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Holding his hand against her heart,
it beat against his palm,
warm, filled with hope and life,
he knew the night had come.
He clutched her heart in both his hands,
and heaved it to the ground, (more…)
My heart hurts. It’s true. I have been blissfully ignorant of one thing while I attempted to take the next step on my publishing journey. Book reviews. I always knew that there would be others reviewing my story and my writing skills once I got my book out there, but never could I imagine the emotions flowing through me after reading each one.
I tell myself to quit checking them, but I can’t help it. I know certain reviews could potentially make me a better writer for addressing each of their concerns, but I hadn’t considered the fact that some people forget that authors are only human and have feelings too. Especially those with private accounts and unidentifiable screen names. How convenient for them. (more…)
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Thank you so much for all your support!! Whether you have purchased my book, shared the news or given me your writing advice from your informative and inspiring blogs, you’ve all been a major part of my self-publishing journey thus far, whether you realize it or not. For that I thank you. (more…)
I’m super excited to share that my debut romance novel TWISTED has been live for 24 hours now and has sold… please excuse me while I finish my happy dance… 53 copies on amazon!!!
And none of those copies were me. Lol. (more…)
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In light of the fact that I have finally found my new book cover, I’d like to share one of my favourite excerpts from my debut novel TWISTED. Read on for a sample of the relationship between Abigail Jenkins and Edwin Santora.
Here goes…
Being inside his personal space was incredibly awkward. It wasn’t exactly the place I had expected to be this morning, but there I was, wearing nothing but a barely there bra.
My eyes flashed away from his glimmering aqua glance and landed on his luscious smiling lips. Lower yet, my eyes focused in on his smooth chest peeking out of his crisp white, mostly unbuttoned shirt. Damn it. He looked like a tasty morning treat, his shirt fully tucked into those black slacks hung handsomely from his masculine hips.
I swallowed the lusty lump from the back of my throat. “Sorry,” I said softly. I didn’t even know whether I was apologizing for getting in his face or eyeing his body like a piece of man candy. (more…)
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TWISTED is a New Adult Contemporary Romance with a Paranormal Twist. I edited the book blurb. Then I edited it again. Now, after rewriting it today, I think it is finally complete.
Here it is!! https://christasimpson.wordpress.com/twisted
One of my beta readers has brought up a concern with my TWISTED manuscript and I’d like to discuss that with you today. “Ragging”: not the most pleasant word no matter which way you look at it.
Wikipedia suggests… “Ragging is a practice in educational institutions… that involves existing students baiting or bullying new students.”
That is not the term I am referring to here now. Consider the “vulgar slang” version of the word.
UrbanDictionary.com suggests “ragging” is: Menstruating. i.e. when a woman has her period. The origin is possibly from the days when women had to use rags as sanitary towels.
“She’s always moody when ragging – she’ll be better in a day or two.”
| BAM!! That’s exactly what I’m talking about. First off, let me give you the scenario. This is an excerpt from Chapter Four of my TWISTED novel, when Abigail Jenkins realizes that she has caught feelings for her ex-boy toy and current housemate Edwin Santora. I’ve highlighted the sentence in question.
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I read about a fun little challenge being shared between authors and thought it would be fun to post my results. This should be fun!!
Following are excerpts from my TWISTED manuscript (book one) and my draft TWIST AND TURN manuscript (book two). These are seven line excerpts from the 7th line in my manuscript, the 7th line on page 7, and the 7th line on page 77. Let’s see what happens!! (more…)
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After reading a handful of reviews for my short story A GLIMMER OF HOPE, it left me with a warm and fuzzy feeling (kind of like when I read the ending of my story). However, a few critics who I was expecting to weigh in did not, and needless to say that it got me more than a little bit worried. So what do I do when something’s bothering me? Call them out on it. (more…)
Christa Simpson 