Hello Lovely People,
I hope you are making a splash into the weekend. It has been a little while since my last post. I have been a busy little bee working on my book Rise Of The Legacy. Looking for editors for ROTL and LH. I also been looking for beta readers and doing some personal edits and making sure I don't have any plot holes. I am still in the editing phase of ROTL. I had an inspire idea not too long ago about 'world-crossing' setting so they work for several book series so I have been tweaking the ROTL, POAH, and Eden. Later down the line I will at some point do a series and the MCs will be Alyssa twin sisters and another maybe MC being Yvonne's twin brother as of right now its just idea for two spin off series that's not in development. I have been working on my Two Books One Goal Campaign. I have also been deciding which book projects out of my open and new projects I want for self-publishing and which projects I want to go into traditional publishing with. Speaking of which I have created a new page on my website, Book Projects Status Report so you don't always have to refer to the FAQs plus I color coded the projects so you can know the status in real time. I thought it be a fun way to know the status of current and upcoming projects. Easy updates...simplifying the latest update with the BPSR (Book Projects Status Report), so I hope you enjoy. Authors if you like it feel free to try it for your projects.
TTYF,
XoXo
❤ R
Showing posts with label The Writers Dream. Show all posts
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Friday, June 23, 2017
Friday, April 7, 2017
Search For The Best Beta Readers!
Hello Wonderful Readers,
I hope everyone is kicking off the weekend to a great start!!! After I did my three rounds of edits I was debating weather to do another round of edits, but I did. Four rounds of edits of my manuscript Rise Of The Legacy are complete.
The search is on for the best wonder beta readers ever has begun for the next week I am looking for kind and respectful beta readers that will look over my manuscript and give feedback. Please note you are not allowed to share my manuscript with anyone without my consent.
The Five Chosen Born.
They inherited a destiny that did not want. A legacy of power that was sealed away from them.
Now they embark on a journey of self-discovery.
A war is coming and the fate of the world is resting on their shoulders.
The enemies of their ancestor’s past is back and stronger than ever.
A life of normalcy hangs in the balance.
In a world fated for destruction will they choose the world or themselves?
I hope everyone is kicking off the weekend to a great start!!! After I did my three rounds of edits I was debating weather to do another round of edits, but I did. Four rounds of edits of my manuscript Rise Of The Legacy are complete.
The search is on for the best wonder beta readers ever has begun for the next week I am looking for kind and respectful beta readers that will look over my manuscript and give feedback. Please note you are not allowed to share my manuscript with anyone without my consent.
Rise Of The Legacy In A Nutshell:
Secrets. Destiny. Love. Deceit.
They inherited a destiny that did not want. A legacy of power that was sealed away from them.
Now they embark on a journey of self-discovery.
A war is coming and the fate of the world is resting on their shoulders.
The enemies of their ancestor’s past is back and stronger than ever.
A life of normalcy hangs in the balance.
In a world fated for destruction will they choose the world or themselves?
If you enjoy fantasy YA fiction and are interested in reading Rise Of The Legacy please fill out beta reader request form and contact me between today March 7-14, 2017 at: miss.raquellestepney@gmail.com
~ I look forward to hearing from beta readers ~
TTYF
Xo
💜R
Thursday, February 23, 2017
License To Spill! Author Confession! Writer's Tag! Part 1
Hello Lovely People,
I hope you all are having a wonderful day I couldn't wait until Friday...too excited. I am sharing a day early. Here is the writing tag I promised. 😊😉
TAGGING ALL WRITERS!!
Make it Rain – What is the first book that made you cry?
Perky Babe – What part of the writing process energize or exhaust you?
Ego Mania – Does a big ego help or hurt writers?
The Superman Comic – What is your writing kryptonite?
Book On The Block – Have you ever gotten reader’s block and what book was it?
The Kid At Heart – What is your favorite childhood book?
The Sacrificial Lamb – What one thing would you give up to become a better writer?
Under The Radar – Would you ever consider writing books under a pseudonym?
Spiritual Anima – As a writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
Gender Blender – What’s the most difficult thing about writing characters from the opposite sex?
I Spy – Do you hide any secrets in your books that only a few people will find?
The View – Do you read your book reviews? How do you deal with bad or good ones?
Kiss & Tell – Which character(s) kiss in your current WIP?
Spill The Beans – Tell us all about your current WIP and what is your favorite character(s) from your current WIP?
I want to hear from participants!! Tag me on twitter @RaquelleStepney and let me know that you did the tag.
