tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52083781305665824412024-03-14T04:56:01.587-04:00Michelle Flick Writer, Reader, Teacher, Author, Dog-lover with ear buds always in - That's me.Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.comBlogger423125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-80483220377650841222014-07-09T13:50:00.000-04:002014-07-09T13:50:03.125-04:00Gone was released today!It's been busy. I've been busy but somewhere in there I finished Gone!!! And it's live now!<br />
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*Celebration dance*<br />
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So here it is with a few of the links if you want it!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Tess Waters’ life is perfect. She has everything she’s ever wanted all wrapped up in her boyfriend Alec. But Alec has a different plan and one day, he’s gone. </span><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Eventually, Tess finds comfort in places she never realized she had. From there she discovers a person she never knew she could be.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Find it for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Michelle-Flick-ebook/dp/B00LMJMNUS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1404928033&sr=1-1&keywords=gone+michelle+flick">ebook on Amazon</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Michelle-Flick/dp/1499650485/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404928058&sr=1-1&keywords=gone+michelle+flick">paperback on Amazon</a></span><br />
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This is my third published book, but I started it way before anything else I've written. It's a story that if you have ever been heartbroken, you will be able to relate to Tess. Heartbreak is that universal bond people share.<br />
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I hope you enjoy it and drop me a line to let me know what you think!Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-9002110757566515012014-05-20T01:30:00.000-04:002014-05-20T01:30:01.257-04:00Cover Reveal: GONE by me :) AHHH!<br />
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I'm super excited to be sharing my cover Gone with you!<br />
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The novel: it's about a girl named Tess who is so wrapped up in her boyfriend, that when he ends it, she doesn't know how to function without him. She finds help in her family and friends. I love this story because it's about picking yourself up BUT it's also about having friends and family help you!<br />
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Here's the blurb.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tess Waters’ life is perfect. She has
everything she’s ever wanted all wrapped up in her boyfriend Alec. But Alec has
a different plan and one day, he’s gone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tess is devastated. She doesn’t remember how
to be herself and she doesn’t want to. Her family believes she needs to move on
and get over him. It’s easier said than done. Tess doesn’t know where to begin
because everywhere she turns, she thinks of Alec. She doesn’t think this
heartbreak will ever stop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-74058280497967518232014-03-08T15:22:00.000-05:002014-03-08T15:22:12.143-05:00Unfamiliar by Erica Cope and Komal Kant<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSNi08Ilei2jTx99cVKfepJ0jhqAeFmIAhjPGi7jz_QTT2fr6LTT6SDgtr4rGookCKRk4guv_ce9yxs2nm0AYCex51KUFsWxKdQMw7H7_B1EDkFVzGgUac_IFdpSzq_JjU3G6LDUY3SwV/s1600/Unfamiliar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSNi08Ilei2jTx99cVKfepJ0jhqAeFmIAhjPGi7jz_QTT2fr6LTT6SDgtr4rGookCKRk4guv_ce9yxs2nm0AYCex51KUFsWxKdQMw7H7_B1EDkFVzGgUac_IFdpSzq_JjU3G6LDUY3SwV/s1600/Unfamiliar.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a>Two awesome authors and two very dear friends wrote a book together! I have been lucky to have been a witness to some of their brainstorming, problem solving and over all excitement!<br />
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You are going to love it!!!!<br />
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Here is a snippet for you!!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> "I brought my lips toward her as my hands glided over the side of her sweater dress, finally resting on her hips. “Everything about this feels right. I want you to be mine. I want to love you like he never has. He’s never given you a chance to grow or to live your life. You need to get busy living </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>your</i></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> life and making your own choices.”</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Hailey’s eyes fell on my lips, and I didn’t hesitate. I pulled her in for a kiss that had my insides aching. The kiss was gentle at first but then it filled with urgency, like we were the last two people left on the earth. My tongue darted in her mouth, my mouth crushed hers, and when Hailey let out a moan, I pushed her against the table so hard that it scraped against the floor.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <br /> “Tell me you want me,” I said in a low voice as I kissed the soft skin of her neck. “Tell me that you choose me.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unfamiliar-Erica-Cope-ebook/dp/B00ITE3Y8E">Amazon</a></span><br />
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<br />Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-81812503408563597782014-01-22T00:00:00.000-05:002014-01-22T00:00:00.552-05:00We Were Us Cover Reveal - Heather DiemerSmokin' hot. That's what my friend Heather Diemer's cover shows me! This is her debut novel and I have already read bits and pieces of it - again - smoking' hot.<br />
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When Jenna returns to the small town she was forced to leave
over a year ago after her drug dealing mother was found in bed with the mayor, she
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Josh doesn’t judge her like everyone else does and never
did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gets her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he shows up at her door every
night just to see her, Jenna opens up to him like she’d never been able to
before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the more time she
spends with him, the more she realizes she is falling for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-26856146121725949722014-01-10T00:00:00.000-05:002014-01-10T00:00:02.925-05:00Gone SoundtrackMusic! Do you hear the music? Not to sound crazy but I hear a soundtrack as much as I hear the dialogue of my characters in my head.<br />
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I'm currently working on a contemporary WIP titled Gone. It's my first crack at this genre, well second, I don't know. I wrote the basis of the story about six years ago and am pulling it out now.<br />
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It's about a girl named Tess Walters. She's been in a high school relationship for three years and her life is routinely perfect. Until her boyfriend Alec becomes her ex boyfriend Alec and her world is whipped away from her. She can't function. She cries. She fights. She's mean. She cannot deal.<br />
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She does have a few people in her corner once she takes a breath. They help her.<br />
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But - I have a soundtrack I wanted to share with you.<br />
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1. Taylor Swift - White Horse (pains me but it's true.)<br />
2. Unanswered Prayers by Garth Brooks<br />
3. Please Don't Leave Me - Pink (because I have her on every writing sound track<br />
4. Part of me by Katy Perry<br />
5. With or Without You - U2<br />
6. Mama's Broken Heart - Miranda Lambert<br />
7. And Still - Reba McEntire<br />
8. Why They Call It Falling - LeeAnn Womack<br />
9. Bring on the Rain - Jodee Messina<br />
10 Defying Gravity - Wicked Soundtrack<br />
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Sappy and melodramatic - just the way I like it.<br />
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These ten songs are somewhere in my playlist.<br />
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What's your favorite current song? or favorite sappy song?<br />
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<br />Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-20031044093778590572014-01-06T00:00:00.000-05:002014-01-06T00:00:01.347-05:00My turn on the Walker Book Tour! Inspiration is a hard thing to talk about. But my friend Erica brought it up to me and I thought I would talk about my inspiration for Walker.<br />
