Tag: new adult romance

My Weekly Update – 2013 #JuNoWriMo is Done

Published on by Sydney Aaliyah Michelle11 Comments

And, I won!

Screen Shot 2013-06-30 at 5.58.22 PMGreat month of writing. Here are my numbers in this cool word tracker created by Svenja Liv and edited for JuNo by our own Fel.

I not only wrote over 62,000 words for my new NA Romance novel, I spent the month hosting sprints on Twitter and once again, JuNoWriMo was every bit the writing experience I remember from last year and more.

Quick shout out to our talented, generous and fearless leaders, A.E. Howard and Becca J. Campbell.

A special shout out to the other sprint host and the whole JuNoWriMo team: Felicia Wetzig, Angi Black, Vicki Trask, Margaret McNellis, Eden Mabee, Angie Richmond, Alicia Wallace, Kate Tagai, Julie Jordan Scott.

Congrats to all the participants and happy dance for all those who won.  How many day’s until JuNoWriMo 2014?

Did you participate in JuNoWriMo? If so, how did you do? 

Coolest Things

UnknownSaw White House Down last weekend. I loved it!!!!! Jamie Foxx was great as always and I am finally a Channing Tatum fan.

SQM White House Down Edition

“Get your hands off my Jordan’s.”

“Can you not hit me in the head with a rocket while I’m trying to drive?”

“You Lost. How you lose a rocket launcher?”

“What the hell you gettin in the back for?” “Sorry, force of habit.”

Have you seen it? 

#JuNoWriMo Post to Ponder
Megan Eccles:  #JuNoWriMo Interview
Kate Sparkes: #JuNoWriMo Interview
Jeremy Aldana:  #JuNoWriMo Interview
Brain Drain? Take a Hike by Rayne Hall

 

Post to Ponder

bannerClick on the badge for all the great Addicted to New Adult post from last week.

Do You have Lazy Commentor’s Syndrome by Nicole Ayers on Tossing it Out by Arlee Bird – Love Nicole. Read this before you read another blog post.
It’s OK to Obsess by Sarah Foster at The Faux Fountain Pen – If I’m obsessing, then I’m in the writing zone and it’s going to be good. 
 
 
Next Week’s Schedule
Wednesday – Insecure Writer’s Support Group
Friday – The 2nd Obstructions Blogathon
 
Reminder – #PitchMas in July starts July 5th. 

The Whip It Good Blogfest

Published on by Sydney Aaliyah Michelle34 Comments

I loved the idea behind this blogfest and thanks so much to DL Hammons and Elise Fallson for creating this opportunity for us to share and connect.

The wip it good blogfest

WIP Title: Another New Life

Word Count (projected): 70,000

Genre:  New Adult Romance

How long have you been working on it?:  Mentally, I have been working on it for 2 years, I finally put a scene list  together two weeks ago and have been tweaking it daily in preparation for JuNoWriMo (June 1).

Elevator Pitch (if you came across an agent in an elevator ride, what couple of lines would you use to summarize your book):  Can a girl separate the good from the bad parts of her traumatic childhood, especially 8 years later when the good shows up on her college campus?

Brief Synopsis (250 words or less):  A traumatic event from Miranda’s childhood causes her parents to move to a new town in hopes that their daughter can start a new life. The move meant that Miranda would never get to see Troy, her best friends since preschool.  He is the only positive memory she has from that time in her life, but her parents refused to let her communicate with him.

In high school, those negative memories caused Miranda to make self destructive choices especially when it came to dealing with the opposite sex.

As Miranda prepares for college, she has made a promise to herself to not let her past dictate her future, anymore. She goes to a college where no one knows her, to start another new life.  This time on her own terms and her plan works great . . . until the first day of class when Troy, looking gorgeous and all grown up, walks into her calculus class and sits down next to her.

Miranda and Troy picked up where they left off and their relationship quickly turns into more then just friends.  Miranda is happier then she’s ever been, but its only a matter of time before the truth about her childhood comes out and causes Troy to leave her and ruins her life, again.

Are you looking for a Critique Partner?: Yes, I would love to find a CP who writes, New Adult, Women’s Fiction or Chick Lit.

Are you looking for a Beta Reader?:  Not at this time, but I am open to read other people’s work.  I read everything, but fantasy and paranormal.

Visit the other participants of the Whip It Blogfest and see the talented and creative stories you may see on your Kindle in the future.