tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65090096081382369502024-03-19T14:28:07.718-06:00Angela CothranLive to Write...Edit when Necessary Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.comBlogger274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-55914095396857820582014-05-12T14:39:00.002-06:002014-05-12T14:39:49.307-06:00Tag a Writer<div class="MsoNormal">
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So you know that you have serious brain problems when you
prepare a blog post weeks ahead of time and just forget to post it. Wow! Yep
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My dazzling friend <a href="http://deanabarnhart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Deana Barnhart</a> tagged me last we and
since <a href="http://getbusywriting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Emily King</a> and I are working on a colab together we thought it would be
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What am I working on?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2f5496;">Emily</span></b><span style="color: #2f5496;">:
Angie and I are currently finishing revisions on our YA fantasy, A SEASON OF
BLOOM AND SHADOW, our first collaboration. We’ve also begun conceptualizing
another YA fantasy that we hope to start once we’re querying. Writing a collab
is so much fun!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2f5496;">I’m
also receiving beta feedback on my rewritten (from MG to YA) fantasy, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">DAGGER</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">ISLAND</st1:placetype></st1:place>.
Some of you may remember this MS from a year ago. It was received really well
by agents, but I was told it would sell better as a YA. After writing another
MS, I returned to this one and am now hoping to polish it up to query soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #385623;">Angie</span></b><span style="color: #385623;">:
Emily is way more ambitious than me. My only project for the moment is my collab
with Em, unless you count throwing Honey Nut Cheerios at my eight-month-old so I
can write a project. Some days it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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How does my work differ from others of its genre?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2f5496;">Emily</span></b><span style="color: #2f5496;">:
I like worlds with different ethnicities and landscapes, among other
diversities. I feel a world isn’t complete until it’s as varied as ours is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #385623;">Angie</span></b><span style="color: #385623;">:
I think of my work as fantasy with a twist. Maybe it’s an unusual world, or fun
magical limitation. Our current MS is about people separated into tribes by the
seasons of their birth. Their season is the only time they possess magic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Why do I write what I do?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2f5496;">Emily</span></b><span style="color: #2f5496;">:
I write fantasy because I enjoy building a world wrought with the same
prejudices, government injustices, religions, and various ideologies we find in
ours. Then I plunk my characters down in all that turmoil and watch them wither
or thrive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #538135;">Angie</span></b><span style="color: #538135;">:
I second Em’s answer and add that fantasy is an escape from this world. I love
the possibilities that open up when I’m not required to stay here, and I don’t
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How does my writing process work?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2f5496;">Emily</span></b><span style="color: #2f5496;">:
Well, I just ask Angie what we should do and go with it. </span><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="color: #2f5496;"> Really though, working on a collaboration
novel requires a lot of late night emails, early phone calls, and texts the
size of the Bible. You do everything you normally do when writing—brainstorming,
plotting, drafting, revising, rewriting—except you don’t have to do it alone.
Two heads really are better than one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #538135;">Angie</span></b><span style="color: #538135;">:
I LOVE writing with Emily. It’s by far the most fun I’ve ever had writing.
Everything is easier when you have someone to bounce ideas off of and share the
stress. And just to set the record straight, any time Em says something feels
off and we need to fix it—I listen. Her writing instincts are ALWAYS right.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really technical, this is our process: Brainstorm the world, beat out the bones
of the plot, draft chapter by chapter in order, let it sit for a few months,
revise for character depth and plot holes, send to betas, revise again, polish
polish polish, query!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I know I want to tag my favorite
Burley Idaho writer <a href="http://cortneypearson.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cortney Pearson</a>. We had such a great time at Storymakers.
She is so sweet and talented! I also happen to know its her B-day this week, so
take your time with the tag Cortney <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-40413398623255535532014-04-11T06:00:00.000-06:002014-04-11T06:00:12.130-06:00Slacker<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
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week. Sorry. My kids are home for Spring Break and my hubby is out of the
country on business. Its been nonstop pizza, movie marathons, and popcorn
parties at our house—anything to keep the peace :)</span></div>
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week I will have a few one-sentence-pitches that I could use some feedback on.
Until then I hope you all had a great week and an awesome weekend!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I love books. All kinds of books. But I will say I
tend to gravitate to the fiction variety. I can be found reading non-fiction
once in a while, but it better blow my mind or I’m not interested. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">If given the choice of fiction, YA is by far
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and those who read it. If I was a fab lawyer like <a href="http://jessie-humphries.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jessie Humphries</a>, I could argue
my point better but I’ll just have to settle for listing why I LOVE YA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is still relevant in my life</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">—As much as we would
like to think that once we are out of high school we never have to go back, the
truth is SCARY. The world is HIGH SCHOOL. I can’t count the times I’ve listened
to what is going on in at my hubby’s office and thought it sounds just like
high school—rumors, lies, gossip, stealing others work, etc. Even among women I know, I feel like I’m a
Sophomore again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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helps me understand my teenagers</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">—I have two (yep, I’m
that old). I love to read YA and talk to my boys about it. As I read, I
remember teens are moody, learning, confused, insecure, whiny, sometimes
selfish. But that is okay, because they are still trying to find their place in
the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">YA
lets me explore feelings</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">—When I read YA (or most fiction) I
feel like I am living the story. When I read non-fiction I feel like I’m
sitting through a lecture. Yawn. YA is always heavy on the feelings. Teens tend
to be more dramatic in the expression of how they feel :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In
YA I can dig for meaning</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">—I can find truths in fiction that
aren’t readily apparent. If I read a YA story that explores the theme of
selfishness, I have to work to understand how it affects the characters and me.