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I originally saw a dialogue between Kate and Jesse. And thought that could be something. Then my collie walked into the room and she's a great example of what a good dog is. (I have a mastiff too - equally as good). So I thought - Fergie should be forever immortalized among pages.<br />
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But I LOVE LOVE LOVE paranormal. It's hard for not to put something paranormal or supernatural in to my stories. I mean who doesn't love a vampire or a telepath? So I had to think about something that isn't done often.<br />
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Know what popped into my head? Freddy Krueger. Dude - he is scary! You can fight him - he's in your dreams. Then my idea was born. Serial killer - dream walker. But seriously - look at Freddy's face. Blah. I knew immediately where I wanted to go with that story arc, but there was this whole other piece missing to my story - Kate's real life.<br />
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This took awhile - I wanted a conflict of love interest - Colton. I wanted a queen bee - because it's fun to be mean fictionally. I wanted a friend who was out-spoken - a little vulgar. Elise. That story arc developed as I wrote. I really wasn't sure how I was going to have that part of the story end - it just did. Does that sound bad?<br />
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It starts today at Erica Cope's blog! Stop by her to see a character interview from Elise! (She's really kind of a hit!)</div>
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Walker is my second novel and has been a lot of fun to do. Throughout this tour I am going to be giving away signed paperbacks of Walker so make sure to enter! (You can tweet every day!)</div>
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Here is a schedule of all the stops! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 3 - <a href="http://www.ericacope.com/">Erica Cope </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 4 - <a href="http://www.adashofya.blogspot.com/">Heather at A Dash of YA </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 5 - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/krista.stempka?fref=ts">Krista on FB</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 7 - <a href="http://thelovelygetaway.blogspot.com/">Diana from The Lovely Giveaway </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 8 - <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="http://pleaseanotherbook.tumblr.com/">Anncleire @ Please Another Book</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 9 -<a href="http://avidreaderconstantwriter.blogspot.com/"> J.A. Lantz </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 10 - Nichole @<a href="http://lostinabooknook.blogspot.com/"> The Bookish Fairy</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 11- <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px;"> <a href="http://www.yafantasyauthor.com/">Rhiannon Paille</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 12 - <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/autumnedoughton">Autumn Doughton on FB </a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 13 - <a href="http://www.komalkant.com/">Komal Kant</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 15 - Natalie @<a href="http://bookloverslife.blogspot.com/">Book Lovers Life</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">January 16 - Melissa @ <a href="http://melissa-melsworld.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">My World...in words and pages</a></span></div>
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2014 - what do I have planned?</div>
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I am going to release Gone - a contemporary YA about a girl named Tess who gets her heart broken and isn't capable of dealing with it on her own. She relies on some old friends and a family member to get her through, even though she fights it at first. (amped up blurb to come)</div>
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I am GOING to FINALLY publish my sequel to The Owens Legacy. Yeah - it's been awhile and the manuscript is almost done. This novel is told from Ryder's POV and was a lot of fun. </div>
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I am going to continue posting on Facebook and try and get back to blogging more. </div>
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If I can do these three things, and be a momma, and a teacher - I think I will be doing pretty good! </div>
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What about you? What are you goals this year? </div>
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Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-74041187071649924612013-12-29T00:30:00.000-05:002013-12-29T00:30:01.072-05:002013 - A year in review!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">2013</span><br />
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Um - this year. This year really could have been the best year of my life. This is not a hyperbole. It really was great.<br />
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<b>Personal stuff: </b><br />
1. Had a baby in June - isn't she cute?<br />
2. Got married in August<br />
3. Finished the first year of teaching at my new job - 8th grade ELA teacher right here.<br />
4. Finished (to the extent that one can finish) our house -been working on it for three years.<br />
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1. Biggest was in December with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Walker-Michelle-Flick-ebook/dp/B00H80871Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1386715074&sr=8-3&keywords=walker+michelle+flick">Walker.</a> I had been off this kick because of my pregnancy. I was super tired. But this year needed a book. I have a lot of people to thank for this, the support. But isn't the cover awesome?<br />
2. <a href="http://www.adashofya.blogspot.com/">A Dash of Ya</a> - finally got this blog off the ground and made a new friend Heather. Erica, Heather, Komal and I talk every day and help each other out.<br />
3. I started my dystopia - no game plan here yet.<br />
4. I pulled out a book I started in 2007 and am planning on publishing in March. This book is titled Gone.<br />
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<br />Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-68369243581652459992013-12-26T08:00:00.000-05:002013-12-26T08:00:07.064-05:006 Pieces of Promotion Advice for an Indie AuthorMerry day after Christmas!<div>
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I have had a few ups and downs of late and all the while working on promoting <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Walker-Michelle-Flick-ebook/dp/B00H80871Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1386715074&sr=8-3&keywords=walker+michelle+flick" target="_blank">Walker</a>. This time around I feel I have a better grasp of this. So here are a few things I know about promotion. </div>
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1. You need a FB at this time. A lot of promotion goes on, on Facebook. I post on my page at least twice a day. Something I really like are Flash giveaways. I get a lot of traffic. And some interactions with readers. </div>
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2. Twitter - It's a fast means of communication. And it's really easy for friends to retweet your links which spreads your reach a just a little more. And with self-promotion - a little more goes a long way. </div>
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3. Blog friends - Establish relationships with bloggers. They get traffic. AND </div>
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4. Blog tour - setting up your own blog tour is hard. You need quality reviews and bloggers to help spread the word, people who are going to post for you - see number 3. </div>
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5. A group of writing friends - sometimes you need advice, to rant, or someone to feel your emotions (pain and happiness). Thanks Dashers!</div>
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6. Time - You have to be consistent. It's hard though when you have another job, other responsibilities (kids), and trying to write your next novel. </div>
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Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-89303691579528197602013-12-23T07:29:00.001-05:002013-12-23T07:29:34.750-05:00A few things -Hi everyone! I hope you are getting ready for the holiday season (or are done getting ready!).<br />
