"In a perfect world, every author would pen books that totally grab your attention from start to finish, eyes glued to the page, you just can’t put it down! However, even among my favorite books and favorite authors, there are times that my mind wanders. I get distracted by a noise. My neighbor is baking a cake that smells delicious. I shift uncomfortably in my chair. I feel a draft and get up to close the window.
Each of those little interruptions causes a reader to break – even momentarily – with the book. Every little distraction pulls the reader out of the story...."
The above few lines are the start of a guest piece I did today on Regina Puckett's blog. To read the full post, click HERE.
Showing posts with label creative writing. Show all posts
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Guest Blogger Vanessa Wester on: Ideas, Ideas and More Ideas!
Over the years, I have come up with many creative story ideas which I jotted down on the computer or paper. Truth, I never saw them as anything other than silly scribbles. When I watched an author interview back in 2010 a switch flicked in my brain. I had permission to write – I was not being silly if I wrote. Lots of people write, why not me?
My first novel was a chick flick type story, which I bravely posted on
Booksie and then shared with a few friends.
To my shock and surprise they liked it!
I had a lot to learn though. It
took another year before I joined The Word Cloud and learnt about critique,
prose, and the right things to do!I wrote my debut novel, HYBRID, next. It went from under 70,000 words to over 100,000 in a
few months and I published
it in March 2012 via Smashwords (mainly to share it with friends). I moved to Amazon in May, after demands from Kindle users. I published the second book COMPLICATIONS in November 2012. The reason it only took 6 months was that whilst I edited Hybrid, I wrote Complications.
I joined Twitter and created a blog in the summer 2012, and realised I should have thought of that earlier… saying that, social networking is addictive and time consuming so I was relieved it took me so long to hook up.
I also started to publish short story anthologies, in aid of charity,
from October 2012. I have made friends
and connected with many authors through this and I welcome new submissions.I find it hard to believe that I have only been in the writing game for over 3 years. I can’t imagine my life without it now. My aim? To share stories in the hope that some of you take something away from them. A thought, a smile, a tear… an emotion!
I hope you all enjoy THE EVOLUTION TRILOGY, which will be completed this year (I am getting closer), and perhaps, go through some of the emotional journey I have experienced whilst writing it.
Smiles and best wishes,Vanessa xx
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