I have three major activities I enjoy: reading, writing, and playing video games. I obviously talk more about the former two than the latter, but recently I finally got around to completing a game called 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. It’s a type of game called a Visual Novel, which is very popular in Japan, though not as much in the US.
Release day is finally here! Hit the Available Fiction page to downloadIn/Exhale: Season One in the file type of your choice.
PDF is a good option for reading on a PC or tablet. EPUB works with most ereaders, and MOBI will work on your kindle.
I hope you enjoy, and I hope to have Season Two in ebook form available early this summer.
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I finally got the formatting issues (including stubborn kindle chaptering) fixed, so I’m ready to release the ebooks for In/Exhale: Season One next Tuesday. In honor of that, I’m posting a short excerpt from the beginning of the season to give you a taste of what’s to come.
The books will be available in PDF, EPUB, and MOBI (kindle) versions, so you can easily read on your tablet or ereader.
I’ve also added an “Available Fiction” section to the site where you can see the fiction I have that’s already available for download/purchase. If you go there now, you can read about In/Exhale, and that’s where I’ll post the links to download next week!
Enjoy!
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I just have a few formatting issues to resolve in the kindle version of the first ebook so it should be released soon. Though I do have the cover finalized for Season One of In/Exhale. I should have the book available to download (for free!) soon, in PDF, MOBI, and EPUB files.
Hit the break to see the cover in all its glory, and let me know what you think!
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Just wanted to do a quick post because I found this quote recently and I love it. It makes me remember why I write the type of fiction that I do, even if it isn’t conventional, even if it features characters that others might overlook, even if people tell me I should write something more “normal” or “mainstream”:
Share:“GIRL, write YOUR book dammit.
Who cares what people think?
If writers in the past cared what other people thought we’d still be glossing over ‘inappropriate’ kissing scenes.
Break the fucking rules.
Push yourself to the edge.
Show the world what YOU can do.
This is YOUR book. YOUR blood and guts.
AND, don’t you EVER, EVER, write one single line for SOMEONE ELSE. ”-Madeline Sheehan
I know I haven’t been good about keeping my “one post a week” pledge, but I’ll admit I’ve been feeling really stressed and a bit stuck lately.
Hoping that’ll remedy itself soon. I’ve been trying to read over some of the draft of Remnants to see if I can pick that back up again.
Here’s a quote from Marshall from this very early draft. I feel like it encompasses him really well. Marshall isn’t interested in anything serious, because things are safer that way. Any guy he sees as potentially too “clingy,” he’ll avoid seeing a second time, no matter how good the sex was. He calls these guys “adhesions,” as he explains:
An adhesion is a type of scarring that occurs internally, especially after abdominal surgery. It causes organs and tissues to stick together, and can lead to intense pain and serious, sometimes long-term complications. Studying adhesions–why they form and how to better prevent them–is one of the research areas for the lab back in College Station. But the best way to ensure you never develop them? Don’t have yourself cut open in the first place.
Anyway, I’m hoping I can get out of this funk soon and complete the drafts of this book and Az Monster within the next few months, as well as go back to UnDeniable. And hopefully post a bit more here and on twitter.
Share:So I obviously haven’t succeeded in my plan to post weekly. Sorry about that. I’ve been busy, and while I have many blog ideas floating around, haven’t had a chance to really sit down and do any of them justice.
One subject I think of a lot is Point of View (POV). In other words, in whose head we’re in when we’re reading the story. There are three primary POV narrative styles: First Person, Second Person, and Third Person.
Share:So I really want to try to keep up with my weekly blog posts, but this week left me a little stumped. Instead of going a week without a post, how about the first in a series of videos featuring a very young Sean Berdy (of Switched at Birth fame)?
The film is a sitcom-like series of promo videos for a now-defunct Video Relay Service about a Deaf family and their various trials and tribulations. It’s pretty cheesy, but it has it’s funny moments in that silly, ridiculous kind of way. It’s all ASL (no audio), but it does have English subtitles if you don’t know sign language.
Enjoy!
PS – I apologize for the way the video is displaying; I couldn’t get the flash embed code to work no matter what I did for some reason today. 🙁
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I get into this discussion a lot with my writer friends: can men write good female characters and can women write good male characters?
Even though UnConventional is written from the female protagonist’s POV, I actually usually prefer to write male characters. Always have, as long as I can remember. And I’ve spoken to some male writer friends who are the reverse–they prefer to write women.
But to go back to my initial question: is it possible to write the opposite sex well?
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Switched at Birth is one of my favorite shows, partially because it not only features Deaf and hard of hearing actors playing Deaf and HOH characters, but also because it attempts to realistically portray elements of Deaf culture and community, along with challenges that Deaf individuals face every day (including occasional clashes with hearing culture).
The new winter season kicked in last night, introducing some new characters, including Campbell, played by RJ Mitte (of Breaking Bad fame). Campbell is a second-year pre-med student who volunteers in the health clinic where Daphne is doing her community service. He’s also a paraplegic.
Of course, I had read about RJ Mitte’s character during the season break this fall, but it was fun to see how the show actually handled the character. For one, he hasn’t been shoved into some bulky, unrealistic folding wheelchair but appears to have a sturdy-frame one that fits him. It’s also bright yellow (and decorated, which fits his crazy character), which I love. It’s good to see that Switched at Birth may educate the public about SCI in the same way it has deafness and Deaf culture.
For example, in one scene (watch it here), Campbell offers Daphne a ride. Confused, Daphne responds, “In your lap?” Campbell laughs it off and indicates his car. “No. In my Camaro.” She asks how he drives, and he explains hand controls as he transfers and dissembles his chair, all the while talking about the various injuries he received over the years from his wild lifestyle.
It’s a short scene, but it does so much in such a short amount of time. Though Mitte, of course, is not a paraplegic (it’s a bit of a shame they couldn’t cast a real para actor, but I understand he has a certain amount of star power), the scene still manages to portray a tiny slice of life for a para in a fairly seamless way. I know we’ll see more of him as the season progresses, and I hope the show continues to impress.
It’s about time we started seeing more actors with disabilities being cast, but also seeing their stories.
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Available again soon in ebook and print!
