Hi guys, its been a while.

 It's been a while.

I wish I was interested in blogging as of late. Maybe I can get into it again. 

I have been working and I just started writing again, since I last wrote in my story in August. 

I really want to finish this story this year. This new 2023, crazzy. 

Anyway here are some snips of this  WIP.  Let me know what you think. 

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  And the scene was set me and Colter on the ground, three men looking down at us,

one blond lady scaling with a black eye, and another lady looking like a lawyer talking on her cell phone. It was 2 to 5 and the odds were not pretty. 

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  “Are you alright? Izzy? Come on, I can't lose you right now.”
I wondered how I looked. Did I look truly awful, I wasn’t worried about my appearance,

but about how Colter thought I felt. Was I in pain? A little. My head was hurting,

my throat was burning like I had been hit there. I wondered if my elbow was bleeding.

I was achy all over as well, but I wondered how that affected my face. I turned my face to him,

I could help it anymore, those words would never leave my mind. ‘I can’t lose you.’

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 “Izzy,” Colter whispered in my ear. I snapped back to look at him, our faces so close my

lips could have kissed his cheek. “You look so pale.” 

“I’m going to be okay, stop worrying about me right now.” 

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Everything was looking ready to ship out. Ninja and the sheriff came for us.

Both me and Colter were pulled to our feet. The sheriff scaled at me like I was something dirty to deal with. Colter’s escort took him ahead of me and my guard and we neared the semi. Miss Blondie looked at the both of us and gave the order. Put them in the semi bed. So this was our fate. I gave a little start. Colter tried to spring away but the man held him firm and punched him in the kidney. “Stop it,'' I shrieked, pulling away only to get a fresh slap in the face. The lady with the black eye backed away not forgetting the pain, I gave her. 

Colter stood, and calmed down, he didn’t want me hurt.

Neither of us tried to get away after that, wanting to spare each other pain.

I stopped Colter and he stopped me.

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The closing of the doors behind us was sickening.

It was like a coffin being closed on someone alive, to be buried deep in a dark place and forgotten

by the world. Lost forever on a ship in a never ending journey in troublesome waves that mocked your

life. How small it was, how weak and shallow it was.

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Something Simple

Hope you liked!!!

Rakayle ❤☺

Cover Reveal ONCE I KNEW

 Cover reaveil for Victoria Lynn's new book. ONCE I KNEW! 

About the story!

Chronicles of Elira Book #1

 

Violet lives her quiet life in her sleepy village, trying to remain as dead to the politics that are threatening their world as possible. She follows the rules, stays out of trouble and does her best to remain out of sight from the dreaded and overbearing Kingsmen.

 

With the new regent on the throne till the prince comes of age, the country has been thrown into a turmoil. Unlike the kindly king before him, the chancellor is overbearing, frightening and tyrannical in his rule. Taxes are bleeding the people dry and without the money or goods to pay, they have been forced into penal servitude and imprisonment by the Kingsmen, who show no mercy. The despair and fear that has taken over their lives has ruled out any level of hope.

 

When Violet stumbles upon an unconscious and injured Kingsman in the woods, despite the consequences, she is compelled to take care of the injured man. When he wakes and has no memory of his identity or past, she takes the only precaution that will keep her and her grandmother safe; she destroys the evidence of his past life.

 

If Violet’s lowly Kingsman regains his memory, will she survive the consequences? And will the Kingsman be able to live with his past life? Who will fight to free Elira?

 

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SO so cute be sure to check it out!

EBOOK: Preorder on amazon. https://amzn.to/3q9icds 

Paperback and Special Edition Hardcover: Purchased on her website www.victorialynnblog.com/shop 

 

The preorder boxes are full of some DOPE stuff. LOL! These are my pride and joy so I really hope you all like them. I have a limited quantity, so if you want one, make sure you camp out, the sale will be live at 10am EST and with the response that I’ve gotten on them, I wouldn’t be surprised if they go fast so make sure you keep an eye on that! They include a special edition hardcover copy (illustrated with bonus scenes and an extra map), a custom Irewolf Co. Candle inspired by the book, 2 custom stickers, 2 main character cards with quotes, Colored Map print created by Sweet Sequels, Specialty tea blend inspired by the book, Aesthetic Bookmark with inspirational quote, and pre-release shipping! (you'll have the book before anyone else!)

 

Special Edition Hardcover: I splurged on something extra special and this baby is going to be formatted REALLY PRETTY with illustrations and a map that will not be included in the other types of the book. It will also have bonus material as a thank you for splurging on the hardcover with an extra epilogue and sneak peak not in the other editions!

Hope you check this book out!!!!

