Update: On the first book

So I have been a little busy with my son's soccer practices and games, but I do have some good news. I'm almost finish with Dark of Night. I have only one more chapter that is being edited. Once that is down it should be ready to be published!

I hope I will have it done soon. Just waiting on my favorite person, who is editing everything for me, to send it back. I had added a chapter just after I gave her everything I had finished to start, I had feeling that something just wasn't right.

After a few days of thinking and mentioning it to my friend/editor, we concluded it was definitely missing something. Well, i figured out what that something was so now that is just waiting to be edited and sent back.

I have also started the second part of the character's story. Emilie has a different perspective this time around. She is going from depressed to angry. I have to say I am at a mind block, writer's block to the lay person, on the 3rd chapter, but I will figure it out.

I getting excited to share this story that has been eating away at me for so long. I promise I will keep racking in the brain to get what is itching to get out. Maybe it isn't that I have a mind block, maybe it is that I just can't find the right words. I will find both.

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An addition

A few days after I finished the last chapter of the book, it felt as if something was missing. I gave a hard copy of the book for my friend and the person I trust to edit my work. She was almost through and I asked her about it. She agreed it felt as if something was missing. I think I finally got it. I just finished that part up and sent a emailed copy to her. I am waiting to get the hard copy back, which will be this weekend, so I can correct any mistakes.

I have already uploaded the cover to the book. I hope everyone likes it. I know as soon as I seen the picture I was in love. even more so once I added the title to it. I also have the covers ready for the other 2 books. Hopefully soon I will have it ready to go to be submitted. Fingers crossed I have it ready for everyone by Thanksgiving. Awesome Christmas gift or whatever holiday you celebrate.

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For the American readers mainly

Today 12 years ago we have a tragedy in this country caused by terrorists. People who think our country is bad, when really it seems our leaders want to help other countries before it helps its own people. 12 years ago today I was a senior in high school. When the 1st tower was hit I was sitting in my first period English class. When the second tower was hit I was getting ready to leave that first period class and go to the next one. While sitting in my American History class is when we were informed of what had happened.

I did not know anyone personally that was in any of the crashes, I did live about three and half hours away from New York City. It is also two and half hours to the spot of the crash  that happened in a field of one of the other flights.

So today I'm going to remember my fellow Americans that lost their lives 12 years ago today. I am going to remember our heroes that fought to save the lives of those stuck in the buildings and lost their lives. I will remember those who did get out alive. I will remember our soldiers that fight every day to keep our freedom, even though it seems sometimes the government is going against what our forefathers wanted for this country.

I hope all of my fellow Americans remember what happened on this day 12 years ago. It was an awful day for our country, but it brought us together as a country.

Why it takes a tragedy to do so most of the time, I don't know. Be joyful that we still have a lovely country for the most part to live in.

I remember!


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Another getting to know me questions.

So, I have been trying to find stuff so I can tell you more about myself without sounding like I'm going to go on forever about a topic. I got these ones from Oprah's website that I found googling things.