Enjoy!!😊
P.S. I dedicate this tag to all the writers that have been kind, sweet, and supportive to me think of this as a belated Valentine's present. Thank you I really appreciate it. 💗 Stay sweet and kind! Luv ya! 😉
Later Peeps
Xo,
💜R
I hope you all are having a wonderful day I couldn't wait until Friday...too excited. I am sharing a day early. Here is the writing tag I promised. 😊😉
TAGGING ALL WRITERS!!
License To Spill - Author's Confession Writer's Tag
Make it Rain – What is the first book that made you cry?
Perky Babe – What part of the writing process energize or exhaust you?
Ego Mania – Does a big ego help or hurt writers?
The Superman Comic – What is your writing kryptonite?
Book On The Block – Have you ever gotten reader’s block and what book was it?
The Kid At Heart – What is your favorite childhood book?
The Sacrificial Lamb – What one thing would you give up to become a better writer?
Under The Radar – Would you ever consider writing books under a pseudonym?
Spiritual Anima – As a writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
Gender Blender – What’s the most difficult thing about writing characters from the opposite sex?
I Spy – Do you hide any secrets in your books that only a few people will find?
The View – Do you read your book reviews? How do you deal with bad or good ones?
Kiss & Tell – Which character(s) kiss in your current WIP?
Spill The Beans – Tell us all about your current WIP and what is your favorite character(s) from your current WIP?
I want to hear from participants!! Tag me on twitter @RaquelleStepney and let me know that you did the tag.
Enjoy!!😊
P.S. I dedicate this tag to all the writers that have been kind, sweet, and supportive to me think of this as a belated Valentine's present. Thank you I really appreciate it. 💗 Stay sweet and kind! Luv ya! 😉
Later Peeps
Xo,
💜R
Monday, February 20, 2017
About That Life! Writer's Tag!
Hello Good Afternoon Lovely People,
I hope you all are having a wonderful day. Kim Chance a writer I admire participated in writers tag and tag all writers she tag every writer so I decided to participate since I hardly ever let people know what I am truly thinking unless I am responding to something I like or dislike or I am venting every now and then or I am in the mood for self expression intimate public way a good example would be my anthology Lyrical Heart. So this is another way you can explore my mind a bit. 😉
Enjoy!
What kind of writer are you?
I talk about this in my upcoming new release Lyrical Heart under 'writer's dream to improve'.
I am the type of writer that writes what I want to read and what I enjoy reading. In the 'writer's dream to improve' section of Lyrical Heart I also talk about why I love writing YAF (young adult fiction). I also feel that when I am writing fiction I think about how I view and perceive others and how they will view me after what I have written.
How that is perceived through each other’s eyes. It is one of the major reasons that most of my open current projects have a coming of age element as one of the bases that in enveloped throughout my fiction pieces. It one of the important stages of real life. Characters learning their personal history, deciding how the characters explore who and what they are and what happens as they come into knowledge. Will the characters let the knowledge they discover define them, or are they defining that knowledge and how they choose to use the knowledge they learn throughout the story I think it is very important so I enjoy writing with this particular element in all my stories.
When did you start writing and what made you want to try it?
I started writing quotes and song lyrics in middle school and in my late teens early 20 I wrote short stories for contest on figment that I discovered through author Lisi Harrison. I really enjoyed the stories I came up with for the contest and I enjoyed swapping with other writers many of them have a real gift if they can perfect their writing craft. Rise of the Legacy (formerly Entrapment) I began back in 2010 while attending art school when I was about 21. I didn't get serious about my writing until 24 or 25 while attending my Alma Mater TWU.
I wanted to know every aspect of the industry. I did alot of research before I published the first time, but I am continually learning more. I know alot more than when I first started so I share them through Indie Way blog that is geared toward all things writing. The CP/beta reader thing is new to me, but as soon as I learned about and gather info I created a post to help other writers that came in like I did no matter if they are self-publishing or traditional. I just call it the Indie Way because I chose the the title Indie Way myself so giving info and helping in that way is personal to me. Just like all the post on Indie Way I learned about them and gathered enough info that will help other authors as well as myself.
What inspires your stories?
Various things from places around the world I want to visit, a dream I had, riding public transportation, one of my temp jobs, a movie I saw, song lyrics, my ideas can literally come from anywhere.
What themes do you explore in your writing?
I explore coming of age, hope, courage, fear, sacrifice, war, secrets, wisdom I don't like love/romance alot in my stories...let me correct that I don't like to overly use romance in my stories, but I like to dabble in it...I don't want it to be the main focus however if a story ends up to be a juicy because of that minor romance/love plot point I am ok with that is what I am actually saying, erotica on the other hand you might never catch me writing an erotic novel that is for personal reasons, but you may catch me reading one...lol 😉 which is a contradictory to me writing what I want to read erotica is the one exception. 😄
Are you a plotter, pantser, planters?
