My first month of marathon writing is over, and I’ve set a goodpace. I exceeded 50,000 words to come out a little ahead. The only think isthat there are eleven months to go. Ifeel good about things and about how things are turning out. I should have many completed projects by theend of the year!
Still one more day to enter the Young Adult Blog hop to win a copyof “The Canticle Kingdom”. My publisher let me know that they are working ongetting it out in eBook form, and I’m very excited for that.
Stats:
My word count for the week: 13828
Running Total: 55834
Monthly Percentage: 111.7%
Yearly Percentage: 9.3%
Writing Tip of the Week:
Look out for your own pet phrases. It may be hard to spot them byyourself, so you may need to enlist the help of a friend. You may have a favorite cliché, or even abrilliant original phrase that you just use too much. Maybe all of your characters say the samephrase when they’re surprised.
Search and destroy. Or atleast, mix them up a bit.
Writing Update:
I’m hard at work revising “Prometheus Returns” and hoping to getthat out soon. I’m also working on a musical project called “Quest”, which is aparody of typical fantasy stories. Ihope someday to some of my works on stage.
I’m also hard at work on “Wandaful” and am well into the middle ofit. I find that the initial idea of themagic system based on color and time is evolving quite nicely and I’m lovingplaying the quirky characters off of each other.
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Orbit Books reports a 25% decrease in Swords and a 20% decrease in "Glowy Magic" on fantasy book covers. I think this spells danger for the genre!
This is the best book news story of the week, I don't care that it's only Monday, nothing will top this.
Before I go on, I must say that I haven't always been a fan of fantasy books. I think it's been within the past 3 years, I've fallen in love with the worlds and stories created by fantasy authors. With that being said, I'd heard a lot of whisperings about Melissa Marr's, Wicked Lovely, and wanted to see for myself if it was as good as people said it was. I was not disappointed!
First of all, being a person who loves books with aesthetically pleasing covers, I found Marr's cover to be awesome! The cover itself made me want to read on. Then, I started reading - and couldn't put the book down.
Keenan, the Summer King in a land of faeries, knows that Aislinn, a mortal, is special. He's dreamed of her and believes that she's the one...the one bound to become the Summer Queen...the one whose power, along with his, is strong enough to defeat the Winter Queen (Keenan's mother). If the Winter Queen isn't defeated, summer will perish and her cold power will take over both the fairy and human world. For centuries, Keenan has seduced countless number of girls into loving him, only to find that they aren't the one. The girls are then banished into a cold captivity until another girl is seduced by Keenan. Donia is the most recent victim, forced to live a cold existence, still loving Keenan, but unable to have him.
Aislinn is different from the other girls, for she's inherited the gift (if you can call it that) of being able to see the faeries who freely walk our human world (invisible to humans). Her grandmother keeps Aislinn on a short leash because of the dangers that come along with this special sight. Tired, and at times, afraid, she seeks refuge in the home of her best friend and love interest, Seth. His converted train car, made of iron, protects Aislinn from the faeries who've begun stalking her (iron harms faeries). There's a love triangle between Keenan, Aislinn, and Seth. Keenan is determined to have Aislinn, despite the fact that it's obvious something's going on between her and Seth. This makes Keenan out to be the bad guy, but really, he's just trying to save his fey from the Winter Queen's cold rule. Will the Winter Queen be defeated? Will Donia ever be freed from her captivity? Is Aislinn going to end up with Keenan or Seth? Is Aislinn really the one destined to be the Summer Queen, or is she just like the other girls? So many questions and one would have to read the book in order to find the answers.
Like I said, I absolutely loved this book and couldn't put it down. The book not only had me rooting for Keenan in his quest to defeat his mother, but also rooting for Aislinn's victory in discovering herself as well as her relationship with Seth. I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read, especially if you're an avid fantasy fan. I cannot read Melissa Marr's next book, Ink Exchange.
Rae's Rating: A+
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Mmm, see, you already asked this from me on another giveaway and it just can't be done! Lol. But my answer is the same about underwater worlds and more actively aware parents.
I love dark fantasy...
I am not good at giving ideas...
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Mary
I am a huge Star Trek fan, so anything to do with space travel is a fun story for me usually :)
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I'd like to see a book about talking animals that work together to save the world! Thanks for this amazing giveaway - I would love to win!
I actually was thinking about this a few days ago, thinking of something different. And I thought you know there are all these Science Fiction books about aliens coming to Earth and hiding among us, blending in, so what if Humans went to an alien planet instead? And blend in among the aliens like they do on Earth. Just switch the story around. Now that would be really awesome to read. I hope I wrote this correctly and not confuse anyone.
(An example: Take the Lux series and switch around.)
This has been on my to-read list for a while. =D