Monday: Jan Drexler ran us through a short course in writing Amish stories. The winner of the first book in Jan's series, "The Amish of Weaver's Creek" is Tammie Edington Shaw! We home you enjoy The Sound of Distant Thunder, Tammie!
Tuesday: Laurel Blount dropped by to talk about Our Hometown Hopes. And the winner of her latest release, Hometown Hope, is Lee-Ann!
Wednesday: Publishers Weekly Bestselling Author Debby Giusti shared "Five Writing Tips on Getting Into Character," along with photos of the movie studios near her home in Georgia. Debby held a drawing for digital copies of SUMMER OF SUSPENSE. The lucky winners are: Edwina, Susanne (smincer10@gmail.com), Kathryn Barker, Connie Porter Saunders and Glynis. Congrats!
Friday: Winnie Griggs discussed her take on how to prepare fro an editor/agent pitch appointment.
Monday: Erica Vetsch is posting about the spiritual journey of fictional characters. It's ALL LIES, I tell you!
Wednesday: Cate Nolan will be bringing us her first regular monthly blog post!
Friday: Pam Hillman will be posting today!
Jan is super excited to be part of an Amish Christmas novella collection from Bethany House, An Amish Christmas Kitchen, with authors Leslie Gould and Kate Lloyd! This lovely book would make a great Christmas present - and you can pre-order now! The release date is only a couple months away - September 3rd!
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Good morning, Seekerville!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a great Saturday planned! We're having a garage sale with low prices - if you're in the neighborhood, stop by! :-)
Congrats to the winners!
ReplyDeleteJan, your Christmas anthology looks great. Love that cover...and the pie! YUM!
I took your advice and renamed a couple of characters. Now I can't wait to see if that changes anything :)
DeleteLet me know if it works! :)
DeleteThanks for the opportunity to win the Summer of Suspense novellas--I can't wait to read them. Hope everyone has a great weekend, and Jan, I hope the rain holds off until your garage sale is over!
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ReplyDeleteWhat do you think about giving your problematic characters the names they demand. Thus keep them happy and see what happens. Then change the names to the ones you want with 'search and replace' on the final revisions to the publisher.
Could you do that? Would the characters ever know? Is it ethical to trick your characters? Isn't that like lying to yourself? (Impossible?) Is it risky if you are writing a series?
Vince, I've only changed a name once, when I realized I had names that were too similar. I did a "find and replace" but it drove me crazy! I had the hardest time changing that name! Once I name someone, then I want to keep it that way if at all possible.
DeleteI hope you all had a great weekend! I'm looking forward to the coming week.
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