Book Cover Reveal : Write Your Novel

HI everyone I'm here with a awesome reveal. 

Here we go for this new book coming soon, Go Teen Writers: Write Your Novel by Stephanie Morrill, Jill Williamson, and Shannon Dittemore. If you’re new to writing or struggle to finish books all the way to the end, this book is for you. Here’s the book description:

You have a story to tell, don’t you? Or maybe you simply want to try your hand at fiction writing. Perhaps you’ve given it your best effort, but simply didn’t have enough tools in your tool box to finish that first draft. Wherever you’re at with this novel-writing thing, popular bloggers Stephanie Morrill, Jill Williamson, and Shannon Dittemore totally understand.

They know it’s hard to finish a first draft. To stay motivated until the end. To feel like a “real” writer. They know because they’ve been there too.

In Go Teen Writers: Write Your Novel, you’ll learn:

 

• There is no such thing as one right way to write a novel.
• How to take an idea and give it a beginning, middle, and end.
• What story structure means and how it strengthens a book.
• Different approaches to plotting a novel.
• How to develop characters worth reading about.
• Strategies for creating memorable storyworlds and settings.
• What theme is and how to use it to enrich your story.
• What to do when your first draft is finished.

There’s no doubt about it. Learning to write a novel from beginning to end is a challenge. But with this book as your guide, you’ll see that when you’re in possession of the right tools, you’re capable of finishing what you start. You’ll be empowered and encouraged—as if you had a writing coach (or three!) sitting alongside you.

To learn more or preorder, go to: GoTeenWriters.com/WriteYourNovel

#WriteYourNovel #GoTeenWritersBook #GoTeenWriters #StephanieMorrill #JillWilliamson #ShannonDittemore

 

It looks like a great book that I'm really excited to read! 

Are you excited for this new book?

Have you written a novel yet?

Tell me bellow! 

Spill The Tea (WIP Short)

 Yes I'm slipping in an extra post today to do the blogbattle challenge in which the word this month is TEA. 

This is another part I just wrote in my WIP story. Hope you like it. 

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I went down stairs and found my brother looking through his trunk in the living room.

I quietly watched him until he looked up at me. “What are you doing?” 

He sighed. “I’m looking for some old papers that I have somewhere around here.”

“Is that why you’ve been gone all day?” 

“So you noticed.” 

“Of course I noticed.” 

“I’ve been doing my research.”

“Okay?” 

He didn’t reply. I don’t think he wanted to spill the tea. Why? Now he was the one who was keeping secrets. I folded my arms. “Well I’ve been doing some research too.” 

He gave me a strange look and went back to digging. I shrugged my shoulders and let him look. Maybe he would tell me later. You never could tell a Jones to spit out what he didn’t want to share.

I felt hungry so I went looking for something to eat. Colter didn’t have much in his cupboards, though I found some chips and opened a bag. I munched on them thinking about my dilemma, if one of my teachers were involved than who? Why couldn’t I remember, and why did I keep having that strange dream, of the two talking, as if I had been listening in. It was almost like I was told that it had happened. The thought dawned on me, was that part of it? Why on earth could I not remember? 

It didn’t make any sense. Or maybe it did and I didn’t know how it made sense. I was feeling drained. A mystery was a lot easier when it was all in a book and not happening to my life. If only something new would surface that would prove useful. Someone had to spill the tea. Someone was hiding something, and I had to find out what. If it was one of my teachers or someone else in the school I had to find out. If it wouldn’t surface on it’s own I was going to have to dig it out, screaming and clawing, let's just hope I didn’t get too scared in the process. I shook my head. No matter what happened. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy and I was putting my brother in danger as well, maybe I had made a mistake. What had I done to get involved in the killing? How had I put us all in danger in the fist place? What could I have done differently? My brother came into the kitchen and eyed the chips that I had on the table. 

“Any left for me?’ 

I pushed over the bag and he took a hand full out. I studied my brother more, and could see he looked tired. What did he know? And why couldn’t he tell me? What was there to hide? Maybe he just didn’t know yet. Didn’t know how to tell me. 

“What are you cooking up in that head of yours?” Colter remarked. 

Tea. But no, I didn’t say it out loud, we all had too much cooking; it might all boil over, and that would be messy. Let’s just take this one step at a time.

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Well, the story went a little longer this time. Hope you liked it. I did another short of the same WIP story, Wretched me short.

So you can check that one out if you haven't read it yet.

How did you like this short?

What do you think will happen next?

Tell me bellow!!!! 

Questions Your Too Afraid To Ask /// Answered

Hello! 

yep I'm here to answer. 

