If you missed the last meeting, you truly missed out.
Krista Lynn shared many valuable tips about editing and much, much more.
She talked about self-publishing and how many people are going that route because many publishers are not editing or promoting. If you must do both, you might as well publish yourself.
Ways to punch up your writing:
List your characters, make sure the names aren't too similar.
Think about the setting, what is it like? You need to know where your characters are.
And your character, what kind of things do they do, do they talk a certain way, are they successful?
Go back through the manuscript and add things about the characters.
Characters must be up against conflict--have problems reaching their goals.
What does the character look like? What does he/she really want?
Pull out little characteristics--be consistent with mannerisms.
Self-edit.
Use power words.
Get rid of work like, it, that, just--and any word you use too often.
Read your manuscript out loud.
Instead of said, us something the character does instead for a dialogue tag.
Not too much back story.
She share much, much more.
Head on over to her webpage:
www.kristallynn.com
www.kristallynndesigns.com
Krista Lynn and our fearless leader, Gloria Getman.
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Sunday, September 10, 2017
Krista Lynn, Our Next Speaker, Saturday, September 16
The meeting is at 10 a.m., upstairs in the Blue Room of the big Library on Oak St., in Visalia.
Krista has a lot to offer us as writers. She'll be talking about editing our own work, her own writing, and her graphics business.
She will also answer any question we might have on those subjects.
It’s no
mystery why Krista Lynn writes about the high desert ofwww.kristallynn.com Arizona. She grew up on a gold
mine about 60 miles north of Phoenix. The closest neighbor was 6 miles or so
down the Agua Fria River, or another 20 miles by dirt road.
The magic and
spirit of a rugged, isolated landscape where mysteries are carried on the wind,
and whispered in your sleep are the multi-colored threads woven into her series.
Before
embarking on the writer’s path, Krista taught physical geography and GIS
courses at CSUF and Fresno City College a GIS program to assist agricultural
research. She lives in California with her husband and a menagerie of dogs,
goats and one spoiled horse while continuing to write the Canyon Trilogy and an
anthology of cozy mysteries.
Within Sunset
Canyon, deep in the Arizona desert, the love a young woman feels for her mysterious
lover grows deeper every year, though her heart stopped beating
over a century ago - stilled by the one she loves. What magic could cause
this? What ancient Indian witchcraft could hold her and make her part of The
Haunting of Sunset Canyon?
When
Darcy Peel left Dry Creek, Arizona, to go to graduate school, she thought she
had left for good. She never thought she would come back to the small
high-desert community nestled in the shadow of Prospector’s Mountain or that
she’d have to go into the legendary red rock gorge known in Indian lore as the
“Canyon that Sees the Sun.” But, now she is compelled to return and find her
sister who is lost in the canyon—like her father and brother before her.
Research
documents and a little leather-covered book that her sister sent before she
disappeared, offer clues and brings back memories and dreams of a young woman
trapped in the canyon. On the trail to the truth, Darcy meets Alan Brandt, a
young deputy with ties to her family’s past and possessing hidden abilities
that link him to stories of ghost warriors. Can she trust him to help find her
sister as he promises? Or is she being trapped by the mountain’s magic -
seduced by her attraction to a man with an uncanny connection to the deadly legends?
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Reviews:
“Wow! That’s exactly what I thought when I
finished reading the wonderful book by debut author Krista Lynn, Blood Stones:
The Haunting of Sunset Canyon, Volume One. This story line is one that will
keep readers engrossed from the first page all the way through to the very
last!”
Tracy A. Fisher for Readers’ Favorite
Tracy A. Fisher for Readers’ Favorite
“Blood Stones: The Haunting of Sunset Canyon,
Volume 1 is well-written, finely plotted, and a joy to read. I’m looking
forward to the next book in this supernatural series. Blood Stones is most
highly recommended.”
Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite
Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite
“Krista Lynn's story of love, lies and mystical
happenings in the high desert of Arizona is a journey to more than the mines
beyond Phoenix. It's a journey inside Native American folklore, legends and
beliefs. The advantage to a longer novel, like Blood Stones is that you really
get to know the characters well and if it's written with talent by the time you
finish the book, you miss the characters who've kept you company for the last
10 days. Such is the case with Blood Stones and I'm looking forward to the next
novel in this fascinating series. Well done, Ms. Lynn.” Kim Hornsby for “Kimmy’s Korner” book
reviews.
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