I guess some one invented a new one I have not heard about planter? I am curious about the answer to that one...😄😏 but seriously though I am about half and half I am different with each story.
Shhh... #authorconfession I pulled a panster on my current WIP the second time around with alot of the new chapters, but I knew the story for the most part and a rough idea of how I wanted the new chapters to play out, so I only had hurdles every now and then. I am about half an half I will do an outline for every story but not an overly detailed one, but a full one and panster the chapter as I write.
However I think I may swing to being a heavy plotter and than panster for if not for any reason than I can probably get through the first draft much faster. I might take while to plan out my who story thoroughly and do a very detailed profile on my main cast of characters, but I think I can go a bit faster. I am a fast writer when I am flowing, but I run into trouble I slow down and get very irritable.
Where are you in your writing journey?
Lyrical Heart manuscript is finished I just have to do two more rounds of edits before I send it to a professional publisher. Rise of the Legacy I have one chapter to finish and one chapter to tweak and then I can do my second round of full edits because I have been editing the second half as I am completing it. As far as beta reading and CP goes. I will let my CP look over it and then I will do a couple more rounds of edits myself. I have trust issues and it is very hard for me to trust people. So when I see authors bashing authors and beta readers that are authors doing it on social media I question even considering beta readers for my book manuscript I treasure everything I write and when people ask me to read their work I have to be unbias and bias at the same time. I am bias in knowing I know that person worked hard on that book as much as I did mine so I take it into consideration. I am unbias in knowing I don't know the author that's asking me to do it that well and I am one of those people who like to be personal so I can trust and feel at ease, but if I don't I am ok with reading a great story and one that I find interesting with a good plot that I like.
Have you entered any writing contests? Did you win any?
Majority of the contest I did on figment was for fun and to explore my writing limitations and get to know others who enjoying writing. Only one or two I did with the thought of actually winning, but no I didn't win and that's ok. When I entered an art competition in high school and didn't win until my third year. It did something to me. I don't care about winning and I loathe competing against other people, because I don't want to entertain the idea of becoming jealous. It is why I will not do vlogs that alot of authors are doing. I feel like the vlogs they seem fun, but not for me. I love watching them though. I will have to compete, but I did find two purposes in which I can use vlogs one is for my radio station and announcements and the other is story ideas to play around with in movie form.
Ironically though by me publishing books I am in a way competing with others to get my book read by readers, but in away I am not because they read my book as well as another authors and that is the only kind of competing I can actually live with other than auditioning for a movie, TV, or commercial role. I know I will be compared to others because it comes with the territory in both industries its a little annoying to.😛😏
Who are your writing heroes?
I don't have writing heroes. I have writers I admire for the types of books they write and what they accomplished with their writing and it inspired me to consider the idea of a writing career but that's about it, heroes is a bit extreme. 😊😄😏
Have you been to a writing conference?
No, I want to go to atleast two a year, but I haven't the only thing I have been to is film festivals.
What are your top 3 writing tips?
*I know it says 3 I gave you 4.😊😉*
XoXo
TTYS
~ P.S. I know this is not Friday my usual scheduled writing day, but it's ok to change things up every now and then.😊😉 ~
💜R
I hope you all are having a wonderful day. Kim Chance a writer I admire participated in writers tag and tag all writers she tag every writer so I decided to participate since I hardly ever let people know what I am truly thinking unless I am responding to something I like or dislike or I am venting every now and then or I am in the mood for self expression intimate public way a good example would be my anthology Lyrical Heart. So this is another way you can explore my mind a bit. 😉
Enjoy!
What kind of writer are you?
I talk about this in my upcoming new release Lyrical Heart under 'writer's dream to improve'.
I am the type of writer that writes what I want to read and what I enjoy reading. In the 'writer's dream to improve' section of Lyrical Heart I also talk about why I love writing YAF (young adult fiction). I also feel that when I am writing fiction I think about how I view and perceive others and how they will view me after what I have written.
How that is perceived through each other’s eyes. It is one of the major reasons that most of my open current projects have a coming of age element as one of the bases that in enveloped throughout my fiction pieces. It one of the important stages of real life. Characters learning their personal history, deciding how the characters explore who and what they are and what happens as they come into knowledge. Will the characters let the knowledge they discover define them, or are they defining that knowledge and how they choose to use the knowledge they learn throughout the story I think it is very important so I enjoy writing with this particular element in all my stories.
