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Life is good for LOGAN MIDDLETON. He’s quarterback of the Shepherd High football team, nephew of the town’s most successful lawyer, and boyfriend of Jenna Maples, a girl who has finally agreed to take their relationship to the next level. But nothing good lasts forever. With only a few minutes of last period English left between him and a weekend alone with Jenna, Logan blacks out. When he awakens, he finds himself in a future where Shepherd High lies in ruins, nothing is what it seems, and everyone he loves is dead. Logan is a shifter. Chosen to travel through time, it’s up to him to figure out how to stop the terrible events that claimed his once perfect life. Of course, all of this might be easier if he wasn’t paired with the one girl who’d rather see him dead than help him, JOSEPHINE. A girl he tormented during childhood. Strong-willed with biting wit, who lives in the shadows. Tough and dark, Jo is Shepherd High’s most notorious outcast and Logan’s opposite in every way. Together ...

MORE REIGN! The CW has to keep this show otherwise I will be so upset!

Dear Brave, Beautiful NaNoWriMo Writer, I feel a bit like I am writing this from the other side of the looking glass. I am more accustomed to being the participant and not the pep talker. Also, “pep” is a strange word. The Online Etymology Dictionary informs me that it dates from 1912 as a shortened form of “pepper” figuratively meaning spirit or energy. (“Pep talk” only dates back to 1926.) It sounds to me more like a soft drink or a nickname for a small dog. Feel free to think of this pep talk as a small dog full of spirit or energy. I have been where you are. I suspect this might feel like someone yelling encouragement from a far dry shore, sipping a fancy-glassed drink with a little paper umbrella precariously perched atop it, waving with my free hand while you swim through icy, toe-numbing water. But I have been in that water, many times. My toes have been numb during those dismal days when even minimal wordage seems unattainable and that 50K beach is barely visible through the sa...

To help you get through NaNoWriMo make sure you have an inspiration board in pintrest. For example I'm going to show you the one that Kami Garcia made. I agree with Kami about being visual I have always been a visual learner. Before I changed my major in college to science I was originally in the arts. So when it comes to writing I have pictures of things that relate to my story to give me inspiration. Here are three things that can help you get the visual. Having pictures if it takes place in a town you've never been before Get pictures of actors who resemble your characters Pictures of the outfits your characters wear Since this year I am writing a historical I have to have tons of pictures. I had to get pictures of that time period. Pictures do help when your writing. If you're writing a book dealing with a mystical closet get pictures of that and make it in pintrest. The visual aspects will help you with your story. Good Luck with NaNoWriMo! Write On!

In October, you were busy plotting your novel, or—if you’re like me—pinning motivational quotes on your Pinterest boards. Now it’s almost November, and the plot that seemed perfect a month ago reminds you of  Harry Potter  or  Star Wars , and those motivational quotes aren’t as motivating as you thought. It’s the 11th hour, and Doubt is paying you a visit. Giving Doubt a name is helpful. I call my unwelcome friend Ozzy because he sounds suspiciously like Ozzy Osbourne from one of my favorite bands, Black Sabbath. Whatever you call him, Doubt’s endgame is always the same:  to keep you from writing . There are so many reasons why you shouldn’t write this book, right? Here are a few of the things Doubt whispers in your ear: You’re too busy.  You have a job, or kids, or a spouse, or a pet, or a pint of chocolate ice cream waiting for you. How can you possibly find time to write? So what if Ray Bradbury wrote  Fahrenheit 451  on a typewriter during his lunc...

Yowza! We are extremely excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for Cora Carmack's ALL BROKE DOWN!! ALL BROKE DOWN is a New Adult Contemporary Romance novel being published by HarperCollins , and it is the 2 nd book in The Rusk University Series. About ALL BROKE DOWN In this second book in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack’s New Adult, Texas-set Rusk University series, which began with All Lined Up , a young woman discovers that you can’t only fight for what you believe in . . . sometimes you have to fight for what you love.   Dylan fights for lost causes. Probably because she used to be one. Environmental issues, civil rights, corrupt corporations, and politicians—you name it, she’s probably been involved in a protest. When her latest cause lands her in jail overnight, she meets Silas Moore. He’s in for a different kind of fighting. And though he’s arrogant and infuriating, she can’t help being fascinated with him. Yet another lost cause....

My next tip for planning for NaNoWriMo is that will help you get your story done is writing something that is so important when you send it out; the pitch, the synopsis and the full detail synopsis. You pitch is one or two sentences that hooks someone into the book. Have your pitch ready. For my example I'm going to try doing Harry Potter. Harry Potter is not your ordinary boy he's discovered he's a wizard. When he goes to a boarding school to learn how to control his powers he also learns the mystery of his life he never knew. The hook helps to suck the reader into the story. Next write your synopsis, and your full detailed synopsis. After writing the outline for your book you should be able to write the synopsis fairly easy. By following your outline you should be able to write your full detail synopsis. After you have written your full detail synopsis try to compress that into the synopsis that you will send to agents when it comes time to query, but query for at least f...