• Who was your favorite celebrity as a child?   Which one to choose? I was a huge Heath Ledger fan. I miss him him every day since he died. I fell in love when I seen "10 Things I Hate About You" along with liking Julia Stiles. Those are my fav actors as a teen.
• What type of pets do you have? I have a dog who is part chocolate lab and Australian Shepard. Her name is Snickers and she is 9 in human years. I also have a black cat with some white patches on her chest and belly. Her name is Fuzzy Bear and she is 5 in human years. She was born only a week or 2 before my oldest child.
• What is your favorite color? Purple.
• What is most memorable about your high school years? I don't think there is one. I loved everything about high school. I wasn't a social butterfly, but the popular people did talk to me. I mainly hung out with my friends. That may be the most memorable from then. Hanging with Friends.
• What word describes you best?
• What is your greatest accomplishment? My greatest accomplishment to this day is my children. I love them more than anything.
• What drives you every day? My children are what give me the drive to get up every morning and do the things I do.
• What is your favorite food? I have to have a favorite? Pizza or chicken
• Where do you want to retire? Somewhere warm like Florida or Cali.
• What is your business goal this year? Well, since i have 2 home based businesses besides writing, I want to make at least $100, I know a low goal, but I don't push my stuff too hard I guess you could say. I also want to have my first book ready to be sold by Thanksgiving and i would like to have the 2nd book finished or almost finished by Valentine's day of 2014.
• Where do you like to vacation? I would really like to go out west to Cali, actually I would rather live there, I want to go to the Ellen show. If not there than I want to go back to the place my friends and I use to go on vacation before we had kids. Atlantic Beach, NC.
• Who do you admire? My mom. She has always been there for me even when I didn't think she was.
• What is your mission? I like to help anyone I can if I can.
• If you were invisible, where would you go? Away from here with my laptop and paper and something to write with and write until I have nothing left to write.
• What traits in others are you attracted to? Treat people nice, anyone who can handle my temp when it gets away from me. Anyone who is wants respect and doesn't hide any side, that shows their true self.
• What is the kindest thing anyone has done for you? My in-laws loaned us money to purchase the place we live in for the time being so we weren't paying mega bucks for rent where we living previous.
• How do you want to be remembered? I want to be remember for someone that followed her dreams even after she had kids. Also to my children I would like to be remembered as a mom who helped them follow their dreams to best of my abilities.
• What would you do with a million dollars? First and foremost I would pay off any debts owed to anyone, that should be anyone's thing to do with it, then I would buy a house that would better accommodate our family, it doesn't have to be the best or expensive, then I would give the rest to charities. I am big on anything cancer related, or children based charities of any kind.
• If you were on an island, who would you want to be with? Why? This one is really hard. I should be saying my husband and/or kids, but really I would rather be on an island with Robert Pattinson. He is so dreamy and I love his accent. That may be because my family is originally from England as well. There would be another one, but unfortunately, I'm too old for him by 12 years.
• You have a 10 minute speech to give at a high school, what is it about? Either about bullying, drug and alcohol, or following dreams.

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Entertaining-Getting-to-Know-You-Questions#ixzz2eDtLUzry 

That is the site you can get the questions from if you want them for yourself.  I could say I am just a simple girl, but someone who can go on about a subject for hours and switch and go back isn't a simple person. It could also be that I only have a 5 year old and a 2 year old to talk to most days. I hope everyone like getting to know me. I also hope you will like what I have written for the world to read. I hope to have it ready soon! 

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Editing begins

Okay, so I have been editing my own work, and have ask a very close friend of mine to help edit my work bringing fresh eyes to it. 

Normally, there are paid editors that work for publishers and whatnot, but since I'm not going the traditional route at this point in time, I needed to find someone to do it for me.

I could pay someone a lot of money I don't have, but why do that when you know someone willing to help you because they are like family and don't care about a thing like money. 

We have been friends since right before we entered the 7th grade. We were inseparable for so long. We share the same first and middle name and use to share the same initial for our last names. Now we raise our children together even though we don't live close enough to spend more time together. 

Anyway, I have her editing as of tomorrow when I give her a hard copy of the book instead of sending it through email like I have been. Now she will have it in her hands and be able to read any time instead of when she can get time sit in front of the computer. 

I don't think she knows what she has gotten herself into. I don't have a way to print front and back of pages. Wish I did. So she gets 200 pages of only front pages. 

Here is a picture of what she gets.

She will be reading all of that. Editing as she goes. Giving input on it. She will be doing that as of tomorrow. 

She will as doing my photo for Facebook page. What an awesome small group of friends have. I'm glad that we would do anything for each other. 

My two very close friends are like the sisters I should have had. I don't have any except for the ones that I got when I married my husband. That includes the spouses married to his brothers along with his little sister. 

I just wanted to share this with you. Not everyone can say they have friends like this, but I'm glad I do.

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Learn more about me.

 Okay, so I already have a getting to to me page on here that I did when I first started this. I decided that I could try and tell you all kinds of things about myself, but might not hit things people might ask me about to get to know me. So I googled to see if I could find one of those 25 questions or however many questions like use to to be on Myspace, which I once had and don't really use anymore. So here are some of the questions I found and answered just for you.


