Insecurity Goes Well with Cookies
I'm multi-tasking today and at the end of this post you'll get cookies! First up is the monthly meeting of the Insecure Writers Support Group, brainchild of Mr. Alex J. Cavanaugh, whom we'll incidentally be roasting...I mean honoring...next week during the Cheers Cavanaugh Blogfest (brainchild of Mark Koopman, Morgan Shamy, Stephen Tremp, and David Powers King). Is not too late to get in on the fun.
My next The Next Big Thing question conveniently ties in w/ an insecurity, or really, more of a frustration: #8 What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I don't understand this question. Don't we write because we have stories in us that no one else is telling? So how then, am I supposed to identify a book that mine is like? If I'd found one like it, I would've just read that one instead of writing this one and saved myself a whole lot of time and trouble.
But when something's hot, people seem to just want more, more, more of the same. So although I don't understand this thirst for monotony, I'll soon have a new book to market and should probably come up with a short list of best-selling novels that I can twist into a comparison with mine. Help me out? I'm looking for something that combines realistic, contemporary romance and women's fiction with supernatural elements and spirituality. Throw in some dark mystery too. Got anything?
Um, while you were reading about Angela's book, I got a sneaking feeling that I'd already shared that recipe, so I checked the Bueller...Bueller, and yep, I posted it last Christmas! Now you know: these are the only cookies I've made for, like, the last five years, ehe. But when you discover something this easy and this good, why bake anything else? They'll be the perfect thing to munch on while enjoying Angela's story.
My next The Next Big Thing question conveniently ties in w/ an insecurity, or really, more of a frustration: #8 What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I don't understand this question. Don't we write because we have stories in us that no one else is telling? So how then, am I supposed to identify a book that mine is like? If I'd found one like it, I would've just read that one instead of writing this one and saved myself a whole lot of time and trouble.
But when something's hot, people seem to just want more, more, more of the same. So although I don't understand this thirst for monotony, I'll soon have a new book to market and should probably come up with a short list of best-selling novels that I can twist into a comparison with mine. Help me out? I'm looking for something that combines realistic, contemporary romance and women's fiction with supernatural elements and spirituality. Throw in some dark mystery too. Got anything?
Quinn's Cookie Exchange
To celebrate the release of Angela Felsted's novel, Chaste, she's hosting a cookie recipe exchange throughout December, and I'm honored to be one of the stops. Below is the beautiful book cover and intriguing blurb, then my recipe for three-ingredient shortrbread. That's right folks, only THREE ingredients.
When he steps into his physics class on the first day of senior year, Quinn Walker is too exhausted from staying up all night with his three-month-old nephew to deal with moral dilemmas. As a devout Mormon who has vowed to wait until marriage for sex, the last thing he needs is a very hot and very sexy Katarina Jackson as his physics partner. Regrettably, he has no choice.
Kat feels invisible in her mansion of a home six months after losing her older brother in a fatal car crash and will do anything to get her parents’ attention. Since her pastor father has no love for Quinn’s “fake” religion and her ex-boyfriend refuses to leave her alone, she makes an impulsive bet with her friends to seduce her holier-than-thou lab partner by Christmas.
Um, while you were reading about Angela's book, I got a sneaking feeling that I'd already shared that recipe, so I checked the Bueller...Bueller, and yep, I posted it last Christmas! Now you know: these are the only cookies I've made for, like, the last five years, ehe. But when you discover something this easy and this good, why bake anything else? They'll be the perfect thing to munch on while enjoying Angela's story.
Congratulations, Angela!!!
Comments
And yes, it has been an age since we talked. Hope you're well.
When it's good, it's good! Insecurity and cookies most definitely!
I was thinking about your challenge of trying to match your story with someone elses. Would Beautiful Creatures be a good match?
I started writing so I could read what I couldn't find anywhere else, so I'm with you on that one.
Love,
Janie
Would Jen DeLucy's Seers of Light maybe be comparable to your novel? Maybe not since that's more about ghosts. Happy cookies!
......dhole
I love cookies. At work, they called me the cookie lady, I think because I often shared my cookies. Or was it ....
mmm cookies!
and a kindle! wow!
I'm with you on comparing my books to another book. I can say that if you like YA paranormal novels then I think you'll like mine. If someone wants to read a love story set in the 80's they definitely should read Three Daves. Your new books sounds intriguing. Can't wait to learn more about it!
Congrats to Angela on her new book!