When did you start writing and what made you want to try it?
I started writing quotes and song lyrics in middle school and in my late teens early 20 I wrote short stories for contest on figment that I discovered through author Lisi Harrison. I really enjoyed the stories I came up with for the contest and I enjoyed swapping with other writers many of them have a real gift if they can perfect their writing craft. Rise of the Legacy (formerly Entrapment) I began back in 2010 while attending art school when I was about 21. I didn't get serious about my writing until 24 or 25 while attending my Alma Mater TWU.
I wanted to know every aspect of the industry. I did alot of research before I published the first time, but I am continually learning more. I know alot more than when I first started so I share them through Indie Way blog that is geared toward all things writing. The CP/beta reader thing is new to me, but as soon as I learned about and gather info I created a post to help other writers that came in like I did no matter if they are self-publishing or traditional. I just call it the Indie Way because I chose the the title Indie Way myself so giving info and helping in that way is personal to me. Just like all the post on Indie Way I learned about them and gathered enough info that will help other authors as well as myself.
What inspires your stories?
Various things from places around the world I want to visit, a dream I had, riding public transportation, one of my temp jobs, a movie I saw, song lyrics, my ideas can literally come from anywhere.
What themes do you explore in your writing?
I explore coming of age, hope, courage, fear, sacrifice, war, secrets, wisdom I don't like love/romance alot in my stories...let me correct that I don't like to overly use romance in my stories, but I like to dabble in it...I don't want it to be the main focus however if a story ends up to be a juicy because of that minor romance/love plot point I am ok with that is what I am actually saying, erotica on the other hand you might never catch me writing an erotic novel that is for personal reasons, but you may catch me reading one...lol 😉 which is a contradictory to me writing what I want to read erotica is the one exception. 😄
Are you a plotter, pantser, planters?
I guess some one invented a new one I have not heard about planter? I am curious about the answer to that one...😄😏 but seriously though I am about half and half I am different with each story.
Shhh... #authorconfession I pulled a panster on my current WIP the second time around with alot of the new chapters, but I knew the story for the most part and a rough idea of how I wanted the new chapters to play out, so I only had hurdles every now and then. I am about half an half I will do an outline for every story but not an overly detailed one, but a full one and panster the chapter as I write.
However I think I may swing to being a heavy plotter and than panster for if not for any reason than I can probably get through the first draft much faster. I might take while to plan out my who story thoroughly and do a very detailed profile on my main cast of characters, but I think I can go a bit faster. I am a fast writer when I am flowing, but I run into trouble I slow down and get very irritable.
Where are you in your writing journey?
Lyrical Heart manuscript is finished I just have to do two more rounds of edits before I send it to a professional publisher. Rise of the Legacy I have one chapter to finish and one chapter to tweak and then I can do my second round of full edits because I have been editing the second half as I am completing it. As far as beta reading and CP goes. I will let my CP look over it and then I will do a couple more rounds of edits myself. I have trust issues and it is very hard for me to trust people. So when I see authors bashing authors and beta readers that are authors doing it on social media I question even considering beta readers for my book manuscript I treasure everything I write and when people ask me to read their work I have to be unbias and bias at the same time. I am bias in knowing I know that person worked hard on that book as much as I did mine so I take it into consideration. I am unbias in knowing I don't know the author that's asking me to do it that well and I am one of those people who like to be personal so I can trust and feel at ease, but if I don't I am ok with reading a great story and one that I find interesting with a good plot that I like.
Have you entered any writing contests? Did you win any?
Majority of the contest I did on figment was for fun and to explore my writing limitations and get to know others who enjoying writing. Only one or two I did with the thought of actually winning, but no I didn't win and that's ok. When I entered an art competition in high school and didn't win until my third year. It did something to me. I don't care about winning and I loathe competing against other people, because I don't want to entertain the idea of becoming jealous. It is why I will not do vlogs that alot of authors are doing. I feel like the vlogs they seem fun, but not for me. I love watching them though. I will have to compete, but I did find two purposes in which I can use vlogs one is for my radio station and announcements and the other is story ideas to play around with in movie form.
Ironically though by me publishing books I am in a way competing with others to get my book read by readers, but in away I am not because they read my book as well as another authors and that is the only kind of competing I can actually live with other than auditioning for a movie, TV, or commercial role. I know I will be compared to others because it comes with the territory in both industries its a little annoying to.😛😏
Who are your writing heroes?
