have to hope that the same magic I've experienced in the past will fill my imagination as this challenge continues. Wish me luck -- and good luck to the rest of you out there who are participating in this challenge as well.
Recently I accepted the challenge by another author, Tristi Pinkston, to write a book in a month. We started on Monday and, if all goes well, those of us who accepted her challenge will have a finished novel by midnight on October 9th. The book I chose to start is a parallel novel to "Freefall" which will be released sometime in the spring of 2008. I already have a second novel written and almost ready to submit, but I decided to write a third in the series simply because I know most of the characters names.
Imagine a writer that has trouble naming characters and picking titles. Well, that's me. Once I figure out the basic names, I can steal a few minutes here and there at the computer and suddenly find a completed manuscript on my desk four or five weeks later. It's like I'm not sure exactly how it got there, but sometimes I think it's best not to overanalyze these things! Now I just have to hope that the same magic I've experienced in the past will fill my imagination as this challenge continues. Wish me luck -- and good luck to the rest of you out there who are participating in this challenge as well.
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