Reading a non-fiction book about selfishness generally doesn’t change me as
much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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personal experience. I would love to see a little more open-mindedness and a little
less judgment. A girl can wish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Side note—Here is an old post called <a href="http://livetowrite1.blogspot.com/2011/08/fiction-and-empathy.html" target="_blank">Fiction and Empathy</a>. It includes a study that explores the idea that reading fiction
actually makes people more empathetic than people who read non-fiction. Just
saying :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-5878026691011091632014-03-19T06:00:00.000-06:002014-03-19T06:00:09.997-06:00Just for fun!I watched this a while back and I just had to share it. Studio C is big in Utah but I'm pretty sure most of my non-Utah friends haven't seen it. Take the time to watch it. It's SO worth it!!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">Geez Louise! It’s been exactly
9 months since I posted. I have a million reasons why I’ve been so busy but
only one reason why I decided I need to make a serious effort to come back—I miss
you all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I’m so out of the loop about
who has new agents, who is writing new books, whose books are coming out. I
need to get back in touch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Here is what I’ve been up to in
the last year…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Had
a sweet baby</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">. He’s my real reason for being out of the loop,
but he’s worth every squeeze.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Wrote
a book with <a href="http://getbusywriting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Emily King</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">. Emily kept me sane during a terrible
pregnancy. Nothing gets your mind off your troubles like writing. Except maybe
serving others </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> I’m so lucky, Em called me up
and asked if I wanted to do a collaboration. We are almost ready to query.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I
moved from Florida back to Utah</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">. I LOVED Orlando. There are
some days I really miss it, and I always miss the people there, but I couldn’t
keep my kids thousands of miles from their grandparents. And I missed the
mountains in my back yard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">So that is about it for me. I’m
going to make a serious effort to break away from the laundry and baby food to
blog at least once a week. I think I can commit to that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Catch me up. Tell me the most
exciting thing that has happened to you in the last year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-43131517863588074282013-06-10T11:49:00.000-06:002013-06-10T11:49:09.924-06:00How to Date A Nerd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was so lucky to read <u>How to Date a Nerd</u> when it was still in rough draft form. Cassie sent it to me for a once over after having an agent ask for it. I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN... and that isn't always to case with first drafts. I have a special place in my heart for this book and for Cassie.<br />
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SO EVERYONE GO CHECK IT OUT! You will love it.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Zoe has a great pair of legs, perky boobs, and wears exactly what she needs to show it all off. She works hard for the easy sleazy ‘you only wish you were me’ reputation, burying who she really is—an all-out nerd. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">The only time Zoe gets to be herself is when she hides under her comforter to read X-Men comics, sending jealousy stabs at everyone who attends Comic-Con. Keeping up her popular rep is too important, and she’s so damn insecure to care about the consequences. But when Zoe’s sister takes her car for a ‘crash and burn into a tree’ joyride, her parents get her a replacement. A manual. Something she doesn’t know how to operate, but her next door neighbor Zak sure as heck does. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Zak’s a geek to the core, shunned by everyone in school for playing Dungeons and Dragons at lunch and wearing “Use the Force” t-shirts. And Zoe’s got it bad for the boy. Only Zak doesn’t want Popular Zoe. He wants Geek Zoe. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">She has to shove her insecurities and the fear of dropping a few rungs on the social ladder aside to prove to Zak who she really is and who she wants to be… if she can figure it out herself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Cassie Mae is a nerd to the core from Utah, who likes to write about other nerds who find love. She’s the author of the Amazon Bestseller <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AY6OT70/ref=s9_simh_gw_p351_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0KVE2NBEHXQJSEYQPH2Y&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846" target="_blank">REASONS I FELL FOR THE FUNNY FAT FRIEND</a>, and is the debut author for the Random House FLIRT line with her New Adult novels <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Friday-Night-Alibi-ebook/dp/B00C4BA6A2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366831630&sr=8-1&keywords=friday+night+alibi" target="_blank">FRIDAY NIGHT ALIBI</a> and <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/book/231684/pulling-the-switch-by-cassie-mae" target="_blank">PULLING THE SWITCH</a>. She also has a three book deal with Swoon Romance Publishing, including her book <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17976672-how-to-date-a-nerd" target="_blank">HOW TO DATE A NERD</a>. She spends her time with her angel children and perfect husband who fan her and feed her grapes while she clacks away on the keyboard. Then she wakes up from that dream world and manages to get a few words on the computer while the house explodes around her. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with the youth in her community as a volleyball and basketball coach, or searching the house desperately for chocolate.</span><br />
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Cassie Mae
Author of Reasons I Fell for the Funny Fat Friend
Friday Night Alibi to be released July 29th by Random House Flirt
How to Date a Nerd to be released November 5th by Swoon Romance Publishing
BlogAngela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-29097245713840086292013-05-06T05:00:00.000-06:002013-05-06T05:00:00.190-06:00Anything for Cassie Mae :)I feel like I've known Cassie forever. I knew her back when she was writing Fantasy and hadn't found her love of Contemporary yet. I'll do anything for her. Including coming out of my pregnancy induced exile to promote her books. If you haven't read her work yet you are in for a treat. I love you girlfriend!!! - Angie<br />
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Dance Party!!! I'm super thrilled to show you all my cover for my New Adult debut, FRIDAY NIGHT ALIBI, published by Random House Flirt. This baby comes out on July 29th, but you can buy it now! And it'll just zap onto your ereader the day it's released.<br />
