Showing posts with label witches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label witches. Show all posts
Monday, December 5, 2016
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Ana's wedding picture
This is how Ashton sees Ana as Bea leads her mother to the altar. There's something very interesting about Ana as to why he often doesn't recognize her. No one does. Of course her mother does but I'm not talking about her mom.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Author's Interview by the Owl Book Blog
Author's Interview by the Owl Book Blog
OWL-When did you first
realize you wanted to be a writer?
Author- Perhaps in my
early teens years when I became interested in poets and poetry and
begun writing poetry.
OWL-How long does it
take you to write a book?
Author -Usually about a
year or two. Depending on the research needed and the length of the
book. The entire “UnHoly Pursuit” series has been a work in
progress since 2001.
OWL-What is your work
schedule like when you're writing?
Author-I have to remind
myself to stop and eat, go pay bills, and even have tell myself it's
time to go to bed.
OWL-What would you say
is your interesting writing quirk?
Author- I find myself
writing in a much older dialect and sentence structure that isn't
commonly used today. Then I have to revert back to modern English, I
like King Speak or Speech because it's much more poetic than sentence
structures used today.
OWL-How do your books
get published?
Author-Independent
publishers.
OWL-Where do you get
your information or ideas for your books?
Author-Observance of
everyday life, extensive traveling and interacting with other. My
characters were developed from ancient literature like the Book of
Enoch, the bible (No, it is not a religious literary work) and many
different cultural mythology and belief, sacred books, history.
OWL-When did you write
your first book and how old were you?
Author-My very first
book I wrote for my parents at age six. It was made of construction
paper with 20 pages stapled between. It was about my me, parents and
my pets. I had scores of pets.
OWL-What do you like to
do when you're not writing?
Author-I'm not the type
of person who like running, jumping, climbing or doing anything
strenuous. I once left a date because the guy wanted to hike up a
mountainous trail and then go to a camp. I had already been on a cave
tour adventure and didn't like it. But before the evening was over he
saw things my way, spend the day at the beach, reading. That's
energetic enough. I prefer something peace and laid back.
OWL-What does your
family think of your writing?
Author-They love it
but skips over the love making scenes. (LOL!)
OWL-What was one of the
most surprising things you learned in creating your books?
Author-That a lot more
goes into creating a book than I knew. Writing the story is
enjoyable, relaxing and you realize you are leaving your legacy to
the world.
OWL-How many books have
you written? Which is your favorite?
Author-So far, including
my very first book written for my parents, the number stands at 17.
As a teenager I wrote a book of poetry.
OWL-Do you have any
suggestions to help me become a better writer? If so, what are they?
Author-Write with your
emotions, do not allow your creativity to be hindered by structures.
If there are no emotions put into the story or poet it will be as
flat as the paper it is written upon. Find and use your own style. It
will be like no one else's.
OWL-Do you hear from
your readers much? What kinds of things do they say?
Author_Yes, some more
than others. Their questions are; What does the main character Ana
do next after such and such incident? Can't I tone Bea or Azazael
down? Most of the questions are usually along the line of what will
happen next?
OWL-Do you like to
create books for adults?
Author-All of my works
are classified as adult literary.
OWL-What do you think
makes a good story?
Author-A good plot, well
developed main characters, a well balance of elements such as
violence, evilness. For example if a character is evil or good tell
why they posses these traits. It is very important for the story to
have the ability to answer who, what, when, why and where.
OWL-As a child, what did
you want to do when you grew up?
Author-This changed
every week; I wanted to be a writer, a teacher, a nurse, an
astronaut, a baseball player,
OWL-Any books in the
works?
Author_Yes, I'm editing
and refining the other books of the series.
OWL-What are your plans
for the future?
Author-I'd love to see
more of the world. I've traveled exclusively throughout the US,
Canada and Mexico but would like to see the rest of the world. I've
always been involved in charity work so I'll be going back to that,
full time. Right now, 10% of the sale of every book is given one of
the various
organizations I've chosen to support.
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
In my previous post, I mentioned to talk about I’d launched my campaign a to fund this book.
In my previous post, I mentioned to talk about I’d launched my campaign a to fund this book. There’s a school of thought that says you want a substantial number of followers before you begin. I got that and they are now chewing me a new one. I went around to all my sites and collected the followers and they came to over 5,000. Some may say, there’s an element of truth to both of these: what matters is not the number of followers, per se, but the amount of buzz surrounding a project. The number of followers a project has is simply one sign of overall popularity, but not a definitive one. But from the number of people who has been riding my ass I beg to different. I want to make this book a reality perhaps more than anything else.
This popularity matters–well, I should say it mattered, past tense, because Things Have Changed–because a funding campaign gives you a limited time to gather all these pre-orders. The more you can frontload a campaign, the further you can go. If you have a bunch of people ready with their credit cards the day you launch, that’s so many people you don’t have to chase after later on in the campaign, and that much more time you’ll have to go chase other people.
Now, here is where you all comes in. No authors can do it all by themselves no matter who they are. Even Shakespeare didn't do it all by himself. I need you all to help me to make this a reality. I need you all to help me get this in your hands and I promise you for the next 12 books you won't be disappointed.
But here’s a thought that struck me. Spending a lot of time picking up followers can also be counter-productive, because I can’t be certain that all these people are still going to be around if I wait six months to launch. Wouldn’t it be better to have the campaign already taking pre-orders, so people can order immediately instead of following now and coming back later–or possibly forgetting in the meantime? That's what I've done. I had that in mind ten years ago when I started writing the saga.
I determined that the way to have the best of both worlds was to set an extra-long funding period. The first six months of it would be more of family members were eager to jump in, and I started off with the bang that most people would have had to depend on a large following to get.
But, as I said, things have changed. The fan base is growing larger, mainly because this unlike any series you all have ever read. I didn't try to create aliens from another world or make up things you've heard of. I used everyday life to create a story about the end of days. I borrowed from the most popular book of all time: The Bible. Although, it's not a biblical fictional story.
Here’s an excerpt from a screenshot of my “edit” page. Yes, my main character has a crude mouth. No one is speaking proper when literally you've hellhounds nipping at your heel.
https://publishizer.com/unholy-pursuit-the-devil-on-my-trail/
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