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I wanted to pop in and let everyone know a few things!<br />
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Walker is up on Amazon as an E-copy and a paperback! The links are on the sidebar.<br />
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I want to thank everyone who has shared, posted, and bought the book. Your reviews have been wonderful!<br />
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I have a blog tour being set up right now! Yeah! I am sure I did something wrong but I have wonderful people who have signed up, read the novel and are posting! Be on the look out for that!<br />
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If you are interested in reading Walker and willing to blow up the social medias with reviews (honest ones) email me at mf060784 at gmail or tweet me at @mflick729.<br />
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<br />Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-79311688752485795192013-12-15T00:00:00.000-05:002013-12-15T00:00:02.271-05:00Walker giveaway!So Walker is out (as if you people have not seen the texts, posts, and tweets) SO I am giving away a copy, or rather copies of Walker.<br />
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<script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-55033563499403583882013-12-14T01:00:00.000-05:002013-12-14T01:00:00.948-05:00An example as a mommy.Writing has always been part of my life. When I was a little girl, I would write poems and give them as presents. My mom still has a collections of the poems I wrote her. I started my first novel when I was in 9th grade. It never really made it anywhere.<br />
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English class was a natural thing for me in high school. I excelled and didn't try very hard. I didn't have to.<br />
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About 8 years ago, I was sitting in a Grad class with my favorite professor Dr. Terry Mosher. And part of the course was working on our own writing. It had been years since I had actually written something that wasn't for an assignment. But as we went around the room, announcing what we would be working on for the semester, the words: a novel popped out. He replied, with a smile "Nothing like being an overachiever.<br />
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So I began. I finished it. I never showed it to anyone. EVER.<br />
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Three years ago I started the Owens Legacy. I was on fire. I was going to do this. I was going to be successful. I had a goal and from that goal, multiple goals sprung up. I had a purpose beyond teaching, beyond family and friends. I was going to be famous.<br />
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Now Walker is out. (Go me.) But this book is different for me when it comes to purpose. This time, I am a mommy of a beautiful almost 6 month old. And I sit around thinking about everything with her. I come back to the thoughts of who I want her to be and examples and how do I make her a strong person.<br />
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I now write to set an example for my daughter that dreams can come true, that I am hard working, that I will work and work and not give up, that I have goals. I want to be that for her. Being a mommy - changes you.Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-15557774231159892202013-12-12T18:43:00.000-05:002013-12-12T18:43:01.296-05:00Walker is live!Hey everyone! Ecopies of Walker are out. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Walker-Michelle-Flick-ebook/dp/B00H80871Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1386715074&sr=8-3&keywords=walker+michelle+flick" target="_blank">You can find them here!</a> I have been having some awesome, feel good moments with this book. So if you haven't stopped by to buy it or borrow it - what are you waiting for?<br />
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For those of you who don't go through Amazon. This book around I am trying out KDP Select to see the difference in sales. It will be part of other sites once the 90 days is up. I am experimenting.<br />
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Anyway - here is my blurb for Walker.<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span>Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-58057885622730390532013-12-08T08:03:00.003-05:002013-12-08T08:03:45.568-05:00Teaser for Walker - Contest coming later today on Facebook! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK4LeFafnV4goj1q90cb35SkG-sm99_Y4DEc3c6M6H0EcihCRbugA6XDYqb81z6VebCwn-X75EeGef2ucfh84kENQZ2LH6_Qrmf2e9J4cLBC0CNSzrj9hOvjPTtXsl8okeVUvU_ByMPTU/s1600/short+cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK4LeFafnV4goj1q90cb35SkG-sm99_Y4DEc3c6M6H0EcihCRbugA6XDYqb81z6VebCwn-X75EeGef2ucfh84kENQZ2LH6_Qrmf2e9J4cLBC0CNSzrj9hOvjPTtXsl8okeVUvU_ByMPTU/s1600/short+cover.png" height="320" width="211" /></a>Wednesday is Walker's release date!!! So in celebration I am going to give an copy away everyday including Wednesday. It's going to happen on Facebook so be sure to like my page for the chance to win!!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Kate isn’t thrilled to be moving to the middle of nowhere. She's already lost her parents, now she's leaving the only place she's ever known as home. She’s not there long when she realizes her dreams aren’t her own and that she has the ability to walk through other people's dreams. Not only that, but she might have found her dream guy--literally. He's in her dreams.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Just when she starts to get the hang of dream walking, strange murders in her new town start to occur. Girls are being killed as they sleep with no evidence, no suspects and no clear motive behind the deaths. It doesn’t take Kate very long to realize that the girls aren’t just being killed as they sleep—they’re being killed in their sleep.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Kate must figure out how to find the killer in the real world and keep the ones she loves safe while they sleep. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18754871-walker" target="_blank">Add it on goodreads.</a></span><br />
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Here's a teaser though!<br />
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I had walked from the parking lot and into the school, so
absorbed in the pending melodrama coming toward me today that I didn’t notice
my surroundings. People weren’t bouncing off the walls. Mr. Hale was absent
from his post. I knew the atmosphere the students of Brighton were creating.
The halls were going to be somber, quiet, eerily quiet, but there would always
be some sort of noise some people were annoyed with. People would crowd
together, looking for comfort, but everyone would feel alone. And for those
that didn’t know Brittany, they would feel uncomfortable. They wouldn’t know
how to react to those who were grieving and they would continue through the
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Emily
had been goofy this morning and I didn’t know how Elise was going to react to
this news. Elise had been a cheerleader so I imagined she would have known
Brittany as a freshman. I saw her and I knew Elise knew her. Elise tried to
give me an encouraging smile, but looked more like she was choking on
something. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m
sorry,” I said as I sat down next to her. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>‘Thanks.”</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
wasn’t much to say because there’s nothing to say. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In
English 11, my heart stopped beating. I was unsure if the drama I had been
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Nothing
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Nothing
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>At
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seem to care no one got much work done. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>While
they grieved for Brittany, I grieved for my parents. I wondered if every time
someone passed, would the feelings of loss come rushing back at me? </div>
Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-52471832886702448962013-12-03T20:37:00.003-05:002013-12-03T20:38:05.468-05:00Teaser 7 for Walker!A bunch of teaser coming out this week! Walker will be out in 8 days!!!!<br />
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charging into the room, frantically looking around the room, not seeing me. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Ryleigh!”