1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Not that I have been told. I have asked, but not confirmed. That is my first name anyway. My middle name comes from a family friend, that is what i have been told and I have a relative that believes I got my middle name from her middle name. I will leave it at that.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
I would have to say a few nights ago. I won't go into anything as to why it would be TMI!

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Not really. i have sloppy handwriting for a girl.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Depends. I can't eat lunch meat that is turkey and won't really touch anything, but ham or chicken.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
I have 2. One boy, one girl. Maybe in a few years we will decide to have another one to complete our family.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Most likely.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Depends on who I'm talking to. If it is my husband or people who know the real me and know when I'm using and when I'm not then yes, if it isn't either of those then no.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yes, but I have to talk to my doctor. Not sure if they have anything to do with the fact that I lose my voice or start to lose it so often as of late.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
Possibly. I might, but on the other hand possibly not. I have done those free falls at the amusement parks. I believe Cedar Point maybe another one and it was not the greatest experience for me, why I haven't a clue since I love roller coasters.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Anything with chocolate really, but not with flakes.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Sometimes. Guess it depends on how quickly I want them off. I also hate shoes. I would rather go bare foot, but hate walking on stones in bare feet so flip flops or sandals are what I like best.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
Not at all.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Anything with chocolate ice cream really. Not all at once, but you know what I mean.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
I would think my face, but that's what I think. I haven't really got a clue what people notice first about me.

15. RED OR PINK?
Neither, I like purple

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
My baby belly as mom's refer to the belly some of us have and can't seem to get rid of after having kids.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
My best friends when we aren't able to hang out together. One is in school trying to get her degree and one live a half hour away and we don't get to see each other as much as we would like.

18. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Bare feet. Like i said I hate shoes. If I had on my sneakers they would be black, pink and neon yellow.

19. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Burger King - What use to be known as a Tender Crisp chicken sandwich years ago when it first came out and I worked there.

20. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Silence in my house.

21. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Purple, it's only my favorite color.

22. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Vanilla or fruity, and certain flower smells.

23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My dad.

24. MOUNTAIN HIDEAWAY OR BEACH HOUSE?
Beach house, i love the beach and hope to live near one someday.

25. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Don't really care for any really, but if I have to choose; professional it would be football (American), and not pro it would be my son's soccer team.

26. HAIR COLOR?
At the moment it is a golden brown color. Light golden brown, I think. Whatever color my husband picked out for me to go. I always keep it in the brown/auburn color family. It just changes shade every so often. Not that my hair would do so on its own anyway. It the summer it is lightens up and gets really dark red tints to it, and in the winter it darkens to a real dark shade of brown that could almost pass for black.

27. EYE COLOR?
Hazel for the most part. It also depends on what I'm wearing if they happen to be either green or blue.

28. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
Every so often when my eyes are being irritated by allergies. I have allergies to my dog and certain pollens and if I forget to take my allergy meds it can be bad for my eyes with the itchiness.

29. FAVORITE FOOD?
This one is hard. I like a lot of different foods. I also find new things i like everyday. I use to be a picky eater, but I have started trying new things and find I like some things I have turned my nose up at before.

30. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings of course. I'm a big romance fan, so a lot of people may wonder why I don't write in the genre. The answer to that would be I have tried, but I can't seem to get the romance scenes the right way. Maybe that doesn't sound right to you, but what i have in my mind about the characters I started to write about didn't come out right on paper. If you understand what i mean.

31. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Well, if we say off the t.v. it would be Teen Beach Movie off the Disney channel. I have a 5 year-old that loves the show Austin & Ally and is a big fan of Ross Lynch's band R5, so we had to watch it. As for other movies, not sure. The last movie I watched was from the Redbox and I can't remember what it was, so it obviously wasn't all that good.

32. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Black

33. SUMMER OR WINTER?
I guess summer. I was a summer kind of girl born in the part of the country that gets too cold for me in the winter. I need to be in a place like SoCal or Fl.

