Becoming Friends with Your Book Characters

It never ceases to amaze me how I develop a relationship with the characters in my books! I sometimes find myself thinking about how they would handle a situation and wonder what their reaction would be to aspects of my own life. This has actually given me the strength to stand up for myself! I just think about how my protagonist would react to rudeness, etc. that I sometimes encounter – she would not put up with it for one minute!

Based on articles, blogs, and the twitter feeds of other writers, I don’t think this feeling of connectedness is uncommon. How can you expect anyone else to care about your characters if you have no feelings for them? The scary part, however, is when you put something of yourself in your protagonist. Everyone knows that we are all flawed and have our own issues but to expose yourself to the public is like a shy person walking around naked. The public can be brutal with their thoughts on your work.

 

 

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BookBaby Now Has a Free Option

BookBaby now seems to have thrown their hat into the ring for publishing eBooks and they have simplified the process for those of us who like to use Amazon’s Kindle Select!

Here is a section from their facts page concerning KDP Select:

Can I work with BookBaby AND Kindle Direct Publishing Select? And can BookBaby handle my KDP eBook conversion?

The short answer: yes.

We can convert your book to the .mobi file format required by Kindle. But, due to KDP Select’s 90-day exclusivity period, you will have to wait a bit before BookBaby distributes your book for iPad, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and others.

According to Amazon’s website:
When you choose KDP Select for a book, you’re committing to make the digital format of that book available exclusively through KDP. During the period of exclusivity, you cannot distribute your book digitally anywhere else, including on your website, blogs, etc. However, you can continue to distribute your book in physical format, or in any format other than digital.

How we can convert your eBook for Kindle without violating the terms of your KDP Select Agreement:

• Sign up for BookBaby and select the eBook publishing package of your choice.
• During the signup process, do not select any distribution partners and select “no” for future distribution partners. This will prevent us from distributing your book to iBooks, B&N, etc. or to future partners if they are added to our distribution network during the exclusive period your book will be listed with Amazon.
• Email or call us to request your .mobi file. If you’ve ordered our Standard or Premium package, please wait to request the .mobi file until AFTER you’ve approved your proof.
• Sign up to KDP Select using your BookBaby converted .mobi file.
• When 90 days are up, contact BookBaby and we’ll deliver your eBook to all the other digital retailers.

It will be interesting to see how smoothly this concept works.

A Fall From Grace – The Lycan’s Lair Now Available for FREE

A Fall From Grace – The Lycan’s Lair is now available for FREE on Amazon until January 6, 2014! This is a Young Adult paranormal story about a child named “Grace” who was born a werewolf during her mother’s murder. This novel follows her as she grows into a teenage, struggling to find out who she really is and where she fits in – does she belong in human society or a werewolf clan? Her life is further complicated by a rogue member of the nearby werewolf pack, who wants her as his mate and a politically powerful human who is blackmailing her.

Grace needs to find her own inner strength to protect her family and come to terms with the mystery of her mother’s murder – was she killed by the clan or a member of the community with a secret to protect?

A bonus chapter is included from my new eBook that will be available this Summer, 2014, about two ten year old girls who go into the woods and only one girl returns with no memory of what has happened to her friend. This novel follows the mystery of the missing girl as her childhood friend grows up determined to get to the bottom of the tragedy.

If you wish to be notified when my new novel is available, just use the contact form below with the words “New Novel”.  Thanks!

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