I yelled, hoping she would hear me. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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paused, listening and I heard it too. Footsteps. Heavy, slow footsteps coming
toward the room. The urge to hide had passed. I went to grab Rayleigh, but I
was unable to touch her. She stared, frozen. The footsteps were closer and I
had no desire to see who was coming around the corner. I bolted from the room. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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could only see disjointed parts of him. His sneakers, the rip in the knee of
his jeans, his forearm, but his face fell perfectly in the light. He was
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charged at him one more time.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Wake
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AH! Poor Kate! Wait no - Ryleigh.</div>
Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-16205423569162204402013-11-27T01:00:00.000-05:002013-11-27T01:00:01.638-05:00Shameless Promotion - Part 3<br />
<br />
Hi everyone. I am rounding up my friends and doing a panel on indie-publishing. I asked a bunch of questions (things I want to know and others probably do to), they answered, and I am putting it together. Stop by every Wednesday for the next few weeks.<br />
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So why the title of this post? Because they are promoting how awesome they are.<br />
<br />
My authors are: <a href="http://www.ericacope.com/" target="_blank">Erica Cope</a>, Heather Diemer, and<a href="http://avidreaderconstantwriter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> J.A. Lantz</a><br />
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Erica:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What is the best avenue for you in promoting your book(s)? <b>I have no idea because I've never done much promoting. The success of my books is 100% thanks to word-of-mouth and some kick ass friends.</b></span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Who is someone who has helped you to establish yourself? <b>I owe everything to Komal Kant, Michelle Flick and Heather Sloan. <3 b="" ladies="" you=""></3></b></span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For someone just breaking into writing, what would you suggest to them? <b>Get a great Critique Group! They are so helpful!</b></span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What are some wonderful things about self-promotion? What are some difficult things? <b>Through self-promotion you meet some really great people but at the same time, it's really awkward for me personally to be all like “Hey, wanna read my book?”</b></span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What do you spend most of your time in the promotion world? Why? </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh gosh, I guess just Facebook. I've never done a blog tour though I think I should....maybe with my next book!</span></b><br />
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<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>J.A. Lantz</b></div>
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<b>What is the best avenue for you in promoting your book(s)?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I’m not very good at it but I have a blog, Avid Reading,
Constant Writing I use to write about my writing, the writing process and to review
books. The blog is a work in progress. I’ve recently made a Facebook page (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/joseph.lantz.161">https://www.facebook.com/joseph.lantz.161</a>)
for my writing. The Facebook page has allowed me to connect with students who
are interested in my novel.</div>
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<b>Who is someone who
has helped you to establish yourself?</b> </div>
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Michelle Rowe. Thank
you for encouraging me to write, for pushing me to start my blog, for
encouraging me to start the Facebook page and for the figurative kicks in the
butt when I’ve needed it. </div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">A tremendous Thank You to Nadine
for editing, for your insights, for your suggestions and for your enthusiasm
for my writing.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>For someone just
breaking into writing, what would you suggest to them?</b></div>
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Write the story as it
is in your head and worry about editing when its time to edit. </div>
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<b>What are some
wonderful things about self-promotion? What are some difficult things? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b> </b>I’ll get back to you on the wonderful. The
difficult thing about self-promotion: self-promoting. I’m horrible at it. </div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Heather: </span></div>
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What is the best avenue for you
in promoting your book(s)?</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Social
media seems to be the way indie authors are promoting their books. Blog tours are popular as well. Having an author like page separate
from your personal page is a good way to gain fans and spread the word. </span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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Who is someone who has helped you to establish yourself?</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Erica Cope first encouraged me to
seriously consider writing a book over a year ago and since then I’ve been
writing out every story that comes to my head. I’ve have quite a few short
stories finished and about 30,000 words for a story I can’t get out of my head,
but I can’t seem to move forward with.
Since then I’ve gained some new friends who’ve been very encouraging and
pushing me to write more.</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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For someone just breaking into writing, what would you
suggest to them?</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Just write. Even if it’s silly, just
write what you think about. You
never know how a story will develop.
And you never know what will inspire you. And always carry a notebook and pen with you. I’m always
inspired while driving. I can’t
really drive and write, but I can jot something down real quick. </span> </div>
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<br /></div>
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What are some wonderful things about self-promotion? What
are some difficult things? <br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I’m not there yet so I don’t know…</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
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What do you spend most of your time in the promotion world?
Why? </div>
<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Not sure yet</span></span><!--EndFragment-->
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Me:</span></span></div>
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What is the best avenue for you
in promoting your book(s)?</div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">My author page on FB. It gets the most traffic and serves as a hub to my blog. Head over and like it - the button is on the side of my bog.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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Who is someone who has helped you to establish yourself?</div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Komal Kant - I met her three (?) years ago. Komal would do something and I was like: Hey! I want to do that too! Then that was followed up by: Komal how do I do that. She was great. She always answered my questions and was super supportive. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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For someone just breaking into writing, what would you
suggest to them?</div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Everyone said write. I agree. Networking is helpful too. It's good for self-promotion, trials and tribulations, writer's therapy...mostly writer's therapy. :) Go out and post, comment, and tweet.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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What are some wonderful things about self-promotion? What
are some difficult things? <br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">You are in control of it. The difficult things: You are in control of it. It can be overwhelming because it is constant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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What do you spend most of your time in the promotion world?
