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jgraeme2007

The Weekly (okay looking more like monthly) Round Up!

Jul 22, 2013 10:48

The (rough draft) of The Haunted Heart is now complete at Wattpad. I'll be leaving it up until I expand, edit and publish the final version through regular channels. So enjoy.

I've sold two projects to Carina Press for 2014. Stranger on the Shore (excerpt here) and the sequel to Fair Game (titled Fair Play).

Man Oh Man is now available in digital. ( Read more... )

audio books, fair game, the darkling thrush, the haunted heart, man oh man, stranger on the shore, the ghost wore yellow socks

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idamus July 22 2013, 18:11:50 UTC

A sequel to Fair Game? Awesome :)

And I'll go attack that Haunted story right away :D
....now that it's all done

*Shuffles off to read*

idamus July 23 2013, 08:30:48 UTC

I can't get chapter 15 page 6 to load, is it empty or what?

jgraeme2007 July 23 2013, 13:16:19 UTC

There is no page 6. I just forgot to delete the extra white space at the end of the file.

idamus July 23 2013, 14:00:06 UTC

That would be why it wont load :p
Enjoyed the story a lot, but two niggles, Flynn is said to be 23 in the beginning and later we're told he' s26 and the end was a wee bit rushed.
Very much looking forward to Spring :D

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jperceval July 22 2013, 18:17:46 UTC

HAUNTED HEART was fantastic -- can't wait to see it in it's polished up form (no pressure, LOL!).

Yay for vacation! I'm counting the days to mine too.

jgraeme2007 July 23 2013, 13:29:01 UTC

It's a great feeling, isn't it?

Thank you -- the final edited, expanded version should be out in August. :-)

greerwatson July 23 2013, 08:02:21 UTC

Are you working to a strict word count? Because I definitely think that this ends much too abruptly. There's all that build-up-the haunted mirror, the trip to Louisiana-and then suddenly...poof!

Far too easy.

jgraeme2007 July 23 2013, 13:17:34 UTC

It's only the rough draft of course, and it's only the first of four interconnected stories -- Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn.

mee_eep July 23 2013, 20:13:50 UTC

How do the stories connect, will it be the same characters?

jgraeme2007 July 24 2013, 15:52:40 UTC

It's Flynn's journey, his is the haunted heart, so we will follow Flynn through the series.

kcwarwick July 23 2013, 15:46:20 UTC

I loved Haunted Heart, even though it scared me to death, and I think it's amazing for a first draft. I also liked the excerpt from 'Stranger on the Shore'. Do you remember the Acker Bilk instrumental of that name? It was the signature tune to something on the BBC when I was a kid. One of these days perhaps you could blog about writing for a publisher like Carina, the advantages and disadvantages, whether you write differently for them in any way? I'd be very interested.

jgraeme2007 July 24 2013, 15:52:04 UTC

You know it! That instrumental plays a key role in the novel. I love that melody.

Yes, that's a blog I could probably write. Other than the general overall question, any particular concerns that come to mind?

kcwarwick July 24 2013, 17:20:10 UTC

I suppose what I'd really like to know is whether you feel that a 'big' publisher like Carina puts any pressure on you to write to some sort of formula. I know they say in their submission guidelines that they will consider almost anything, but in practice I wonder if you feel constrained to produce something akin to the Mills & Boone type stuff. Do you feel that you get improved publicity by writing for them - in other words, do they market you well? Are sales noticeably greater for their titles? When I was trying to write het romance, I used to consider M & B to be the sort of Holy Grail of publishing (I was much younger then!) but I've read some negatives about Carina, so I'd be interested to hear your opinion.

jgraeme2007 July 24 2013, 21:21:24 UTC

I can probably figure a blog out of that.

I can tell you that I do like Carina. Every publishers has its plusses and minuses, but overall I've been happy with them. A lot of whether you like a publisher depends on your editor, though.

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teko_tenka July 23 2013, 19:04:09 UTC

I adored The Haunted Heart, and kept wondering if it was taking me to a Tell Tale Heart world, or was going to be a take on the end of Desiree's Baby.

I got to the end of chapter 15 and kept seeing if there was more after, which I guess is a clear indicator that you did a brilliant job making us love, and want more of the story. :)

You've earned that vacation!

jgraeme2007 July 24 2013, 15:50:25 UTC

Thank you so much!

I really enjoyed that story.

I've been feeling frustrated with myself for getting so "little" done this year, but if I look at the big picture, including audio and print, it's maybe been more productive than I thought.

Writing fiction can never be a bad thing.