Rock Star Is Out!
06 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment
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The Rock Star’s Retreat by Belle McClain
Cassandra Geoffrey runs In The Pines Campground six months of the year and spends the other six alone on the West Virginia mountain. She isn’t completely happy with situation, but she loves her wacky, close knit hometown and the man of her dreams doesn’t seem to be appearing.
Until he does.
Jason Callisto is the lead guitarist from Touchstone. Two years ago, his supermodel girlfriend dumped him in People Magazine – in a side bar. Since then he’s been impossible to live with. So much so that his manager exiles him the West Virginia before he breaks up the band on the eve of the Grammys.
Cass sees Jason as the adventure of a lifetime. Jason sees Cass as an ego boost.
Can they accept the risk to reach for more?
Warning: Contains two consenting adults alone in a cabin on the side of a mountain, a few wacky townspeople and a plot twist that took the writer by surprise.
Read an excerpt here
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Finis!
13 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in publishing, writing Tags: The Rock Star's Retreat, Trio
I finished Satellite of Love last night. Whew. Yesterday was a big day for word count because the whole story just snapped together and all I really had to do was hang on for dear life. I did over 5K over the course of the day though not much else got accomplished.
Unfortunately, I am left the with sinking suspicion that the end is out of order. That the big final conflict is in the wrong place. I’m pretty sure I can just move things around and alter the details, but I’m going to head into another project because it’s been whispering at the back of my mind for weeks and really wants to be written.
Any moment now I expect the first round of edits (you know, the soul crushing round) for Trio to arrive. Unlike Rock Star, I didn’t write that one entirely for my own entertainment and decide to try and get it published later so one hopes I went off on few tangents that will have to be fixed.
Next!
Soul Crushing Edits
07 Jun 2009 Leave a Comment
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About a week ago I got the second round of edits for The Rock Star’s Retreat so I’ve been spending a lot of time banging my head against the desk and cringing. I probably should refer to them as the first round because I have a new editor and she’s got a different focus than the first editor. Maybe that’s why this has been so discouraging. First round is usually the “I’m a big dork and I can’t believe I missed that” round and the second round is more polish. Doing the first round twice makes it more of a “I’m a dork of absolutely unbelievable proportion and I cannot believe I have missed that – how many times now? Oh brother.”
Don’t get me wrong. I know it’s going to be a much better book when Helen is done with me. In fact, I’m going to be a much better writer. Every new editor gives me something else to add to my personal bug list. This time, it’s commas. I have a phobia about commas that developed in college and has never left me. I avoid using them at all costs, including times when they were needed. I think 75% of the track changes I had to accept were commas.
Today I have to launch into the really hard part. Making fundamental changes to the text. My favorite scene needs to be trimmed down because the focus is off the relationship. It’s funny, but it has nothing to do with the story. There’s going to be a writer’s cut of this baby.
Okay, once more into the breech!