Why? </div>
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Cambria;">FB - it's where everyone seems to be. So that is where I am. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Cambria;">Go follow my awesome panel! Come along with us on that journey too!</span></div>
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Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-44789464481186145492013-11-25T21:29:00.000-05:002013-11-25T21:29:00.753-05:00Teaser Number 6 for WalkerTeaser number 5 - Release date is getting close.<br />
<br />
Today I want to introduce you to my character Elise. She's a crowd pleaser.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpdKne0kBc7HwrVAsEOM3e50zDZ0t4cO8TWN-ZDbDCKNL7yNSirL4S5iDFvJ_4c3mQaeWIAJcmo2rKBb52sH9RYzSheVTh4TmKEDaHH-2HX9vErdstUuXCYNn7eKzi7h4bezMFcIZ3Cn1/s1600/short+cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpdKne0kBc7HwrVAsEOM3e50zDZ0t4cO8TWN-ZDbDCKNL7yNSirL4S5iDFvJ_4c3mQaeWIAJcmo2rKBb52sH9RYzSheVTh4TmKEDaHH-2HX9vErdstUuXCYNn7eKzi7h4bezMFcIZ3Cn1/s1600/short+cover.png" height="320" width="211" /></a>“Well, someone saw it and it’s making the rounds.” Elise
didn’t seem the least bit disturbed by this. I, on the other hand, was dreading
the repercussions for my klutziness. “Public Enemy Number One!” Elise yelled in
the hall, pointing dramatically at me.</div>
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“Ms.
Burrows,” boomed from Mr. Hale from behind us. </div>
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“Sorry,
Mr. Hale,” she called back. I was figuring one thing out about Elise; she was
loud. She registered my anxious
face, draped an arm around me and pulled me down the hall. “Listen, if you let
JCru and her brigade of fake Barbies know they are buggin’ you, they’re going
to eat you alive. Take Lisa; she let it be known the rumors hurt her feelings
and they were like mosquitoes. Kenzie, on the other hand, gave everyone the
finger including Colton and put on her big girl pants. They left her alone a
lot quicker than they did Lisa.”</div>
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“And
you? What did you do?” </div>
<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> “I
slept with their boyfriends,” she smiled at me. An interesting second thing I learned about Elise, the pot
stirrer. “Probably not the best route.” She smiled at me.</span><!--EndFragment-->Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-63861859123169110732013-11-20T01:00:00.000-05:002013-11-20T01:00:02.115-05:00Shameless Promotion - Part 2<br />
Hi everyone. I am rounding up my friends and doing a panel on indie-publishing. I asked a bunch of questions (things I want to know and others probably do to), they answered, and I am putting it together. Stop by every Wednesday for the next few weeks.<br />
<br />
So why the title of this post? Because they are promoting how awesome they are.<br />
<br />
My authors are: <a href="http://www.ericacope.com/" target="_blank">Erica Cope</a>, Heather Diemer, and<a href="http://avidreaderconstantwriter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> J.A. Lantz</a><br />
<br />
Erica:<br />
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Why did you choose to do Indie publishing? <b>Honestly? Because Abbi Glines recommended it when I met her at a book signing in 2012. </b></div>
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<br /></div>
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How was the editing process? <b>Editing is my least favorite part of the process. I think it's because I always tend to read what I think instead of what I actually wrote. I'm much better at editing for other people.</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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What were some wonderful things? <b>Reading the feedback notes from my editor!</b></div>
<div style="font-family: Cambria; min-height: 14px;">
<br /></div>
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What were some difficult things about editing? <b>It can feel tedious reading the same thing over and over.</b></div>
<div style="font-family: Cambria;">
<b><br /></b></div>
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Do you hold down a “day” job? If so, how do you find the time? <b>My day job is “mommy” so I write whenever I can fit it in during the day (when they are napping or the rare times they are entertaining themselves) and at night when they are in bed. </b></div>
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<br /></div>
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What kind of writing schedule do you keep to? <b>Welllllll, I tend to write in spurts. There will be weeks where all I do is write, write, write! And then there are times (usually right after I publish) that I do nothing but think about the next story. Then when the mood strikes I write, write, write until it's finished. It's probably not the most productive but what can I say? It's how I roll.</b></div>
<br />
<br />
J.A. Lantz<br />
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<b>Why did you choose to do Indie publishing?</b></div>
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Well, I haven’t
published yet, but I’m going the Indie route because I don’t want to wait or
endure the lengthy process of traditional publishing. I don’t have anything
against traditional publishing – they’ve provided me with some of my favorite
books – but the turn around time is too long. I’m already itching to get
published as it is, I couldn’t imagine having to wait even longer. Also, I want
to avoid rejections because I don’t fit into what the publisher is doing or
thinks the readers want. I want my book out there and let the readers decide.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>How was the editing
process?</b></div>
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“It was the best of
times, it was the worst of times” seems to sum up the editing process pretty
well. I enjoyed editing because it allowed me to think about my story in new
ways, to streamline the story, to refine the characters and, obviously, fix all
my errors (or learning moments as I think of them). On the other hand, editing
can be grueling at times because it takes time, time and even more time.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>What were some
wonderful things? What were some difficult things about editing?</b></div>
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Wonderful things:
positive feedback from my editor, constructive criticism, sense of
accomplishment, seeing less and less red ink on the pages, and enthusiasm for
my work from my editor.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Difficult things:
saying goodbye to favorite scenes/moments that didn’t help the story but were
awesome, having to pull out the entirely distinct novel I somehow managed to
write within <i>Helix,</i> being able to see
that story as a story in itself, and having so many new ideas for other stories
pop into my mind causing me to stop editing and write those ideas down.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>Do you hold down a
“day” job? If so, how do you find the time?</b></div>
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I work as a substitute
teacher, so I often have days that are free which are spent editing and writing
– not necessarily in that order. As a substitute, I’m able to use prep time to,
one, prepare for the classes I’m covering and, two, to write on either my
laptop or notepads depending on the time available. However, I always put the
teaching responsibilities first.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>What kind of writing
schedule do you keep to?</b></div>
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On my non-work days
Monday through Friday, I can be found at the dining room table writing for
hours – morning to night. On Saturdays, I squeeze in as much writing as
possible around family obligations. On Sundays, I get nothing done because I
live with avid (often angry) Bills fans, who shout, yell and cheer as if they
were at the stadium. Distracting. Needless to say I look forward to
non-football season Sundays.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Heather:</span></div>
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Why did you choose to do Indie
publishing?</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I have
several friends who’ve published independently and have had success. Indie authors have a close knit fan
base who support each other.