I don't have writing heroes. I have writers I admire for the types of books they write and what they accomplished with their writing and it inspired me to consider the idea of a writing career but that's about it, heroes is a bit extreme. 😊😄😏
Have you been to a writing conference?
No, I want to go to atleast two a year, but I haven't the only thing I have been to is film festivals.
What are your top 3 writing tips?
*I know it says 3 I gave you 4.😊😉*
- Never give up on your writing when it gets hard keep going its okay. It is even ok to take a day or two to regroup and come back at it with fresh perspective.
- Don't let anyone tell you can't do anything related to writing only you yourself know what you can and cannot do. You will not know for sure until you try and give it your all.
- Don't rush pace yourself.
- Above all else don't let fear rule your heart and keep you from moving forward.
XoXo
TTYS
~ P.S. I know this is not Friday my usual scheduled writing day, but it's ok to change things up every now and then.😊😉 ~
💜R
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Addressing Grievances
Hello Lovely People,
I hope all is well. I hope everyone is going after their dreams. I am rooting for you never doubt that. the past three weeks have been a bit of an emotional roller coaster. Dealing with the fears that are inside of me about my writing, to dealing with people who think I don't work hard and just want attention, to reminiscing about my first love that I miss often some days/weeks more than others, and rumors about me smoking or similar rumors. So I would like to address it a calm and rational matter.
Addressing Grievances
The reason why I didn't like being social was because of mean people and the dumb shit I have to put up with now, but I know that this shit will comes with the territory especially in the literary and in the entertainment industry. In actuality I would not mind being social if people were nice...not fake about really nice & kind people. I may have to deal with the stupidity of mean people because it comes with the territory and I know that as a person gets more successful you will have to deal with people hating you for no specific reason, people assuming shit, people that like to spread false rumors because they don't like you, and people that enjoy gossiping about you, but I will not entertain it. Think what you want about me, but I know who I am and will always be myself.
So if you are not a nice and positive person and you have jealousy or ego issues leave me alone. If you are not a not a supportive person leave me alone because the fake sincerity and fake support its getting on my nerves. If you don't have good intentions toward me leave me alone because frankly I am tired of the BS.
Later Peeps,
TTYS (Talk to you soon)
💜 R
I hope all is well. I hope everyone is going after their dreams. I am rooting for you never doubt that. the past three weeks have been a bit of an emotional roller coaster. Dealing with the fears that are inside of me about my writing, to dealing with people who think I don't work hard and just want attention, to reminiscing about my first love that I miss often some days/weeks more than others, and rumors about me smoking or similar rumors. So I would like to address it a calm and rational matter.
Addressing Grievances
- I am a mean, aggressive person: For could portion of my life I have been shy I am just now coming out of my shell a little bit in adulthood. I am nice and kind, but I do have a bad temper and I tend to cut people with my words when they piss me off. If you don't want to see that side of me then be nice, kind, and respectful. I do not like messy, two-face, disrespectful, rude, or jealous people; to that end those types actually annoy the hell out of me.
- I work hard some people even know me as a workaholic. Now I do take 2-3 days to recharge relax, and de-stress. that is my business. I do what I want to that end, but when it comes to my dreams I work hard despite all the obstacles that appeared before me. I pace myself and go step by step plan for my long-term goals and dreams for the most part because I have several I started with writing and soon I will work in my acting. I do not seek attention never have unless it's from my boyfriend when I have one, but I am currently single. If it seems like it to you that's your on conceive notion in your head if people gravitate toward me because I'm being myself that is ok that happens when people be themselves the right people like them/personality. With that being said maybe you need a reality check.
- I have never smoked a day in my life. I hate being around it inhaling the fumes I either start coughing or it messes with my sinuses.
***
The reason why I didn't like being social was because of mean people and the dumb shit I have to put up with now, but I know that this shit will comes with the territory especially in the literary and in the entertainment industry. In actuality I would not mind being social if people were nice...not fake about really nice & kind people. I may have to deal with the stupidity of mean people because it comes with the territory and I know that as a person gets more successful you will have to deal with people hating you for no specific reason, people assuming shit, people that like to spread false rumors because they don't like you, and people that enjoy gossiping about you, but I will not entertain it. Think what you want about me, but I know who I am and will always be myself.
So if you are not a nice and positive person and you have jealousy or ego issues leave me alone. If you are not a not a supportive person leave me alone because the fake sincerity and fake support its getting on my nerves. If you don't have good intentions toward me leave me alone because frankly I am tired of the BS.
Later Peeps,
TTYS (Talk to you soon)
💜 R
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