Live at the Foxes Den-First trailer

So Jackson's newest movie, 'Live at the Foxes Den' has had its first trailer released. In it Jackson plays a lawyer who gives up practicing law and goes to sing in a bar called 'Foxes Den'. There is more to the story but I can't for the life of me remember what all the details were. This looks to be a great movie, Jackson looks sexy as always and I can't wait to see the whole thing.

My novel came today

So my 5 free copies of Lizzy came today. It was so surreal to be able to hold my own book. They look amazing and I kinda cried about but that's only because Gran isn't here to see it. I've given one book and signed it to Aunt Betty. It was funny, she only wanted it made out to herself, so I wrote a little dedication and then signed it. Uncle John is also proud of me, of course the way that he shows emotions is by making jokes but I wouldn't want him to be any other way.

Mom of course cried over the books and had me sign a copy for her as well. I'm giving another copy to my friend Christine and Amy then I gotta figure out what to do with the last one. I know that Amanda and Erin are supposed to get one but I don't know which one of them to chose.

I've made a facebook page for it, told my fan fic readers that I wrote a book as well now I just need to wait and see if people buy it. I had one person on my friend's list that told me $7 was too much, um.. excuse me, its so not too much, some books are $30 or under.

Here is the link to buy it on amazon.ca: A Year in the Life of Lizzy Teller

Rescuing Adam

So this is my new story, its a Criminal Minds on with Dr. Spencer Reid and Adam/Amanda Jackson. I had this written a long time ago and finally took the plunge to post it. I don't know how it will do, the only thing that I know is that the banner is kick ass

Rescuing Adam 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Another year gone, time to start a new one and see what happens this time around. I hope for a good year. My resolution is to get my book published. I know that it can be found on amazon (when amazon is not being a prat that is) but I want to have someone professional edit it for me... whatever, I'll see what happens. 

Here is the edit that I made for this year: 

So, no this isn't the edit that I made for my friends (can't remember how I labeled that one lol)

Merry Christmas 2012

HAPPY CHRISTMAS (I so don't know why I'm doing it the British way by saying happy instead of merry but whatever LOL) 

I just posted the finale chapter of my 'The 12 Days of Christmas story', did my weekly post on 'The Majors Army' blog and now I'm going to post the edits that I made for my friends Christmas cards. After I finish this blog post I'm going to play some games and watch Christmas movies all night with mom and check in where Santa is thanks to Google Maps (yes I still like to see where he is, even if I am 25) 

had to make 2 because some of my friend's were complain that their fav actors wasn't in the first pic LOL. 

Oh on a side note, my friend Sabrina and I will be going on 'A Year in the life of Lizzy Teller' after Christmas and I'll be sending it to another publishing house. 

So I've heard from the Publishing House

So just a few minutes ago I heard from my friend Laura's publishing house, this is what they said in the email to me:



Thank you for submitting your manuscript, A Year in the life of Lizzy Teller. While we truly appreciate the care and attention that has gone into the preparation of your submission, regrettably the feeling is that your story and characters are not sufficiently developed for publication.

Here are our top tips to bear in mind for your next submission:

1. Ensure that your story and conflict are character-driven.

2. Focus on the internal emotional conflict of your characters

3. Use secondary characters to add richness and depth to your central romance but don’t let them take over! 

So... yeah so... um I don't even know what to say, I've always thought that my characters were well written but clearly they aren't. I worked so hard on this novel and now I'm being shut down, I know that I should try other publishing houses, but I don't want to be shot down again. I feel like crying. 

I don't even see a bright side to this, sure my book is currently on amazon.ca for people to buy (haven't told anyone mind you) but that only happened because I wanted to give a couple of my friends a special Christmas gift (even if it is late) of the first edition of the novel. Mom and my friend Sabrina are the only ones that they shot me down. I wonder what I'm going to say to Laura when I talk to her, I'll most likely just play off that I'm not hurt by this decision, I know that its not only her decision, for all I know she may not even had seen it. 

So what now? I so don't know, do know that I need to let my 'friends' know because I promised everyone, I just hope that Laura doesn't start on me seeing as how its her publishing house, would hate to lose her as a friend. 

Author Interview with Amanda Taylor

Amanda Taylor is a first time self publish author. Her first book is "The King and His Warrior Bride". I was able to sit down with her and do this interview.

Summary: King Henry has chosen what he believes to be a meek woman. A short courtship soon disproves that. It is only after they are wed that he sees the woman he really married. She is kind, but very protective of those she loves, and is willing to die for what she believes in. When an enemy of her past teams up with an enemy of his, the battle for their kingdom is on. What else about his bride does King Henry not know?


So Amanda, please tell us about yourself? 

Well my name is Amanda Taylor and I am 23 years old. I've been married almost a year.

Tell us about your book? 

The King and his Warrior Bride is my first novel. It tells the story of King Henry of England and his bride that is so unlike any woman from that time period. She can kick ass and defend herself just as well as any man can. The novel details the first year of their marriage and all the trials and heartbreak that occur within it. It has its sad moments and definitely some good times too. It is an adult novel I will tell you that.

What made you want to write this book? 

I have wanted to write my own novel for some time now. I just never had any ideas of my own. I actually wrote out one chapter of this when it came to me. Just something in my head that I wanted to write out. I got involved in a sort of writing competition and i decided to use the one part I wrote as a starting point and went from there.

 Who are your literary inspirations?

Well I pretty much like to read anything I can get my hands on. As long as it gets me interested, I'll read it. I have a lot of favorite authors and I hope that one day I can be like them. Rowling was amazing in how she got the whole world interested in a boy wizard. Meyer was good with her love story between a eternal teen and a mortal girl. I like how they did their stories. Another favorite of mine is Sharon Lathan. She wrote what you would call a continuation of a classic and still made it her own. She wrote what happened after Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett confessed their love for each other. She did a really good job and I hope that one day I could be like these authors and have great novels that people love to read.

 
How long have you been writing? 

I've been writing for a long time actually. Nothing really big. I do write a lot of fan fiction. This is my first writing project that wasn't based off of someone else's idea. I've tossed and rewritten so many ideas that it's crazy.

Why did you start writing?

I started writing because I wanted to put my imagination out there for someone else to read. I wanted to escape into a world of my own and just give others a world to escape to as well. Writing helps me escape and I love taking characters and making them have adventures and that sort of thing.

What are your plans for the future? 

Hopefully I can write more novels and become a good author. I am not doing it for the money or anything like that. I want to write novels to give readers out there something different and good to read. I get ideas often and I hope to turn them into actual novels

Any other books that you are working on?

As far as future books, yes there will be more coming from my brain. I don't think I can continue Warrior Bride unless I go with a future generation but I do have other ideas swimming around in my head. Modern day stuff, period pieces, mysteries. Anything that I can make my own I will write.

Thank you so much Amanda, for doing this interview with me. 

You are very welcome and thank you for having me on here

The King and His Warrior Bride