Sending "The Bed Wife" book 1 to the editor!

Well I'm not sure if I should be attempting cartwheels or hiding under my desk right now. I have been in talks with an editor and have sent her the first ten pages of book one to give me a 'pre-edit'. 

I will be honest, I am so incredibly nervous right now. Writing the book was the easy part, getting it edited by someone who will give it to you straight is entirely another thing.  Yes, I have a couple family members who have read it, but they would sugar coat it. I do want it straight, but now I'm scared!

So say a little prayer for me; here's hoping it's as good as I think it is!

Movie trailer for The Bed Wife

So yes, I am 110% a complete nerd and I'm proud of it. haha

I have been a bit stuck in the second book, I'm about 10,000 words in (which is not in any way bad) but my brain was kind of dead the past few days. So I decided to take some screen clips of the actor and actress who most inspire the characters of Baylin and Luana and I made this little video.

I'm a huge (like, super huge) fan of Richard Armitage, and his depiction of Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit was amazing. So he truly did inspire Baylin in both looks and heart I think (more Richard in the heart department than Thorin lol).

This is my first fan made video like this (and boy can I tell you it is a lot harder than it looks), and I feel it gives a decent enough breakdown of the first book.  Obviously, you can't cram 18,000 + words and emotions into a 4 minute video, but it's at least a little taste.

So here is your first 'trailer' for The Bed Wife Book 1!

Bed Wife Teaser

If I spent as much time writing as I do making these silly teasers, I would probably be done with the entire story!  However, I just can't help it; it does help inspire me to see my character's better anyway, and it gives you a glimpse at what I see when I'm writing.

I cannot take credit for those in the pictures, I 'm not even sure who the girl is. The man is the actor Richard Armitage (who is an absolutely wonderful muse for inspiring Baylin... I simply love him!).  So no copyright infringement is intended, these are merely meant to be fun.

So here is a wonderful little teaser of when Baylin first sees Luana.  Enjoy!

A week of hiccups

In between getting book one of The Bed Wife read and edited and starting on book two in the series, we have been working on remodeling our home and have had a few hiccups along the way (most sever was the burst water pipe that flooded under our house!).

That being said, I am well into the second book and feeling very promising about it.

Additionally, I'm excitedly getting details finalized with my wonderful cover artist (this, I think, is my most exciting piece of news).  I cannot wait to see what she comes up with!

So I thought I should go ahead and post a little something just to let you all know I'm still alive, well and writing!

Another 'Bed Wife' Teaser

Yes, I know, I cannot help myself... I just love making little teaser photos for this story!

I'm a very visual person, so being able to put together a few pictures as a representation of a scene really helps to relay the emotion that is happening during that moment.  It also is a lot of fun to show to everyone!

So here you go!

The last line of book one of The Bed Wife

So, as I have been saying, I'm working currently the hardest on my story, "The Bed Wife."

I have finally gotten to a point where I'm pretty happy with how book one feels and reads. It still needs to be edited, but otherwise I'm feeling pretty good.

So here is the last line of the first book for you (along with that wonderful word count of 18,048)!

Cat on my back...

 

So last night, while staying up writing on The Bed Wife, I guess my cat on my lap got a bit cold and decided it was much more comfortable to sleep behind me while I hunched over my computer keyboard.

 

It's a wonder I get any work done at all!