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Wanna know what it's about? Well, it's about this pig who learns how to fly, but only on friday nights and he grants wishes to people who are not where they're supposed to be, to get them out of a bind. You know I'm totally joking. I just wanted to see how many people just skipped over all these words to get to the pretty cover, lol. You mention the pig in the comments and you get cyber gold stars.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><i><b>Rising star Cassie Mae introduces New Adult readers to a practical soon-to-be college freshman who seems to have everything—until a special guy shows her what she’s been missing.</b></i><br /> <br /> In the wealthy town of Sundale, Kelli Pinkins has hatched the perfect plan to capitalize on her sweet reputation. For a generous fee, she will be every trust-fund baby’s dream: a Friday-night alibi, the “girlfriend” or “BFF” that parents dream about. With college approaching in the fall, Kelli’s services are in demand more than ever, which means that her social life is nonexistent. But Kelli is A-okay with that. She’s raking in cash for school. Besides, relationships are tricky, and sometimes very messy. She’d rather be at home on Xbox LIVE, anyway. Then the unexpected happens: She meets college stud Chase Maroney.<br /> <br /> Chase isn’t like the preppy, privileged guys Kelli usually meets in Sundale. For starters, he’s twentysomething, always wears black, and he shoots back one-liners as fast as she can dish them out. But Kelli’s attempts to drive Chase away falter when she realizes that he treats her like he really knows her, like he cares about knowing her. When Kelli finally gives in to the delicious kiss she’s been fighting for so long, she faces a tough decision: make Chase a real-life boyfriend and risk her heart . . . or keep her clients and lose her first true love.<br /><br /><i>Advance praise for Friday Night Alibi</i><br /> <br /> <i>“Totally entertaining with as many swoon-worthy moments as hilarious ones, Friday Night Alibi is a must-read.”—Jolene Perry, co-author of Out of Play<br /> <br /> “A fun, funny, and fantastic story, this is one you will read in a day, and pick up to re-read again the next.”—Kelley Lynn, author of Fraction of Stone </i></span></blockquote>
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Author of<u> Reasons I Fell for the Funny Fat Friend </u><br />
<u>Friday Night Alibi </u>to be released July 29th by Random House Flirt<br />
<u>How to Date a Nerd</u> to be released November 5th by Swoon Romance Publishing
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<br />Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-51743576494599867642013-03-15T05:00:00.000-06:002013-03-15T05:00:06.764-06:00Super Secret Project<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I know. I know. I
said I was going to post every week, but I have a good reason why I’ve been
MIA. No, seriously. It’s really good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I’ve been
working on a <i>super secret project</i>—one that has taxed every bone in my body and
zapped all my mental strength. I’d like to say it’s been fun, but for the most
part it’s been absolute misery. It’s one of those projects that starts off
terrible, eases up in the middle, then gets really uncomfortable before you get
this AWESOME reward at the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">You guys are so
smart to guess it right…Yep…I’m pregnant </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">We can throw
confetti and strike up the band, because when my mom asked, “On purpose?” The
answer was YES. This is number four for me and my hubby. My youngest is eight,
so that’s a big gap, but what can you do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I love writing,
but if I had to say what my number one mission in this world is, it would be my
kids. Although they may debate that idea around bed time (I’m kind of mean). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">So I haven’t
been online much, and only writing sporadically, but both are hard to do with
your head in the toilet. Go ahead, try it—I dare you. I’ve been crazy sick with
this baby, tons more than with the others. Here are the highlights: 24/7 nausea,
repertory infections, forced bed rest, early contraction—and I’m only at 16
weeks. Heaven help me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I wish I was
more like <a href="http://readingwritingandlovinit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cassie</a> and I could pop out 9 books, one for each month I was with
child and then sell them all the day my baby was born </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> Or like <a href="http://thesummerillsurf.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erin Summerill</a> who, I would bet
my last nickel, ran at least one marathon while pregnant with each of her five
kids. Tell me if I’m wrong someone. No, I’m the lame one who is sick all the
time and people wonder if they have died.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">So long story
short, I haven’t died (even though I’ve wanted to) and I miss all of you and
your wonderful energy. Now that I’m in my second trimester I’ll try to do
better, but I’m making no promises.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">P.S. I need to
send a public shout out to the amazing <a href="http://getbusywriting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Emily King</a>. We started working on a project
together before all of this started and she’s been the best friend to me. She
patiently listens to my whiny texts and doesn’t complain when I am a week or
two…or three late with a chapter or critique. I love you girl </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-36235077716213183252013-02-01T05:00:00.000-07:002013-02-01T05:00:05.946-07:00My FAVS of 2012<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 200%;">I
know this is </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 200%;">extremely</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 200%;"> late, but
about a month behind seems like how I’ve been rolling lately—better late than
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I
read 90 books in 2012—10 short of my goal, but still impressive. I was
surprised how many books were just okay with only a few terrible ones. Here are
5 of my favorites. Add them to your TBR list. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">CINDER—Best
fairytale retelling I’ve ever read! Super creative with fabulous characters. This
book is a great example of using more than one great high concept idea—Cyborg Cinderella
in Asia, mixed with creepy invaders from the moon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SCORPIO RACES—The writing in this book was AMAZING. Lyrical just like I like
it. It was so cool how Stiefvater mixed
the macabre with the beautiful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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NIGHT CIRCUS—This book was GORGEOUS! It’s a little bit of a slow moving story,
but the fact that you want to stay in the world the author has created makes it
worth it. The setting is just as much of a character (maybe more) then the
actual characters. I seriously felt myself relax every time I opened it up.