First question

Hi, I know your Lamb cousins, and know the girls don’t wear pants. I’m wondering what your thoughts are on that, since I see that you regularly wear both in your pictures. Since knowing them I’ve started wearing skirts more just because I realized I really love dressing up and feeling extra feminine. But I also wear pants because some things (like riding horses) is a lot easier in britches. :) But my experience has been that when I wear skirts for “regular life” I get treated with a bit more respect, and feel a little more true to myself. Which do you prefer? Do you ever feel like people treat you differently when you’re wearing a skirt?

Answer: This is an interesting question, it's true and I've thought about it some as well. Not all our cousins who are from our family wear skirts all the time ; but the ones you are thinking of do. Its how we were raised and how our mothers were raised to dress. My mom was raised to wear skirts for church and for daily wear, but for chores she wore pants and for riding. My mom had 8 siblings and each of them has a different look on how to dress. The oldest Mom's brother married and she was taught to always wear skits, skirts were modest. So the girls there taught to always skirts. I like both. I've always worn skirts or dresses for church, but I like to were pants for chores and riding, it's way easier and I'm more comfortable. I think over time we come to our own way to look at dressing in skirts. I like to dress in skirts and dress up, but I don't find a lot things to do it for. I'm not sure if Iv'e noticed being treated differently wearing a skirt. I don't really have a problem with pants or skirts. But some places one or the other is more practical. 

Second question

Which is more annoying to you when you’re watching a movie with someone: when they keep repeating all the quotable lines out loud like a mimicking toddler, or when they never staunch their vocal commentary about what the director did wrong because it’s totally not like the book?

A: Sometimes we all go crazy and quote a line or so quote for quote.Let's just say we watch the same movies too much.  It can be annoying.  But it is way more annoying to have them talk about what was wrong with the movie. That happens too much............................... 

Question about my writing

What is your favorite part of the writing process—brainstorming, planning, writing, or revising? What is your most consistent source of story ideas (watching movies, reading other books, dreams, etc.)? Have you ever written a fanfic piece? Who is your favorite author whose style you’d like to emulate? Do you prefer the mystery, adventure, or drama aspect in novels? What is a favorite book you’ve read in each of those categories? Thanks! I loved the May posts!!!

A: I love the planning so much. It might be my favorite, but I do love the writing too. Movies can be a big part of getting Ideas, and books. Sometimes it can just be a word or something else that gives me an idea for a story. I haven't had too many dreams that gave me a story idea. Iv'e not written a fanfic yet. I want to, I really want to!  Well I really like Andrew Klavan's writing style and I'd like to write like him in some ways. Of course I like the way the Hardy Boys are written too, so some books I want a slight feel of how they are. I love the mystery in a story, though adventure is great too. I'm not into drama as much. For mystery, one of my favorite is Murder on the Orient Express. For adventure, If I Survive, by Andrew Klavan. For drama I'm not into much drama, but I think the one book I just read Buried Secrets by Irene Hannon, has some drama. That would be favorite.  

Questions from Skye

 What is your writing process like?
What is your favorite thing to write?

My writing process can be kind of crazy. First I get an idea, either I plan it out on paper or most of it stays in my head. I kind of plan as I go too. Most of the time I have written in notebooks. So after I have it planned I start writing in a notebook. Once I finish it, I normally let it sit a while before typing it onto the computer. I do some editing and work on the story, but I'm mostly trying to get it on my computer. Once I've finish that I let it sit a bit before coming back and editing. Now the next step I haven't done a lot on yet. But I would let others read it and get feedback before doing more edits. Most of the time I'm working on more than one project at a time. 

I love to write a lot of things, but my favorite has got to be mystery and thrillers, something that is high pace and were the reader has a chance to solve the mystery with the characters.

Questions from MovieCritic 

What is the best red herring in a mystery that you've read?
What is a book you wish would be made into a movie? Who would you cast?
What is the easiest way to train horses?

A:   Anyone of Agatha Christie's books have a great red herring. But this one got me good, Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

I would really like the Dragon in our Mist series to be made into a movie. Not sure who I would cast. I'm sure there are some good actors who would fit. 

Well, if your training a horse from the beginning. It's not really easy, but if you get them young that's one why to start making it easier. If you get them well de-spooked and calm and start longing them it will make things a lot easier.  If you start right, it will make it easier, also you want to have lots of experience on other trained horses before you start training a young horse.

Well that's my two cents ....

What would your answers be?

Have you learned anything new?

Stay tuned I'm planning on doing a split challenge soon. 

Wretched Me (WIP Short)

I'm back and here with another story for blogbattlers. This is part of my WIP story which is the story I have been working on. Its just a small part, but I hope you like it.

