9 months later...

Well, you can see how dedicated I am. Or, rather, how easily distracted I am :(

Not much has happened since my last post, except I am still continuing to struggle with my latest manuscript :(  Surprisingly enough, though, I am not willing to give up on it!

Anyway, today is the last day of my vacation. No, no traveling, just stayed home and did a lot of nothing.

So today I think I will just chat.

I don't know why I thought of this...

As a child, before my parents divorced, we lived on Oak Hill (North Versailles, PA). On the back side of the hill, overlooking Turtle Creek and part of East Pittsburgh (and from the front door we can see the Westinghouse Bridge - the longest concrete span in the world...well, in 1932 it was, according to Wikipedia).

I couldn't have been more than 3 or 4 years old at the time. My parents and I were coming home one night and, as we descended from the top of the hill to go around the backside, we could see the valley spread below us.

I can remember seeing all the lights and thinking that they must spell a message to God...and I wondered what it said.

Alpha

Welcome to my world!

This is me...

I write. I would love to call myself an author, but you need to be published for that, don't you? Of course, after 5 years of trying, I haven't managed to interest an agent or a publisher :( 

Much like Don Quixote, though, I keep tilting at that windmill!

I sometimes assuage my ego by reminding myself of how long it took J.K. Rowling to get someone to take her little wizard seriously.

So far, I have written 4 novels.

Inscription in Stone and the sequel, The Griffin's Stone are set in Medieval Europe (then part of Savoy). These are the nearest and dearest to my heart.

 

 



My biggest problem with finding a publisher for these? They're too long. Epic length, even after massive editing.

Out of frustration, I moved to two novels set in present day France. Fate Smiles and A Pinch of Fate are connected to Inscription in Stone and The Griffin's Stone in a funny way.

Fate Smiles is about Chloe Kennedy, an author who wrote a book called Inscription in Stone and it is the story of how she sold the book and the movie rights and has now gone to France to film the movie (she, of course, will star as the heroine of the book, Lady Angelique d'Aigle).

A Pinch of Fate is about Courtney Kincaid, an author who wrote a book called Inscription in Stone. After struggling fruitlessly to find a publisher, she wrote a book called Fate Smiles, which she finally sold! It is the story of how Courtney went to France for a vacation and met the man of her dreams.

I saw them as an infinity mirror, of sorts.

More about all of those books here: Website for the books

Useful input is welcomed!!!