Fabulous writing!!! But if you are looking for plot you might be a bit thrown
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THE CAT—AMAZING!!! Seriously, the best book on story structure I've ever read.
Even though it is for screenwriters the principles really are universal for all
storytellers. If you don’t own it, you should.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">PALACE
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">SHADOW
AND BONE – Leigh Bardugo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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AT THE CASTLE – Jessica Day George<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Happy
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-62749418508690016812013-01-25T08:00:00.000-07:002013-01-25T08:01:27.236-07:00When the going gets tough…<br />
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failed to blog last week, so far my resolution isn’t going well. I’m old enough
to know goals rarely work for me. I pretty much do what I want :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Has
anyone been hit with the killer flu that’s been stalking America? I don’t have
that but I’ve been sick for almost three weeks. I’ve had good days and bad days
(mostly bad) and you know what I’ve found out about myself? I’m a big baby and
a whiner? Yes, but that isn’t what I was going to say. I can write (at least a
little) through lame situations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Have
you ever written while really sick? Do you muscle on or wait until you are
100%? I’m generally not one to push myself too much, but I’ve found that if I do,
I can accomplish a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-21860476476276350222013-01-07T05:00:00.000-07:002013-01-07T05:00:10.626-07:00I’m back and with a treat :)<br />
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rumors are false…I am not dead. I guess that would be considered good news :) I
have no real excuse for my blogging absence besides just plain crazy BUSY. But starting
this week I’m going to try to ease back into it.</span></div>
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to start I get to be a stop on <a href="http://eseckman.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Seckmans </a>Blog tour for her new book—<u>Healing
Summer.</u> I asked Elizabeth about writing pitfalls and of course she gave me
a super clever answer. Take it away Elizabeth!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angie! Here’s my list of pitfalls. There are plenty more…probably as many
pitfalls are there are form letter rejections. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">P</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">etulance</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. No one likes a brat, whether
they are four-years-old or forty. As a writer, you are working for the reader.
You are on this Earth to make them happy. Not the other way around. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first time out of the gate. If you think it’s the only measure of success,
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obsession platform building makes me guilty of lollygagging and that’s bad. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That
was awesome Elizabeth! Everybody check out her book. It sounds awesome. Also
you can vote for Elizabeth’s best post on her blog :) I missed you guys. It’s
nice to be back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Love, Not Time, Heals All Wounds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ditched
at the altar…biopsied for cancer…Mollie Hinkle is having a bona fide bitch of a
summer. When life sucks so hard it takes your breath away, what's a girl to do?
Pack a bag, grab a few friends, and leave the past and the worry in the rear
view mirror. What wounds can’t be healed by a drive across the Heartland, where
quarter flips at cross roads determine the route and the future? All roads lead
to Craig, the second son and bad boy of the haughty Coulter line. Has fate
brought her to the miniscule Montana town to find happily ever after or will it
just break her heart?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-21371999345826053922012-11-12T05:00:00.000-07:002012-11-12T05:00:02.743-07:00Please NO MORE CAPTCHA!<br />
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as fast as you can. NOW. FASTER. YOU’RE TOO SLOW! BOO!!!</span></div>
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I alone in this or does everyone hate those horrid blog verification words (captcha)?
Yes, you do—I know you do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
this is my plea today. Everyone go into the settings on your blog and turn it
OFF. I know they are there to help people from getting comment spam, but has
anyone ever REALLY gotten comment spam? I never have. And even after I turned
mine off, I haven’t gotten comment spam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Need
help? Have no fear. This is easy peasy. Well kind of. <b><a href="http://writingwithshellyandchad.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Shelly Morris</a></b> has information on her blog today about how to fix this so check it out <a href="http://writingwithshellyandchad.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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take 2 minutes and switch it off…I’m begging you. Angela Ackerman (The
Bookshelf Muse) did a post of this very thing back in March—<a href="http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.com/2011/03/is-your-blog-easy-to-love.html" target="_blank">Is Your Blog Easy to Love</a>. She totally backs me up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">You
have no idea how happy it makes me to see—<i>Your
comment has been published</i>—and I didn’t even have to type in that nonsense
word!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Please
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">-Angie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-19785675475496233702012-11-09T07:35:00.000-07:002012-11-09T07:35:14.490-07:00Check it out!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtSIRJFns3ZVopUISgWH1u0XASbO5LHPPuk7n8lHKU4-xhTd2qaZ2y8ymbLgAf9uLtU0ScBC1O-dZ8pvXqHUDlvOWsRsk9Txz3WvVeLHWkHuhLs_Qe66vbO_M-BJ4WUNj0cEmxrV4fE0/s1600/FotoFlexer_Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtSIRJFns3ZVopUISgWH1u0XASbO5LHPPuk7n8lHKU4-xhTd2qaZ2y8ymbLgAf9uLtU0ScBC1O-dZ8pvXqHUDlvOWsRsk9Txz3WvVeLHWkHuhLs_Qe66vbO_M-BJ4WUNj0cEmxrV4fE0/s1600/FotoFlexer_Photo.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;">My rocking CP <a href="http://getbusywriting.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Emily King</a> is hosting a super fun
blog hop with <a href="http://tammybr2.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tammy</a> and their lovely assistant David Spade!</span></div>
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You can check out the details <b><a href="http://getbusywriting.blogspot.com/2012/11/and-you-are-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>
or <b><a href="http://tammybr2.blogspot.com/2012/11/and-you-are-bloghop_9.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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David Spade is involved?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-23087327855373200102012-10-30T05:00:00.000-06:002012-10-30T05:00:07.152-06:00Won’t You Be My Neighbor—Elizabeth Seckman<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Today I'm so excited
to welcome the talented <a href="http://eseckman.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Seckman!</a> She is a little bit sweet. A little
bit sassy. And a whole lot of fun.</span></div>
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chocolate and I'd be perfect!</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Elizabeth</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">:</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"> Oh, I should say,
thanks for having me over. Just show me to the pool and you can fill in the
blanks for me. :)</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Deal. It is a balmy 85 degrees outside. I like the sun, but I miss wearing