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We parked outside the police station. The last place I thought I'd ever be. I felt like a wreck. The scenarios of what could happen were going through my head making me shake with nervous energy. 

“Don’t look so wretched.” Colter eyed me. “Play it cool.”

Play it cool. Easy for him to say. I got out of the pickup and managed to get it together, I thought about how I dealt with nerves before a big track competition. I was different and it didn’t matter, I would win. It was better to stay calm and take in every detail. I looked up at the sign in red lettering: Delta’s Police Department.

The place had long windows in the front. We walked in together. I was glad Colter was here. It made me feel like I was a kid. Who'd gotten into trouble and was here with an adult so she could apologize. I wasn’t a kid anymore, this was bigger than a minor offence. There was murder in the air and I somehow was involved. Which no one knew about yet. So I had nothing to worry about. I was wrong. I'm wrong about a lot of things.

We found ourselves in the detective’s office. It wasn’t at all fancy, it was just a side room where they had stuffed him along with a bunch of boxes. But if I remembered correctly he was a private detective so this was just an office. And he was just using it, he most likely had demanded for one and they gave in, giving him some old storage office. His name was Holstrum. Last name anyway. He sat down looking at us. I noticed he looked tired. I hoped he didn’t see through my disguise as he had a picture of me on the table. It was a little old. I was glad the leather jacket in the picture was not the same one I was wearing. I wore that one a lot. My clothing choice didn’t change much. 

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Sorry if it seems like just a taste, but I can't reveal too much.

Also I will be back to posting on Sunday.

What do you think of the story?

How do you think this is going to turn out?
Tell me bellow!
                                                                      

Never Have I Ever Tag

Another tag. I forgot how easy it was to do a tag, plus they are fun. XD


1. Link and thank the blogger who tagged you. (Thanks Brooklyne !) 
2. Include the graphic somewhere in your post. 
3. Answer the questions truthfully and honestly.
4. Tag 3 bloggers.   


Never have I ever…


…started a novel that I didn’t finish.

I have started a lot of stories and never finished them. Do we want to count? No we don't.

…written a story completely by hand.

I have. Yep and yep, most of my stories are written on paper, by hand mind you, not you know by hook. lol...I have 4 books all in notebooks.

…changed tenses midway through a story.

No I haven't. Maybe somewhere in a sentence but not half way through. I like past tense.

…not researched anything before starting a story.

Um... I have a few times before starting, but soon or a later I end up researching a lot. I have a lot of stories that are Historical.

…changed my protagonist’s name halfway through a draft.

I might have. I know for sure that I changed the spelling of a characters last name. Also a name before I started the story, but not in the middle.

…written a story in a month or less.

Six months is the fastest so far for a big story. Any short story I have written in less than a month.

…fallen asleep while writing.

I have not, my stories aren't that boring. Also I don't fall asleep that easily. I suppose if I wrote at night I might.

…corrected someone’s grammar irl/online.

I don't correct grammar that much. I'm not much of a cop about it.

…yelled in all caps at myself in the middle of a novel.

Maybe once. Idk.

…used “I’m writing” as an excuse.

 I'm sure I have....

…killed a character that was based on someone I know in real life.

I have not, I don't kill very many characters.

…used pop culture references in a story.

It's a good idea, and I need to do more.

…written between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.

I'm not one to stay up or get up that early. I have not.

…drank an entire pot of coffee while writing.

I couldn't, if I do have coffee it's only ever one cup. I don't normally drink much when I write.

…written down dreams to use in potential novels.

I have.

…published an unedited story on the internet/blog/Wattpad.

I have not... not fully unedited anyway.

…procrastinated homework because I wanted to write.

Not too much, I like to get my homework done first.

…typed so long that my wrists hurt.

Sometimes I really don't like typing... I have not, that I can remember, made my write hurt, my hands can get a little cramped sometimes.

…spilled a drink on my laptop while writing.

I have not, which is a good thing.

…forgotten to save my work/draft.

Oh, I have, worst day ever. It was when the old laptop was low on battery and it just shut down before I could save my work. Now I use goggle drive on my new laptop and I don't have a problem.

…finished a novel.

I have finished 4 books but I think only two are going to be novels.

…laughed like an evil villain while writing a scene.

Well... I don't think I have. No wait, I have! I get very excited for some parts in my books.

…cried while writing a scene.

I don't have too many sad stories, maybe once.

…created maps of my fictional worlds.

I have, but they never became much a story.

…researched something shady for a novel.

Oh.... well you know what's shady anyway?...  Maybe I have....

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 I tag
1. Anyone who likes the color pink
2. If you don't like bangs
3. If you have nothing else to post

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