The Black Inheritance: The Cursed Soul

Since my last post, I have been working on the book along with still organizing ideas. If you could see my folder, it is completely disorganized. Four note pads are filled with scattered thoughts as "I try" to keep them organized. Thankfully the confusion of this mess comes out clearly on the manuscript. Yes, I have tried to keep them organized and neat, but that only causes more confusion for me (lol). The discombobulation of which are my notes, keep my thoughts straight and the story moving. A small file cabinet would do wonders for me at the moment; I usually don't throw out any notes or written manuscripts even after moved to computer. I would not categorize myself as a hoarder, but saving such things has helped me out a lot in the past. 

With that being said, I have hit a minor word blockage with the manuscript. After looking over it and looking over it, I have decided it would be best to delete the last few sentences and change it in a way that won't be as difficult to continue. It's not that important of a sentence that it is crucial that it need to be there. So lets just hope I am not the only author that has done it (lol). Say screw the sentence lets move on :). Oh and before I forget to mention, I have had ideas for a whole different book floating around my head for days now. It's funny how inspiration can come from just about anywhere. I am sure many of you writers out there do not have to look far for inspiration. The only hill you may have to climb would be how to lay out your amazing ideas into an amazing story. A few years ago, before I had a manuscript in mind, I did hours of researching different people's ideas on writing a story. Rather it be short stories, novels or even kids books, it just about said the same thing on each blog. It's easier to head to paper and pen first. Write down ideas you want for the book, who are your main characters, what is their past, how old will they be, but most importantly pick a specific genre of people you are reaching for. Always remember, your book will not be every one's cup of tea. That does not mean it's not an amazing book.

Before I head out to hopefully continue where I have been stuck at, here is a little piece of The Black Inheritance: The Cursed Soul

Marie lifted the hood of her cloak and placed it over her head just above her eyes, her contemplation of going after the charm forced her gaze back to Anna’s window. “Not yet. We have not been told to attack. Patience sister, she will have her time with death soon.

Late nights and coffee

Late nights and coffee can fuel either one of two things: great ideas or what you thought was a great idea, but it turns out you just needed sleep. One of the best things about having my co author near by is I can depend on her to tell me if it is great, or if I just need to stop. I continued to organize my ideas and thoughts for the book last night, coffee close by, and I had the most fantastic idea for a twist no reader will see coming. 

Running it by her, I needed to make sure that is wasn't going to "over crowd" the book. Give you, the reader, to much to keep up with. As my co author, Michele Styles Gardner, has said she read books that had way to much in the book to even remotely keep up with, so it made the book unappealing. Thankfully the idea did sound great and I can get to planning where I want it to start. I am pretty excited about getting started, but I honestly can't wait until everyone can get to read it! 

Now it's time for me to get back to Annalisa and Blake's life. Romance, deception, manipulation and death can always make for an epic cliff hanger. 

~Live Read Laugh~

  

Happy Thursday

Happy Thursday everyone! Hang in there; the weekend is almost here! I have put the book to the side for two days, but will be back writing soon. I can already see my weekend will also be working on the book. There are moments where I do have to back away from writing, and start making notes of ideas my brain can't keep up with alone, lol. Right now I am debating the level of romance between Annalisa and Blake for not only book two, but also the next. Keeping these two books separated may pose a challenge. Only because I want to tell everyone what's going to happen haha!

Batten disease is a rare genetic disorder. For a child to have the disease, he or she must inherit two recessive genes for the disease, one from each parent. 

       Have you taken the time to read about Batten's? Above is a little info on this disease. Please take a moment to Google Batten's and become familiar with this deadly disease. 

So, while I make this post a short one, my coffee is ready and my daughter is occupied. That is my cue to get my butt to writing! Hopefully I can make it back here later for a better post :).

Spread The Awareness

Okay readers, here is a part of me that I am so passionate about. You look at your child and have a flood of emotions and hopeful future expectations. Maybe seeing them in their little pink tutu during a ballet recital, or being that soccer mom/dad. It is your mission in life to protect them; we want to protect our children from anything that could hurt them. However, have you ever stopped for a moment and think what would I do if anything happened to them? Some may say no and that is completely understandable. We don't want to think about anything bad happening. Yet there is a killer. A crude, emotionless, silent killer that is taking away the lives of our children. It's name? Batten's Disease.

Batten's Disease is something so vile that no child has a chance. Imagine you are looking at your child playing in the yard, collecting flowers, finding bugs, making mud pies, and then all you know is taken away. Batten's is a mutated gene that is inherited by both parents. No random testing is done at birth to check to see if your child carries this gene. When it decides to creep out of the shadows, it usually starts with unexplained seizures, vision loss and/or increased clumsiness. As it progress's it causes blindness, mobility loss, no longer able to eat or drink, no longer to speak, no longer to do what children do. The end result is always fatal. There is no cure.

This is miss Sophia. A beauty that is suffering with Batten's Disease. I follow quite a few pages on Facebook of children who suffer with this disease. Every time I see a child lose their hard fought battle to Batten's, it always breaks my heart. There is no question that a cure needs to be found and fast! Educate yourself on Batten's and spread the awareness!

We have to Bee-lieve a cure will be found!

Find Sophia's page below!

Sophia's Journey

Pinterest

So I have been scoping around Pinterest on some ideas that Annalisa could do for her grandpa on Father's day. Now this one I saw, isn't something she can do just yet, but I thought I would share for anyone who are running low on idea's. It's simple and you don't have to cook. Well someone needs to heat up the waffle lol.

To me this just looks amazing and I could probably eat it now haha. I am still digging for ideas and will possibly post more cute ideas that children can do! 

Thank You!

Thank you all for the wonderful turn out with the free book promo! We reached over 500 people, to some that may not be many, but we are pretty excited! We honestly hope you enjoy the book and take a moment to leave us a review on Amazon! I have been steady working on the second book; no there has not been any decision on a book cover. I keep telling myself to put it off, and concentrate on the manuscript, but yeah I see little things that spark an idea. I guess I will continue to go back and forth on that while I continue the book.

So Father's Day is approaching and will be here soon! Time for me to get in gear and plan something for mine. If you would like, feel free to share your Father's Day ideas!