Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Say My Name

I have the potential names for the main characters (one female, two male) in my book narrowed down to two short lists. Help me find the winners!

Here they are, in no particular order.....

Girl:
Josie Sinclair
Bree Sinclair
Rie Sinclair
Mischa Sinclair
Peyton Sinclair
Arianna Sims or Klein or Ross

Boys:
Rowan Caldwell
Ty MacGregor
Gavin Blackwell
Liam Wroth
Cole/Colton Lattimore
Jax Armstrong


What do you think?

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Every New Beginning

.....comes from some other beginning's end {because you know you were thinking it!}.

Anyway.

I have decided to quit my day job (at least for the summer) and pursue my dream of becoming a professional writer. I majored in English in college and have been teaching it to secondary students for nine years. I am knowledgeable of and passionate about the subject - and about my target audience. Becoming a published author has been on my to-do list since I was a child myself, but the time has never seemed right.

Until now.

I have worked through the summer for the past seven years. I am super excited about having this summer to spend with my baby boys and my manuscript.

My goal is to finish my first novel and have it query-ready by September. I want to have something to offer when I attend the Chicago Writers Conference in late September.

This is really it. Everything is in place. Now I just have to bring my story (and lifelong dream) to life.