</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></span></div>
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How was the editing process? <br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I’m not at that stage yet, but I have a friend who is
an editor as well as some friends I think would be willing to help edit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Do you hold down a “day” job? If so, how do you find the
time? <br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I do have a part time job that I do from home, I also
am finishing up my bachelor’s degree online. I write when I can, at night or when my husband is home. </span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What kind of writing schedule do you keep to?</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I don’t have a set schedule. Work and school come first and then
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Me:</span></div>
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Why did you choose to do Indie
publishing?</div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">I originally went both routes and was going to go with what panned out first. Indie did. I have one out there right now, one is coming out in December, and I will go this route because now, I can't imagine waiting to publish my work. It's immediate gratification - I like it. :) </span></div>
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How was the editing process? <br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Long - I often ask myself why I can't do it right the first time! I luck out because I have a close friend who does a great job editing for me. I also have great Beta readers. Wouldn't make it without these people. </span></div>
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What were some wonderful things? What were some difficult
things about editing? </div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Wonderful things - about editing? Why did I put that question. Difficult? - Finding time. It's hard to keep to a schedule when you have a daunting task ahead of you. I have to make myself sit down and do it. I am my own boss so there is no one cracking the whip over my head. </span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Do you hold down a “day” job? If so, how do you find the
time? <br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">I do. I teach middle school English. I don't really. I steal the hour I can get when I get it. </span></div>
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What kind of writing schedule do you keep to?</div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">No schedule here. I just try to write once a week, like a good hour or two of non-stop typing. I normally have ideas bouncing around in my head so I can shell out some serious words in that time.</span><span style="color: red;"><br />
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What about you? What's your writing schedule? How do you keep to a plan?<br />
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Let us know!Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-47733456887516983942013-11-17T08:03:00.003-05:002013-11-17T08:06:54.250-05:00Teaser time for Walker by me :) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Teaser Time for Walker! Let me know what you think! And don't forget to like my facebook page - I am going to be doing a giveaway on it soon!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I was in some sort of maze. Gray, cracked, stonewalls surrounded me. I was outside and the sky was dreary. Why couldn’t I find someone with happy dreams? I mean, really are all people’s psyche’s this messed up? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I felt the pull for me to move to my left. I stood my ground unw</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">illing to follow the pull. I wanted the dreamer to stop moving. But the more I stood there, I began to feel my skin itch. I gave in and wandered around the maze.<br />“Nick?” He didn’t appear after a few minutes. “Nick?” But I got nothing.<br />I continued to wander. I didn’t have a problem until I cam to a dead end and the dreamer kept moving. I tried to back track, fighting against the pull, but the maze was harder to maneuver of my own free will. My skin itched and pulled and pinched. I began to run, trying to make up the distance.<br />“Nick!” I needed Nick to get me out of here. “Nick!”<br />The pull continued attack my skin. I felt a rain drop on my upper lip. Great, it was going to rain now I thought. I ran more and more and felt another drop. I touched my lip and looked at my finger.<br />Blood.<br />I stopped in my tracks. I touched my nose and found more blood on my hand. This wasn’t happening. It was not real. I was not actually bleeding. It was a dream. But the pull started again. I moved. I ran fast.<br />I came to a dead end almost with each turn. I could feel the blood drip out of my nose like a leaky faucet. I wanted to scale the walls. I wanted to get the dreamer to just stop moving, to make this feeling stop.<br />“Nick! Please!”<br />He was nowhere.<br />I needed to wake up.<br />“Wake up, Kate” I said out loud. “Fergie!”<br />I continued to run, until I felt a sudden pressure on my face.<br />“Fergie!” It had to be her. “Fergie! Come on girl!. Wake me up!”</span>Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-61639691611865962922013-11-13T00:30:00.000-05:002013-11-13T00:30:03.879-05:00Shameless Promotion Part 1Hi everyone. I am rounding up my friends and doing a panel on indie-publishing. I asked a bunch of questions (things I want to know and others probably do to), they answered, and I am putting it together. Stop by every Wednesday for the next four weeks.<br />
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So why the title of this post? Because right now you are going to hear about their books and then next week they are self-promoting how awesome they are. :)<br />
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My authors are: <a href="http://www.ericacope.com/" target="_blank">Erica Cope</a>, Heather Diemer, and<a href="http://avidreaderconstantwriter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> J.A. Lantz</a><br />
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<b>Panel - Round 1. </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Erica:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What is your latest and greatest? <b>In the Shadows (Lark #2)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What inspired this manuscript? <b>It all started with a dream I had that inspired Lark.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Tell us about your leading character? Why would a reader like him/her? <b>Oh gosh, I hope that people like Mia because she feels real.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Care to share a tid bit from your writing? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>“</b><b>Grey, do you think it’s too late?”</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">He nods sadly. “I’m sorry, Mia, but if they have her, I’m not sure if there is anything we can really do.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The world distorts itself around me like a Fun House mirror, making me feel dizzy and nauseated. My lungs collapse in on themselves as the furious beating of my broken heart threatens to slam right out of my ripped open chest.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>“</b><b>I—can’t—breathe,” I gasp as Grey pulls me into his arms and holds me close to his chest, whispering words that I don’t understand. My tears fall freely, staining his shirt with wet splotches but he doesn’t care, he continues to hold me tight, comforting me just like he has done before. I feel his lips press down on the top of my head and even though this sweet gesture is completely innocent, my stomach flips unexpectedly which in turn elicits a crashing wave of guilt that instantly squashes the butterflies that had suddenly been awakened by his simple touch, shredding their wings into powdery oblivion until they no longer have any semblance of beauty.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What’s your favorite thing about this novel? <b>Can I say the cover? LOL It's so pretty!</b></span><br />
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<b>J.A. Lantz </b></div>
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<b>What is your latest
and greatest?</b></div>
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My latest and greatest
would have to be <i>Helix</i>, the
manuscript I just reached the final draft stage with. (At least, I think I
have.) Also, I’m quite pleased with the manuscript I’m currently working on
which developed out of <i>Helix</i>.</div>
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<b>What inspired this
manuscript?</b></div>
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My inspiration for <i>Helix</i> was my love for comic books and
super-heroes and heroines. Combine my love of comics with my enjoyment of young
adult literature and there you have the origin story for how my story was born.</div>
