Vanessa (V.P.) Eboneigh

I found this article on Writer's Digest and I thought it would be good to share for those preparing for NaNoWriMo Source: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/how-to-write-your-first-novel-6-pieces-of-advice 1. The world has two sorts of writers: people who talk about writing a novel and people who actually do it.  I spent several decades among the former and I have to tell you, it feels great finally to join the ranks of the latter. To paraphrase Nike, stop talking about it and just do it! 2. Write a mission statement … and contract.  When I started  Island Apart , my mission was to use the skills I had acquired writing food stories and cookbooks over the years; the publishing and media contacts I had accumulated; and the promotional savvy I learned from dozens of book tours (and being married to a publicist—more on that in a future blog) to start, write, and finish a publishable novel within a year. Note the words “start,” “finish,” “publis...

So, because half of the people I know kept telling me to read The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, I decided to give it a try, but what I discovered, and I have known this for a while but this series really proved it to me was that everyone has different reading tastes and not everyone will think the same about a book series. When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy? This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an...

In 2010 Russia was the team to beat. Now Team USA is the one to beat in gymnastics. Team USA swiped the gold medal leaving Russia with the silver. Congrats Team USA