sweaters.</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hoodies) do hide more of my um, flaws...so I do have that in my favor! It's
getting chilly here in WV and the leaves are all aglow.</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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little jealous of the leaves and the chill.</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Here is my first question for you. You live in a small town. I grew up in
a small town (as in no stop light town). So we have that in common. I want to
know what you like about your small town?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Elizabeth</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">:</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"> I like that I feel
safe. I can walk my dog at midnight and never worry. And I LOVE that I have a
whole town of narks to report the behavior of my children. Poor guys can't get
away with squat! Keeps ornery boys on their toes...a little.</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LOL! Narks :) That is so true about small towns. I know when I was a teenager I
never dared step out of line because I knew my science teacher would tell my
parents all about it at church on Sunday.</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was plenty of rottenness I opted out of for the same reason. I have a plaque
that says small towns are like big families...and that's true. </span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Are you the only author in your little town? And what do they think about your
writing?</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Elizabeth</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">:</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"> That's a tough
question! The town I live in now does have several red lights, so I don't know
everybody (and I hate to say, yep just me...and offend someone). I've met
several people who are writing books, but have not met one with one on print.
According to the town bookseller (we have one bookstore), there are other
published authors around these hills, but they primarily write nonfiction. In
Tyler County where I grew up (and is just a few miles away from my home),
native son, Austin Boyd, has several books to his credit. I've never met
him...but way to go man!!!</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That is pretty cool. Do they carry your book in the book store?</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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available on the front shelf! And the owner's mom bakes me cookies for
signings. How special is that?</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the characters. I hear their voices and putting them on paper and calling it a
story is cheaper than medication. The hardest part is the love scenes. They
take the most editing. I tell myself, just close the door, don't worry about
it! But then my betas will complain and I'll sweat through it. They're a labor
of love...pun fully intended. </span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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get...don't like to write them either. But I will! I aim to please..well, to a
certain extent...not doing any "Shades" of anything...I'll leave that
to the more creative writers. :)</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Or less creative. "Shades" is not my kind of a real love story.</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love is easy come, easy go. Real love is about loyalty, not head spins. I often
joke that my own husband would walk through the fires of hell to bring me ice
water if I said I was thirsty, but I love him enough to never ask it of
him.</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is unselfish. My hubby would get out of bed at midnight to take the trash to
the curb in his pjs so I don't have to. That is love!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you read and what did you learn from it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about dragons and such. I won't mention the title because its magic didn't work
on me. Way too much exposition for my taste. Tell me once and I've got it.
Don't beat me over the head with what a character is thinking. A long
time ago, I decided if I skimmed a passage when I edit (because after umpteen
readings it bored me) then I chopped it. If I was bored, the reader would be
bored. This story confirmed that the idea of "less is more" should be
considered by writers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can say all the rotten things this good girl never does. ;)</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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So true! Are you ready for the traditional pageant question? I'm
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Carolina was my coach...so I, um, uh, um, think, for the love of the kids in
Afghanistan, and in, um, other places like Newark, that I am ready.</span><span style="background: white; color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #5f497a; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Elizabeth</span></b><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #5f497a; font-family: Georgia, serif;">:</span><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">And you said it was going to be hard! That's so easy, even
a bleach soaked brain can answer that! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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choice I make, I have to think of them. I never once worried about Ebola, crime
rates, or impact collision ratings on mini vans until I had kids. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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No peace in the Middle East questions (I'm foreign policyed out from
the debates :) I thought it might be too personal of a question, but your
answer was awesome. My kids changed everything too. I learned to be (or try to
be) unselfish from them.</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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son's teacher asked me to speak to his class...all the kids had writing
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I have two so I can testify to that :) </span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in my pool anytime. Maybe next time we can go to the beach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Can you all see why
I love her so much? So much fun! You can check out Elizabeth’s book <b>Past Due</b> on
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Past-Due-Elizabeth-Seckman/dp/1938243323/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351567699&sr=8-1&keywords=elizabeth+seckman" target="_blank">Amazon </a>or <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13579057-past-due" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>. She is all kinds of awesome :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-15666134077335147592012-10-22T08:35:00.001-06:002012-10-22T08:35:27.999-06:00Something Borrowed…<br />
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the thought—“There are no new plots”? I know we all have. Plots are recycled.
There is the Quest Plot, the Coming of Age Plot, the Monster in the House Plot…I
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">If the plots are
all old, what makes your story yours? It’s the characters and the world you put
them in. Simple as that. If you can make your characters and worlds interesting
and stick them inside a tried and true plot you are golden.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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question and I want you all to be honest with me. <b>Have you ever knowingly borrowed a plot?</b> My good friend Katie
Purdie wrote in a post a week ago that <b>Shakespeare</b> did it all the time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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:) Something new that I’m working on I’ve used the skeletal form of another
book I loved the plot of. Unless you were highly observant and you knew what to
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coming up, and it’s my kids favorite holiday (not mine, mine is Christmas :).