34. HUGS OR KISSES?
Depends on my mood.

35. FAVORITE DESSERT?
almost anything that has either chocolate or peanut butter or both in it.

36. STRENGTH TRAINING OR CARDIO?
Cardio. I feel weak if I go near anything that is strength training.

37. COMPUTER OR TELEVISION?
Depends on my mood. If there is something that is keeping my interest I will ignore the computer if not then it is all about the computer when it isn't about my kids.

38. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Rereading 50 Shades of Grey and just bought a new Nora Roberts book to read.

39. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Clouds

40. FAVORITE SOUND?
The sound of my kids. I miss them when they go stay at their grandparents

41. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Beatles, if we really have to get into early rock 'n' roll then it is Elvis all the way.

42. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Florida was there when I was in the 9th grade for our outdoor marching band, I was in the color guard as they were referred to then. If you don't know what that is then they are the ones that twirl flags in show giving color to the music being played.

43. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I don't believe I have a special talent, but i would hope it is to bring readers a good story line and keep them interested most if not all the book.

44. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Jersey Shore, PA. Not that same as The Jersey Shore in NJ.

45. WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW?
I 15 minutes south and kind of west of my birth town, and about 30 to 45 minutes from the home of the Nittany Lions at PSU. I was also raised for the first 6 years in the town I live in now.

46. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR HOUSE?
White with brown trim.

47. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR CAR?
Depends on which vehicle is working. Our family has 3 clunkers. I have a Black Ford Focus, don't judge me about my Fords, and I have a reddish maroon color dodge caravan, that I got after my husband totaled my first Ford Focus. My husband drives a crappy rundown 80s model Toyota pick-up. He is so in need of a new truck, just like I would love to buy a new car and get rid of the two I already drive.

48. DO YOU LIKE ANSWERING 48 QUESTIONS?
Sometimes. If I'm answering them then I'm in the mood to share information about myself. I will find different ones later, as it is bedtime in my time zone and 6:30 a.m. comes mighty early.


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Second book in the works

  As most know I have finally finished the first of my books. I have my "editor," who also happens to be a friend of mine reading over things and to make sure it sounds alright. I believe I have found my cover. Still deciding on that as well.
  What most don't know is that this will be a trilogy. There will be three books with it starting with The Dark of Night. The second one is just staring. It has a title that I will not be releasing just yet.  I will let you know when it will be announced. I will also let those of you who wish to purchase The Dark of Night when it is released. Just so you know it is already in the publishing process. I have started all of that. It has an ISBN number already. I am also hoping to make it available for as many countries as possible.
   I wish is for it to be a book someone can turn to in the time of heartache and know that they aren't the only ones out there that hurt on the inside, but can't or won't show it on the outside.

  I want to thank those who take the time to read about my boring life. Well, to you it may sound boring, but my life seems crazy. 2 kids, a husband, a dog and a cat, every function we have to attend or every sport played where travel for practice or games. It may not seem like much, but add cleaning, picking up from the bus stop after school, cooking dinner, making sure little one who is home all day is fed throughout the day, and trying to write when you have just a few minutes of free time before getting some sleep so you can get up and do it all over again. It is a lot on anyone's plate. All that should call for a drink at the end of the day. Wish I had something around the house I would drink to do so.
   Oh well, I have to get back to work so you all have something to read. And so it doesn't take me 1 or 2 years to finish the second or third book.

   Thank you for reading. Leave any questions or comments and I will definitely read them and answer any questions. Don't want the whole world to see what you have to ask or have to say. Send me an email. Be sure to follow this to keep up-to-date with anything about the books.

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Getting further along

   Looking at the two different places I was deciding on self-publishing with I have come to the conclusion on which one I will use. It all came down to manufacturing pricing. The more it costs to manufacture the more it will cost for you buyers to purchase. I don't want it to cost so much that everyone will be discouraged to buy it. I am also hoping that I will be able to have it submitted in both paperback and ebook versions.

   I can say that I have it almost ready to be published. Just waiting to be able to make the cover for the book. As well as waiting to see if the ones I asked to help edit it can give me any feedback. We are suppose to be working on the photo for the cover next weekend. I hope I can get what I want.

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