Dear Bloggers Again

Thank you so much for your responses!! I'm still taking them and arranging them in a nice list so that my publisher can look over them and send me the books that need to be sent out. I really appreciate all of the responses. I didn't want anyone to think I had asked for help and then ignored. I've written EVERYONE down! Thanks so much!

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Dear Bloggers

I know that many of you out there have a strong web presence and live to review books! You love them and you love to tell others about them. I have searched and searched and I'm at a loss. Where do I find the best review sites? The first book in my series, Summer Secret, will be released on December 13, 2008 and I need reviews! As a new author, a lot of my success is up to me. I wouldn't have written the books or signed the contract if I didn't plan to work my rear end off. If you are one of these reviewers (I need blog reviewers with a good audience) and would be willing to read and review my book, please email me. I will pass your information along to my publisher who will then decided how many Advanced Review Copies to send me. I will then send the copies along to you for review.

Here is a synopsis for book one:

A new girl, Kristin, arrives on the scene, and a group of three friends quickly becomes four. Kristin is immediately confronted by the church bully, Greta, and has to learn how to deal with harassment in a Christian manner. But, there's a bigger secret lurking in this little town church. Something has been bothering Ellie and Alma for over 50 years. What could it be? See how the girls, and adults alike, learn how to extend understanding and forgiveness to their friends as well as their enemies.

You can also visit my website, www.renemorris.com, for more information. Feel free to email me if you run one of these great blog sites or know of someone who does. I will also take suggestions for institutions to beg for request a review.

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Just A Little Update

For those of you who email me and ask, "What are you doing now?" there is a little meter to the left of my blog. See it? It shows how many words I've written to get to my 50,000 word goal. It also shows the title of the book. Titles are subject to change. All writers know that change ...okay, MANY CHANGES are all part of the process. We are the Kings and Queens of Change! LOL Anyway, I think book three is coming along nicely even though I sent it to Lori and Tiffany a few days ago complaining that it was going nowhere. I feel a little better about it now. I'll feel better when I've written more on it.

Book one is definitely coming out in November though I'm not sure of the exact date. If you would like to have the EXACT information about Summer Secret, check this link often for updates. Right now, my book will cost you a few X's. Hee..

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Over 280 Corrections Later...

Wow. I honestly had no clue that I would find so many things that I wanted to change at the last minute. I have spent the past two days reading through book one in order to make sure that everything is as I want it to be. I want to say, "don't send it back to me! Who knows what else I could find to change!" I am so glad I went back and read it again though. I don't think manuscripts are ever complete, I think they're just finally accepted. Well, here's hoping that everything has been caught!

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Whew!

Dean (husband) was reading my email subject lines in Thunderbird last night and I said, "if you keep it up, I will ask you to actually read all of the emails to me." So he read the subject lines out loud to me and when he read, Proof - summertime books, I jumped up and kicked him out of my chair. It was what I had been waiting on...the final proof of book one.

It was suggested that I read it just "one more again" to make sure everything lines up and I am sure glad I did. Jeepers! Let me tell you that being absent minded isn't the best way to be when you're a writer. However, I am absent minded so I have to deal with it. I have found plenty of things that I wanted to tweak and even a few "oopses" when it came to eye color or a character speaking.

I began this morning with Chapter One and worked all the way through to almost the end of Chapter Fifteen. That is when Dean came home and I knew that all quiet in the house would cease. My eyeballs were tired anyway and my head was pounding. I think I need glasses. Anyway, I will finish up tomorrow and ship it back to PD (Publisher Dude) so that he can ship it out to the reviewers.

Now this is where you come in. Please pray that these reviewers will find favor with my books. I write them so that others, especially my tween girls out there, can come to know Christ as their Savior. Okay, I must be honest and say that I also write them to pay the bills. That, however, is in God's hands. I'll do my best and trust Him. So please pray that the reviewers like The Sonshine Girls and want to offer excellent reviews. Please and thank you.


Also, I went out to gather my maters and found two gigantenormous caterpillar things munching away. Not only do I find that rude, I also find it DISGUSTING! Gross! They ate half and left the other half on the vine. What am I to do with those? Do you remember that movie, A Bug's Life? Yeah, that big green worm thing, that's what they are.

So I called Dean and said, " ALIENWORMSARETRYINGTOKILLME!" He got a big kick out of it...until, he saw them. He went at them with my kitchen tongs. He flung one into the pond and the other remains at large. *shudder*

Yick! I am not squeamish. I can usher the largest of spiders out of my way, redirect an errant snake and happily fick a locust off the eggplant. But, these things were just odd! Red Horned Tomato Worms they're called and they make clicking noises and shoot green goo at you. Of course, Madison (10 year old daughter) decided that this was her cue to start pretending to be a Tomato worm and created a faux hook on her head using her finger to get people with. Weirdo.

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I Have to Be Brave

I've stated before that being in front of people makes me more nervous than a cat on an inflatable raft. Recently, however, I've found that I'm not excited to do the book signings..maybe not so much the TV interview. I'm sure I'll get there. Yesterday Tracy called me to tell me all about Meet the Christian Authors Night (you'll have to scroll down) that will be in The Woodlands. Of course, I was excited to go and our little two-some has now turned into four and since I have what I believe to be future writers in my house hold, maybe six. I actually think that our husbands will be playing at the mall on the tree toy...but I'm not sure.

Since I would very much like to be one of the authors sitting at one of those tables next year, I'm going to go and see how I should behave. I also love meeting other authors. :-D

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