My 13 year old LOVES everything scary. He is trying to convince my hubby to
take him to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights. That is too scary for me, but
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for good, clean (no language please), non-gory ghost stories. I’m tossing
around the idea for a new MS and for some reason ghost keep creeping into my
mind. So please hit me with your best recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-26702924955694331852012-10-10T05:00:00.000-06:002012-10-10T20:27:19.592-06:00Won’t You Be My Neighbor—Dax<br />
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have a ground breaking interview today. One of my favorite people in the world,
<a href="http://chantelesedgwick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chantele Sedgwick</a>, is letting me interview a character from her awesome book—</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Not Your Average Fairy Tale.</i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dax</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">:</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Thanks for having me, Ms. Cothran. It's
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Angie</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dax, call me Angie. We aren't that formal
here. I'm so glad you agreed to come and talk with me today, because I have all
kinds of questions for you. Let’s start out easy and ease into the harder ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Everyone is too goody goody there. And anywhere Ash Summerland is, I'd rather
not be. Things are more interesting in the human world. I can actually use my
magic without anyone breathing down my neck.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Angie</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">:</span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> That's interesting. Then tell me what you
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Since human's are all the same, powerless and predictable, I have a lot of fun
when I'm there. It's easy to get inside their heads and freak them out. Call it
a hobby I guess.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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predictable, huh. I won't take that as an insult :)</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Ash and even Kendall, you come across as the "bad guy." Do you
feel like you are the bad guy, or just misunderstood?</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I'm a good guy, naturally. Ever since I've been at the Academy though, Ash and
I have had our differences. When we disagree, I'm always the one in trouble and
Ash never gets punished for anything he does. Now that Ash has Kendall though,
it's a whole different ball game. He actually cares about someone else. Which
could be fun in the future.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">So, in answer to your question, you always have
to have a villain, and I guess I play the part well when it comes to him. I'm
darker by nature, but not pure evil. I can be good too if I want to be. The
opportunity just hasn't presented itself yet.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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complicated. I can identify with that.</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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come off as a loner that wants to be alone, but I would really like someone to
relate to. Who understands me.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people won't take me serious if I all of a sudden change personalities. You
know what I mean?</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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try it by small degrees, then maybe it won't be such a shock to people. Sorry I
didn't mean for this to turn into a therapy session :)</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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harassing Ash and messing with unsuspecting humans, what do you like to do for
fun? What are your hobbies?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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don't talk about my personal problems very often. If ever. Um... as for
hobbies? I'm a big fan of skateboarding. Random, I know. I also like to draw.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beauty pageant question, something super hard but you've
been so great about opening up I thought we could play a little word
association game instead. I'm going to give you 5 words and I want you to tell
me the first thing that comes to your mind. Then I might ask a little follow up
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Angie</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">:</span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Dax, you were awesome today. I just want you
to know that you really surprised me at the end of the book. I didn't see
that epilogue coming! Just a little friendly advice from me to
you--revenge never works out how you have it planned. I want to see you get
that friend :)</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dax</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">:</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Thank you, Angie. It was a pleasure
being here.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>And hopefully I will
surprise you in the next book.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Angie</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: I
hope so too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks
for letting us meet Dax, Chantele. If you want to check out Not Your Average
Fairy Tale (and I totally recommend you do :) Try these links.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://chantelesedgwick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ChanteleSedgwick—Author blog</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Love
you to pieces, Chan!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-88232698187679689722012-10-09T05:00:00.000-06:002012-10-09T05:00:00.561-06:00Importance<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Have you ever
had an experience that changes your perspective? I did last week and I wanted
to share it with you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I’ve been so
busy lately with family and church obligations that I’ve only had sporadic time
for writing. But I decided to make a plan to outline and start a new project I’ve
been eager about. I was starting on Wednesday and I was so excited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I got up early
(which is a miracle for me) and I was all ready to go by the time my kids left
for school, then I got a call asking if I could help a friend because her 4
year old was in the hospital ICU.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">This simple
thing changed everything for me. I love to write, but there are things more
important than writing. If we push off those important things like time with
family and helping friends we lose a great opportunity to grow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Writing is important
to me. But sometimes it takes perspective to pull back on blogging, writing,
reading, social media and forwarding our careers to do the things that really matter. I want to
do what is TRULY important—nothing else really matters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">-Angie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-83470573061952852952012-10-05T05:00:00.000-06:002012-10-05T05:00:19.495-06:00I Like You<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Short and easy
post today and a picture of my boys to make you laugh :)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">How do you make your main character
likeable?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> I really want
to know, so give me your secrets and I can talk about it a little more next
week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Have a great
weekend!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">-Angie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-13443592787790137702012-10-03T05:00:00.000-06:002012-10-03T05:00:11.222-06:00Save it all!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I just finished
reading </span><u style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Writing Magic</u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> by Gail Carson Levine. Even though it is a writing
book written for children I still learned a lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">One of her tips
that really struck me was—Save EVERYTHING you write. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">She, of course,
is writing this book for kids, so why would she tell them, “don’t discard your
writing lightly”?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I’m just going
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikL5RSVdszv71uOJ3kJpa60UOcskl0CWTkCvKhd6DsLVo0AnBiB8dXQuEfhpRrzhwsOzJ7UbtNZFBTUpKuHeTGymU3pWTS-7TjLEX7d32_jByGfc4Q_VpMxGBgI2w_i5iSqeBAp3YwbJg/s1600/magic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikL5RSVdszv71uOJ3kJpa60UOcskl0CWTkCvKhd6DsLVo0AnBiB8dXQuEfhpRrzhwsOzJ7UbtNZFBTUpKuHeTGymU3pWTS-7TjLEX7d32_jByGfc4Q_VpMxGBgI2w_i5iSqeBAp3YwbJg/s320/magic.jpg" width="211" /></a><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I used to think long ago, that when I