New episode of Reign tonight!

Okay so since I now have my idea for the story I'm going to write for NaNoWriMo. Since this particular genre hasn't really been popular it's going to require I do a bit more digging. For the particular book I plan on writing it's going to require for me to remember the feel of the book. So I bought a two new ones that were recently released, and one that is my absolute favorite. The ones that were released My favorite of all!

  We are thrilled to bring you the Release Day Launch for Jennifer L. Armentrout's STONE COLD TOUCH! STONE COLD TOUCH is the second full-length novel in Jennifer's The Dark Elements Series, a young adult paranormal romance being published by Harlequin Teen !!   Amazon ** Barnes and Noble ** Kobo ** iTunes STONE COLD TOUCH Synopsis: Every touch has its price Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life—no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who’s pretty sure things can’t get worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks to the mysterious powers of her soul-stealing kiss. The Warden clan that has always protected her is suddenly keeping dangerous secrets. And she can barely think about Roth, the wickedly hot demon prince who understood her in ways no one else could. But sometimes rock bottom is only the beginning. Because suddenly Layla’s powers begin to evolve, and she’s offered a tantalizing taste of what has always...

Unethical by Jennifer Blackwood Published by: Entangled Embrace Publication date:  October 20th 2014 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance Synopsis: A new adult romance from Entangled’s Embrace imprint… Love burns hotter the second time around… Two years ago, the medical world was shaken by scandal, and Payton Daniels’s family was at the center of it. The second she graduated, Payton left everything behind―her high school sweetheart, her family, and the controversy surrounding her mother’s death—and hid within the anonymity of college. But Payton’s ex, Blake Hiller, hasn’t forgiven her for leaving, and when he enrolls in the same medical ethics class, she panics. She can’t run the risk of him telling everyone who she really is. As if being at the same university isn’t enough, both Blake and Payton land the same internship. Forced together, their passion for each other reignites, but when Payton is asked to testify in her father’s high-profile trial,...

Okay so now that we are getting back to the NaNoWriMo post I'm going to do a post on characters. Writers get asked a lot how do you come up with your characters? Frankly I have no right way to answer that. Every writer comes up with their characters differently. In one of my completed stories the characters came to me in a dream. In other book I wrote the character was similar to my personality which is what made it easier to write. An author Susan Dennard did a post on crafting characters and her idea made so much more sense when I couldn't think of how to write it down. Her five tips for creating characters went like this Voice Desperate Need Backstory/History Behavioral/ speaking Quirks Looks/Physical Quirks I followed her advice and found it really easy to make my characters for what I'm going to write for NaNoWriMo! I try to find new ways when I write something new to see what works best for me. Now back to crafting the characters. By using the points she wrote here a...

The moment we have been waiting for since Reign started! Mary and Francis will be crowned King and Queen of France tonight!

For all new people looking to write a book. I wanted to point you to a post written by Chuck Sambuchino in Writer's Digest How to Start a Novel Source: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/how-to-start-a-new-novel-in-22-easy-steps 1. Open a new Word document. 2. Save it as tentative book title. 3. Wonder if any other books have this title 4. Check Twitter. 5. Google tentative book title. 6. Feel relieved that you’re somewhat original… 7. Type the title and “Chapter One” in Word document. 8. Check e-mail. 9. Check Facebook. 10. Stare at blinking cursor in Word document. 11. Check latest favorite blogs & tumblrs. 12. Type first sentence. 13. Click “save.” 14. Feel accomplished. 15. Feel thirsty. 16. Refill water glass. 17. Check Twitter. 18. Click on five different-yet-equally-inane HuffPo links. 19. Stare at blinking cursor after first sentence. 20. Realize that, though this is the third novel you’ve written, you’ve completely forgotten the principl...

CONGRATULATIONS TO SIMONE BILES of the USA! She won her second All-Around World title! Way to make the U.S.A shine!

New episode of REIGN is tonight!

Congratulations to Team U.S.A Women's gymnastics team! They won the team gold! Awesome work ladies!

Team USA Men's gymnastics team won the bronze in the team final! I'm so happy! Way to go guys!

Writing Stats: Edits 80% So anyway back to the world of writing that's about to get crazy in about three weeks. It's time for my favorite time of the year NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH otherwise known as NaNoWriMo. I cannot emphasize how much I love NaNoWriMo. It gives me the fire to get that draft done and to spend countless amounts of time editing it so it's awesome! In order to help other writers with NaNoWriMo I'm going to do a series of post to help you prepare for it. So you want to write a book? Well NaNoWriMo is the perfect time to write that book you've always said you were going to write but never had the time.This is your chance. Often a writer will ask themselves "what do I write." Today's post is something that is going to be very useful to you to get those important scenes written. First start with a clean document. Then make a navigation panel in word for your chapters. If you don't know how to do this look at the blog post on Natasha...