A New Review of A First Book and Author Activism
Hi ho, MMMLOGerinos!
Our master horror writer pal, John Dark honored me with a read of my first book, a young adult paranormal,GHOSTLY ACTS
John writes:
"Wanted to let you know I just finished a great book by someone with initials M.R.H.. You of course. It was Ghostly Acts and I had a blast reading it. The characters all were very interesting and how Ele and Eugene continuously were messing with each other reminded me of what went on between me and my brother and sister. The romance in Ghostly Acts developed in a funny and believable way and I absolutely loved the bad guys. Those were guys you loved to hate and they were incredibly funny. There were also a lot of good messages all the way through the book about trying to see things from others points of view. It was a very good novel. The only problem was I didn't want it to end. You have a way of pulling readers into the story that is wonderful. The worlds you create people don't want to leave. Thanks for writing that one. I had fun reading it."
Author Activism
John Dark has just finished a first draft of his new book, Blood On Celluloid. His process is to let the draft sit for a few months before typing it and cleaning it up, fixing whatever problems he finds. He writes everything in longhand then types it later. John says "any profits from the book are going to ECPAT. There is a problem in the Orient with children being taken from their homes (either bought from poor families or kidnapped) and being put into prostitution. In some Asian countries it's not even illegal to do this. It's an ugly subject and hard to look at. BOC was designed to bring some awareness to the problem. Writing a book that integrates that problem into a work of fiction was not easy."
Like John Dark and other writers, I also try to shine an awakening light on societal problems. My current author activism takes the form of writing romance novels that give hope and inspiration to the victims of domestic violence. I also donate ten percent of every sale on this site to Domestic Abuse Women's Network (DAWN). Check out THE LIST for more romance novels by writers that deal with the issue of domestic violence and offer hope to DV victims.
Greater Seattle RWA's Emerald City Writers Conference, October 7,8,9, 2005 donates a generous portion of their annual bookfair to DAWN. Click Register for the conference. I'll be giving a couple of great workshops and hope to see you there!
Ciao, ciao, MMMMMMMMMMMMMmelinda
Our master horror writer pal, John Dark honored me with a read of my first book, a young adult paranormal,GHOSTLY ACTS
John writes:
"Wanted to let you know I just finished a great book by someone with initials M.R.H.. You of course. It was Ghostly Acts and I had a blast reading it. The characters all were very interesting and how Ele and Eugene continuously were messing with each other reminded me of what went on between me and my brother and sister. The romance in Ghostly Acts developed in a funny and believable way and I absolutely loved the bad guys. Those were guys you loved to hate and they were incredibly funny. There were also a lot of good messages all the way through the book about trying to see things from others points of view. It was a very good novel. The only problem was I didn't want it to end. You have a way of pulling readers into the story that is wonderful. The worlds you create people don't want to leave. Thanks for writing that one. I had fun reading it."
Author Activism
John Dark has just finished a first draft of his new book, Blood On Celluloid. His process is to let the draft sit for a few months before typing it and cleaning it up, fixing whatever problems he finds. He writes everything in longhand then types it later. John says "any profits from the book are going to ECPAT. There is a problem in the Orient with children being taken from their homes (either bought from poor families or kidnapped) and being put into prostitution. In some Asian countries it's not even illegal to do this. It's an ugly subject and hard to look at. BOC was designed to bring some awareness to the problem. Writing a book that integrates that problem into a work of fiction was not easy."
Like John Dark and other writers, I also try to shine an awakening light on societal problems. My current author activism takes the form of writing romance novels that give hope and inspiration to the victims of domestic violence. I also donate ten percent of every sale on this site to Domestic Abuse Women's Network (DAWN). Check out THE LIST for more romance novels by writers that deal with the issue of domestic violence and offer hope to DV victims.
Greater Seattle RWA's Emerald City Writers Conference, October 7,8,9, 2005 donates a generous portion of their annual bookfair to DAWN. Click Register for the conference. I'll be giving a couple of great workshops and hope to see you there!
Ciao, ciao, MMMMMMMMMMMMMmelinda
posted by MMMelinda at 11:44 AM