grew up, I’d remember what it felt like to be a child and that I’d always be
able to get back to my child self. But I can’t. When you become a teenager, you
step onto a bridge. The opposite shore is adulthood. Childhood lies behind. The
bridge is made of wood. As you cross it burns behind you. If you save what you
write, you still won’t be able to cross back into childhood. But you’ll be able
to see yourself in that lost country. You’ll be able to wave to yourself across
that wide river.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">This is so
profound to me, and I think it applies to all of us. I’ve been though incredibly
hard trials in my life, but not that I am through them the edge is gone—my burden
had been eased and I can only remember what it was like to feel the pain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">But when I go
back and read what I wrote in those times I can feel it all again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">So listen to
Gail :) Save everything. You never know when an old experience will need to be
relived.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-11979778788119419562012-10-01T07:40:00.001-06:002012-10-01T07:40:09.644-06:00Rejection<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">You can’t query
without being rejected. There is no way around this universal truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> I was at LDStorymakers in 2011 and author
Elana Johnson (I would stake my life on the fact it was her, but someone tell
me if I'm wrong :) got an award for the most rejections that year—<b>86</b> (give or take).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I hadn’t started
querying yet so I had no way to know if this was normal or not, but I was so
impressed with her determination. I thought she must have great confidence in
her story. And she was right to. If you’ve read <u>Possession</u> you will know
what I mean.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I’ve had 26
rejections so far this year. Lots were form rejections, some rejections of
partials or full requests, and some were “I liked your writing. I liked your
story, but I can’t represent it now.” I think the last are the hardest and in
some ways the nicest to take.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">So I want to
know…<b>What is your rejection number? Any
that have broken your heart? How do you keep going?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-8545035680629459682012-09-19T07:01:00.001-06:002012-09-19T07:01:20.751-06:00Where the Heck are we?Hey all :) I'm over at <a href="http://rmacwheeler.blogspot.com/2012/09/where-heck-are-we-guest-post-angie.html" target="_blank">R. Mac Wheeler's</a> blog today talking about setting. So come on over and give me a holler.<br />
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-Angie<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4Hgg6LnYtbZlreHTr8SU0EpG9ZoQ5J0oT2BMtJnB-rs-Di7hd80MO2S82oL1VzzUxM3Q1RyBI_m0baVlMgv_gp99fPyaukMREQmS3K-xAexSX2Jbb88qo7JI7XpingzVxLzAaUAmrLo/s1600/Hogwarts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4Hgg6LnYtbZlreHTr8SU0EpG9ZoQ5J0oT2BMtJnB-rs-Di7hd80MO2S82oL1VzzUxM3Q1RyBI_m0baVlMgv_gp99fPyaukMREQmS3K-xAexSX2Jbb88qo7JI7XpingzVxLzAaUAmrLo/s640/Hogwarts.jpg" width="640" /></a>Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-20970673761584249302012-09-18T05:00:00.000-06:002012-09-18T05:00:03.859-06:00Won’t You Be My Neighbor—David Powers King<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Booya people!!! I
have a special treat for you today. The 50% famous, 50% quiet, 100%
talented--David Powers King! (I know that is 200%...I'm a writer, not a math
genius :) I'm very excited you’re here David!</span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">David</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">:
Thanks, Angela! I'm not a mathematician either, but I'll assume
triple digits is a good thing. Thanks for having me on your blog today. I
brought virtual crullers for everyone!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Angie</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">:
</span><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">How
did you know I was in the mood for imaginary donuts? You must be psychic :)
I'm impressed. </span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Lets jump to the first question...Your name is so cool. It sounds
just like a famous author name. Powers is such a cool middle name. I'm
wondering where is came from. Give me a story :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I have my grandparents on my mother's side to thank for that middle name. Their descendants immigrated to America during the Potato Famine in Ireland (to be sure). Grandpa Powers even wrote a book himself once, and since I was writing my first novel when he passed away, I inherited his hand-written manuscript One of these days I'll transcribe it and see what can be done with it. </span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Angie</span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">:
That is so amazing you have his manuscript! My grandmother was a writer too
(mostly poetry and short stories). Sometimes I feel like she is cheering me on
from heaven. What kind of story did your grandpa write?</span></div>
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It's a historical fiction novel around the Nevada Silver Rush, at a time when
Vegas was just beginning and organized crime was replacing the
outlaw. That's only the setting. The characters are far more interesting</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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sounds really cool! Old time Vegas could be full of all kinds of plot twists.</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other writers and conferences) and you always bring your darling wife. She
seems so supportive of your writing. How does she help you?</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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She's above and beyond, Angela. She's the first to read my stuff (always the
roughest). From the beginning, she's liked the way I tell stories. She's not a
fan of zombies or epic fantasy, but is always pushing me to get her the next
chapter. My first stab at fantasy was written for her, when
she challenged me to write a genre she likes. Okay. She likes Shannon
Hale, Gale Carson Levine, and The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, so I
thought up a princess and dragon story and she ate it up. Ever since she's been
kind enough to let me write when I otherwise can't. I wouldn't know what to do
if she didn't have my back on this writing business</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I think that is amazing! My hubby is supportive like that (although I'm not sure
he would brave a dinner with tons of other writers :). It really makes a
difference when you have someone who believes in you against all
odds. Which of your stories is her favorite?</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Dragon's Heart</i>, the YA I wrote for her (she's not biased - at all ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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course not :)</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would you ask them if you had the chance?</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Orson Scott Card (no hesitation there). His writing style has always intrigued
me from the moment I picked up and read Ender's Game at age 11 (the first time
I read a novel without anyone telling me to). I've been striving to tell a
unique story ever since. My first trilogy is a space opera, even (needs an
overhaul, though). And I did have the chance to speak with him at a writing workshop
he conducted a couple years ago - I can't remember what I asked him, but he did
sign a couple of my books called me an "evil genius" at one point.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Evil Genius! That is the best compliment anyone could give an author. I love
OSC too. Enders Game was my first exposure to sci-fi and I'm still waiting to
read sci-fi I like as well. You will probably laugh at me...but what the heck
is a space opera? I hear this term all over and I just pretend I know what it
means, but I'm not afraid of showing my ignorance today :)</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jordan Ricks wrote an excellent post about that (we read his posts through
inkPageant all the time). Check it out <a href="http://jordanricks.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-crap-is-space-opera.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The key ingredient of a
space opera, as Jordan puts it, is that it's "more concerned with a great
story than science." Star wars, John Carter, Dune, and yes, Ender's Game
are considered space operas.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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is very cool. I knew Star Wars was one, I just didn't know why.</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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*Snickers* ... no, wait - that's not my answer! That's tough (not Big Hunk
tough, but still). I like so many candy bars it's hard to pick just one. Okay.