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<b>Tell us about your
leading character? Why would a reader like him/her?</b></div>
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Well, in order to talk
my leading character, I have to talk about both leading characters since the
novel is told from their respective points of view. <span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Samantha Martin, or Sam as she
prefers, is a small town girl who cares a great deal about her family and
friends, loves to read, works at a book store to feed her book addiction and
expects to lead a pleasant and ordinary life. Enter Collin Kane, the handsome
new guy at school or as Sam initially dubs him: “ the untamed raven-haired hunk
with the deep emeralds eyes and an amazing ass”. Collin and his siblings have a
secret, of course, and will forever alter Sam’s life.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I think readers will like Sam
because she is very empathetic while I think readers will like Collin because
he’s the good guy everyone wants to have in their life. I don’t want to say to
much as I want readers to make up their own minds as to why they like Sam,
Collin, and the other characters.</span></div>
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<b>Care to share a tidbit
from your writing?</b> </div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">The handsome face,
which I had come to know every detail intimately, was twisted with rage,
twisted with betrayal, and – most terrifyingly – twisted with hatred: hatred
directed entirely at me.</span></div>
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What
could I have possibly done to deserve such animosity?</div>
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His
every gesture, his every look, scared me to my very core. Instinctively, I
backed away from him as he strode across the debris littered room toward me.</div>
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What
could I possibly do to fend him off?</div>
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He
out-powered me in every way conceivable and in many ways I had never thought
possible until I met him and his family. His family lay unconscious, broken
looking and bloody, scattered about the demolished living room. The back wall
of windows shattered outward, the wind blowing through chilling me, but not as
much as the deadly gaze in his cold emerald eyes.</div>
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What
would he do to me?</div>
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I
knew I was not willing to stay and find out. Turning, I ran for the front door
knowing with each footfall I would never get away from him. A scream escaped my
lips as his hands clamped fiercely onto my shoulders cutting off my escape. Roughly,
he spun me around to face him, his emerald eyes boring into my own gray eyes,
searching for something he obviously did not find as his eyes grew ever colder.</div>
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“Collin?”</div>
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He
flinched as I spoke his name, a deep growl rumbled in his chest, as if his own
name both scared and offended him. He said nothing as he forcibly shoved me
toward the front door, his hand clutching my upper arm in a death grip. I tried
not to cry out, but I whimpered anyway.</div>
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Where
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I
dreaded to find out.</div>
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<b>What’s your favorite
thing about this novel?</b></div>
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Um, too many favorites
to put in a concise answer. Plus, I don’t want to give any spoilers. I will
say, however, that writing the novel was a great experience.</div>
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Heather: </div>
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What is your latest and greatest?</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I’m currently working on an adult
contemporary romance about Helena, a girl who’s a little lost about her future
until she meets Josh and he turns her world around. Can his love save her?
</span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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What inspired this manuscript? <br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ummm...I’m not really sure. I was just talking to a friend and the title of the book
just came to me and the story just tumbled out after it. </span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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Tell us about your leading character? Why would a reader
like him/her?</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Helena was adopted as a child after
her father and mother both died the day she was born. The number 42 has followed her throughout her life, even
before she was born. She’s
considered it her lucky number and uses it to make major life decisions. Helena is an introvert and prefers to
keep to herself. She has a small close circle of friends to whom she’s fiercely
loyal. I think readers will like
her because she’s funny, a little neurotic, and has a spontaneous nature about
her. </span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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Care to share a tid bit from your writing? </div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Watching the sun travel across
my rear view mirror, I rounded the last curve toward Josh’s house. Our last text conversation replaying
over and over again in my mind. <br />
<span style="font-family: Batang;">Josh: I want to meet you.
For real.<br />
Me: I want to meet you too<br />
Josh: Then come see me this weekend. I’m off all week. Stay with me.<br />
Me: I don’t know. Wouldn’t that be weird?<br />
Josh: I have a guest room…<br />
</span>I know we’ve
been exchanging texts for over a month now, forty-two days to be exact, but as
I drive closer and closer to him, the more anxious I become. All the fears I expressed to him that
he shot down are reemerging. What
if changes his mind when he sees me?
What if I’m too fat? What
if the literal and figurative scars on my heart turn him away? What if the forty-two thing weirds him
out? I’ve opened myself more to
Josh than anyone else. Ever. But he doesn’t know about my forty-two
obsession. How do you discuss that
through text messages? “Hey, I ‘m
obsessed with the number 42 and I use it to make all my life decisions.” That’s weird right? How do you make
someone understand that something as silly as this is actually really
important?</span><span style="color: #c00000; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What’s your favorite thing about this novel?</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">This book is my NaNoWriMo project
and right now it’s totally random.
It’s taking on a life of its own and I love it. Every character is a little crazy. Anna and her fiancé Jacob (Helena’s
BFF’s) are hilarious and help bring Helena out of herself. They don’t believe her crazy number
obsession, but play along with her anyway. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Me: </span></div>
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What is your latest and greatest?</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">I am working on a NA dystopia. The US has had it's borders restructured and the government is now a monarchy. Except, the white house falls under attack and the princess has to get out of there. The Princess then has a mission (working out the kinks in the mission).</span></div>
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What inspired this manuscript?<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;">Dean Winchester. Not a joke.</span></div>
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Tell us about your leading character? Why would a reader like him/her?</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Emma Rayne is the Princess of the US is trying to become the Queen. She has to travel through battle stricken cities and learn the life she has been leading, wasn't realistic. Her job as Queen is scary for her, but throughout the novel, we watch her grow up. We watch her become stronger. We watch her be able to kick the crap out of people. </span></div>
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Care to share a tid bit from your writing?</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> The
only thing I could hear was the sound of my heavy breathing. Maddox and Harper
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to comprehend anything else. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> “All
we want are your weapons and anything of value. Give it to us and we won’t have
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> My
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> Harper
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> “You
aren’t taking anything from us.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> This,
like the men in the bar, amused our captor. He gave a short laugh. “Oh really?
Let’s remember I won’t hesitate to put a bullet in your head.” He pushed the barrel
of the gun into Harper sending her body forward a little bit. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> “You
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> I
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“What did you say?” </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> “I
said: You don’t have it in you.” I could see Harper out of the corner of my
eye. She had righted herself. “As in you don’t have it in you to kill us.”</span></div>
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What’s your favorite thing about this novel?</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">It's not my comfort zone. I am actually struggling a lot with descriptions and belieable scenes - but that's great. It's making me better (and it's making me a little nuts). </span></div>
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There you have their current manuscripts, WIPs and novels in a nutshell? Intrigued yet? Come back next Wednesday to learn more and hear more about Indie Publishing!</div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-82783199662854702532013-11-11T01:00:00.000-05:002013-11-11T01:00:07.558-05:00Thank you and a teaser for Walker.Maybe you missed it last week - but I revealed the cover for Walker. I set a date for the release (Dec. 11). I have been throwing up some teasers. In fact the release is one month from today.<br />
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First- HAPPY VETERANS DAY! Thank you to the men and women who have served and continue to serve our country. Thank you.<br />
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Second - Teaser time.<br />
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Here is my teaser for the week:<br />
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<i>“I need you to relax.”
It was Nick. He wasn’t tangled in wire. He stared down at me, his blue eyes
staring at me bound. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i> I
tried to slow my breath. “It’s not as easy as you think it is, ya know?”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i> “I’m
going to try something. I don’t know if it will work.” <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i> “What
are you going to do?” I asked in a rush. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i> I
couldn’t see my hands. They were restricted, bound tight to my sides. I felt
his fingers touch mine and I wanted the freedom to grasp his hands. Our fingers
barely wrapped around each other’s. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i> I
was about to ask him how exactly holding my finger tips was going to help, when
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had completely given way. I was an astronaut floating. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i> Floating
until I smacked solidly into Nicholas. I hit him with an incredible force,
gaining no balance, but he instinctively caught me again. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-86302405589011722932013-11-07T02:00:00.000-05:002013-11-08T19:56:59.243-05:00Cover Reveal for Walker!I am so excited to be showing you my cover today! The wonderful Alivia at <a href="http://www.whiterabbitcoverdesign.com/" target="_blank">White Rabbit Designs and Creations</a> did this for me and I love it!<br />
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Here it is!!!!! My cover for Walker by me!!!! (It's about dream walking!)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhWMPjCKox0Vl_spohQkmOkcXHB98vS2v4VE_Rtb2lI-yVz1lrMPXIvhKWJnaUMAyL4042P3FtQGBKmD3OnLHsfLUhXdi1wCETFLuwePBMiTQTK0SvN_gI1mbYeBagCTZbnrFnhqoOYO2/s1600/short+cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhWMPjCKox0Vl_spohQkmOkcXHB98vS2v4VE_Rtb2lI-yVz1lrMPXIvhKWJnaUMAyL4042P3FtQGBKmD3OnLHsfLUhXdi1wCETFLuwePBMiTQTK0SvN_gI1mbYeBagCTZbnrFnhqoOYO2/s400/short+cover.png" height="400" width="262" /></a>Synopsis: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kate isn’t thrilled to be moving to the middle of nowhere. She's already lost her parents, now she's leaving the only place she's ever known as home. She’s not there long when she realizes her dreams aren’t her own and that she has the ability to walk through other people's dreams. Not only that, but she might have found her dream guy--literally. He's in her dreams.</span></span><br />
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Just when she starts to get the hang of dream walking, strange murders in her new town start to occur. Girls are being killed as they sleep with no evidence, no suspects and no clear motive behind the deaths. It doesn’t take Kate very long to realize that the girls aren’t just being killed as they sleep—they’re being killed in their sleep.</span></div>
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Kate must figure out how to find the killer in the real world and keep the ones she loves safe while they sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">The release date is Dec. 11th. A little more than a month!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can find the book on<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18754871-walker" target="_blank"> Goodreads</a> to add. It will be up on Amazon first and Create Space.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">I want to thank everyone who participated in the Cover Reveal! I was so excited and these p</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">eople threw it together in a a day for me! You are awesome my friends!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is me on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michelle-Flick-Author/260332924031373" target="_blank">facebook. </a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And my handle is @mflick729</span></div>
Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-62411666062697255622013-11-06T08:14:00.002-05:002013-11-06T08:14:54.319-05:00Teaser #3 for Walker!<br />
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Big big news - Tomorrow is my big cover reveal - and I love the cover!!!</div>
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But on FB I promised to do another teaser for Walker when I hit 600 likes! Well, I did within a day an a half. Awesome people, awesome!</div>
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OK - Teaser # 3!</div>
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<i> And then I smacked right into him. “Uff,” was what came out of my mouth. He grunted, but his hands flew up to steady me.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span> </span>I didn’t like not seeing his face. I couldn’t see his expression. Surprise? Weary? Relaxed? I had no idea. But even in the dream realm, I felt my heart beat speed up. It was because I had found him, not because his hands were causing my upper arms to burn.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span> </span>“Hi,” I said.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span> </span>He released me, abruptly, like I was the one who was burning him.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span> </span>“Can you talk here?”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span> </span>He ‘humped.” “Yes, I can talk here,” his voice was low.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span> </span><i>“How are you doing this?”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span> </span>“How are you doing this?” he asked.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span> </span>“I’m a dream walker. Are you?”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span> </span>“No,” he replied sadly. “I’m just a 17 year old boy who has been in a coma for three years.”</i></div>
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Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208378130566582441.post-36879689878318218822013-10-27T17:04:00.003-04:002013-10-27T17:04:53.522-04:00Teaser 2 for Walker by me :)
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<b>Teaser #2 for Walker</b></div>
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We debated about putting the kid who picked his nose on
Facebook, and while Elise was all for it, I doubted she would actually do it.
We talked about lunch, what people were saying about JCru, how I had obtained
mild celebrity among those who JCru had wronged.</div>
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Maybe
the rumors she would spread wouldn’t get as far. We made a list of what she was
going to spread about me:</div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->I had herpes and had given it to half the
basketball team. </div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->I got kicked out of my old school because I was
caught hooking.</div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->I not only was sleeping with the basketball team
but half the male faculty.</div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->I liked to take ecstasy and loved putting out to
it. </div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->I had a sixth toe and it was positively
disgusting and made me a freak. </div>
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Want to know who JCru is? </div>
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Find out soon. Release date is December!</div>
<!--EndFragment-->Michelle Flickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452307689508498982noreply@blogger.com2