Since I'm not going anywhere for a while, I'll go with Snickers.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I have a bag of fun size (that size is not fun btw :) snickers hidden from my
kids. If you were here I would give you one...or maybe 5 :)</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Awesome! I don't know how my secret stash of M&Ms would feel about that ...</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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you are a founding member of inkPageant you are already
a pageant pro, so I will ask a pageant question with a writing twist
:) What was the best advice you ever read on inkPageant? (Wow. Ten extra points
for the number of times I said pageant in that section).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We're always on the lookout for great posts and the experiences of
authors as they pursue their writing careers (We'd love to see more
posts by agents and editors, too), but one of the best posts I read was back in
April by Nathan Bransford called "</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2012/04/ten-commandments-for-editing-someones.html" target="_blank">Ten Commandments for Editing Someone's Work</a></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">." It's a
must-read for anyone about to join a critique group or has been in one for
years. It helped me be a better critiquer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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crucial. I know my work would be a mess without them. I love the idea of guide
lines. I'm checking this out for sure :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that works. </span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">How about ...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">I'm David, and don't forget your virtual cruller on the way out!
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">LOL! Thanks David.
If you haven’t visited David’s blog…where the heck have you been? <a href="http://davidpowersking.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Check it out HERE</a> and also check out <a href="http://www.inkpageant.com/" target="_blank">inkPageant</a>. You won’t be sorry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">-Angie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-56665019206068973622012-09-14T05:00:00.000-06:002012-09-14T05:00:12.012-06:00Random Friday Thoughts<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">First off—Thanks
to the talented Tara Tyler for the fun new header. The cartoon version of me is
much thinner than the real life me. I think I could put 100 cartoon me’s down
my bra :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I’ve been kind
of slammed with life so I’ve been a lazy blogger, and all I have for today are
a few random thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Thought #1</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">—I’m am the luckiest girl. I’ve got the
best CP’s and they write awesome stuff. I’ve read 3 manuscripts in the last two
weeks. Emily, Kelley, and Cassie—I love your work, all for different reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mood swing Princess</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Thought #2</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">—I was driving my 7 year old daughter
home from school and she said, “I hate having mood swings. Well, the going up part
is good, but I don’t like the coming down part.” Amen sister! AMEN!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Thought #3</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">—If someone could figure out a way to
extract the calories from chocolate, I would vote for them to be president of
the world regardless of political ideals :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Thought #4</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">—I never realized how politically eye opening
living in a battle ground state could be. Did you guys know Mitt Romney
invented the ebola virus and personally set it loose in Africa? Or that Pres.
Obama moonlights as a sniper/stripper in Vegas on the weekends. (I think this
one might be true. I’ll have to ask Jessie Humphries)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Thought #5</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">—There’s no fall chill in Florida. I’m
still wearing my sweaters anyway!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Love you all!
Have an awesome weekend :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">-Angie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Angela Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509009608138236950.post-36537393959570557892012-09-11T07:40:00.002-06:002012-09-11T07:40:36.540-06:00Book Bashing<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">We are writers.
We agonize over the perfect words. We create new worlds with only our
imaginations. We love our characters like our own children. And we understand
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">But…does the
rest of the world?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I got caught in
the middle of a book bashing conversation a few days ago and I’m not sure I handled
it well. My friends were talking about how terrible a particular book was—so I
tried to explain how they weren’t the books target audience, and the people it
was written for love it. My friends asked how could someone of this religious persuasion
write a book like this—I tried to explain that if you really understand the
book it isn’t so far off. They know I write and so maybe they thought I could
answer these questions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I understand
that people have opinions and want to discuss them, but what bothered me more
than the questions was the negativity. Authors are people. We aren’t perfect.
Our books aren’t perfect, but we pour our souls into them. We know not everyone
will like them, but we still write.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">So this is my
question to you…<b>Do you author bash? Do you book bash? What do you do when
others around you do?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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