Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Ready-Made Family is IN STORES NOW!




Blogees, forgive me for posting twice in one day.

But I wanted to let you know that Ready-Made Family is IN STORES NOW!

Yes...book three in Wings of Refuge is FINALLY here! Though Ready-Made Family is part of a "series" you won't be lost if you come in during the middle because each book stands alone (is its own story).

This is pararescuer Ben's story for those who read the first two books.

Please swipe this post and pass it on!!! :-)

Also, I'm not hosting a formal blog tour for this book, but I am available for blog interviews if you'd like. Just shoot me an e-mail or let me know in the comments section of this post.

Please tell your reader friends, family, book clubs, libraries, dogs, cats, birds, ladybugs...anyone who will listen...(LOLOL!) about this book.

THANK YOU!!!

Cheryl

Story Starter Scene Prompts-11 and critique contest

Let me know in the comment section of this post whether you find these prompts helpful. As incentive, everyone who leaves a comment on at least one Story Starter Scene Prompt this month will be entered into a drawing to receive a free critique/assessment of one of your scenes written from one of my prompts. This critique does not guarantee you will be published. This is simply a published author offering kind but honest feedback on the drawing winner's scene.

AND...you will receive 1 entry for each comment entered on separate weekly prompts during the course of the current month. I post prompts every Tuesday unless I'm guestblogging elsewhere. In that case, still leave a comment and I'll count the comment as another entry. Be sure to leave a valid e-mail address. I suggest you put [brackets] around the "@" sign so Net Spiders don't phish your address.

Onward to this week's prompt....


Story Starter Prompt
OBJECT:
• Write a 500-3500 word scene using five of fifteen Prompt Words.
• Begin each scene using one of three Scene Starter Sentences.
• Use any combination of (1) sentence/(5) words.
• Do three separate scenes with each prompt sentence if you want.
• Or if you’re really brave, try using ALL 15 prompt words in their proper usage and incorporate all three sentences into your scene hook ins or hooks out.
• Most of all, have fun!


Prompt Words:
1. ferry
2. intrigue
3. international
4. spy
5. bump
6. splash
7. missing
8. report
9. suspect
10.watching
11. safe
12. house
13. murky
14. danger
15. flee

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "I know who you are."
B. "Now tell me why you're really here."
C. "I know you said last time was your final job but..."


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Blush & Cringe-Naked Ladies in My Yard

Well, it appears that I caused quite a stir on Facebook yesterday. I had Twittered about the Spring flowers popping up all over my yard. Only, I guess some people don't realize that a certain kind of lily is also referred to as a "Naked Lady."

I have my Twitters feed directly into my Facebook account. And the problem with that is on Twitter, you only have 140 characters in which to say what you want. Uh...that's about 1 sentence, maybe two if you're succinct.

So anyway, because I only had so many characters to mention the flowers, I didn't go into great detail.

I typed something to the effect of, "I have a ton of Naked Ladies coming up in my yard! I am so glad to see signs of Spring." Or something similar.

Well apparently most people have never heard of Naked Ladies---the flower.

So you could only imagine the slew of responses I got from people. Some asking me to clarify (women), and others asking for the precise address (men) and others (avid garneners) sending links to the FLOWER I was referring to because they could see that I was drowning in the siege of a huge (but hilarious) misunderstanding.

Sigh....I have GOT to remember the REAL SCIENTIFIC name of these flowers from now on...which is Amaryllis belladona...

Although that name's not quite as fun as Naked Ladies....LOLOLOL!

Sigh.

Blonde,

Cheryl

Friday, March 27, 2009

Free Book Friday!

Welcome to Free Book Friday on my blog! I'm giving away books most Fridays, so stay tuned!

Leave a note WITH A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS in the comment section of this post to be entered into the drawing for a chance to win a Steeple Hill book.

I suggest you insert [brackets] around the "@" sign of your e-mail address so Internet spiders don't phish it.

Deadline for entry is Midnight CST this Thursday-six days from today. Winner will be notified privately via e-mail then announced in the comment section of this Free Book Friday Blog post. So if you don't want your win announced, please say so in your comment.

This Friday's pick:
A surprise!

Cheryl Wyatt

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Kindle Contest!!! No foolin!

Hey all!

I'm getting ready (the week of April 1) to send out one of my quarterly newsletters.

I am running a contest for a free Amazon Kindle!!! The contest will open for entries on April 1 (No fooling!) and will run through May and June. The winner will be notified and announced on Independance Day, July 4, 2009.

This contest is ONLY available to my newsletter subscribers.

So if you'd like a shot at entering my Kindle Contest, be sure to sign up for my newsletter.

You can do that by visiting my Web site www.cherylwyatt.com and putting your e-mail address in the space provided that says, "Join Cheryl Wyatt's Newsletter."

You will then receive an e-mail asking to confirm that you wish to receive my newsletter. I send out about 3-4 a year is all. I respect your privacy and will not share your e-mail address with a third party.

So go sign up for my newsletter for more information on my "Kindle Contest--No Foolin!" now.

Please pass the word out to reader friends, your blogs, groups and loops etc.

Never heard of a Kindle? It's an electronic reader that stores books. Go to Amazon or click here for more information.


Thanks all!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Story Starter Scene Prompts-10 and critique contest

Let me know in the comment section of this post whether you find these prompts helpful. As incentive, everyone who leaves a comment on at least one Story Starter Scene Prompt this month will be entered into a drawing to receive a free critique/assessment of one of your scenes written from one of my prompts. This critique does not guarantee you will be published. This is simply a published author offering kind but honest feedback on the drawing winner's scene.

AND...you will receive 1 entry for each comment entered on separate weekly prompts during the course of the current month. I post prompts every Tuesday unless I'm guestblogging elsewhere. In that case, still leave a comment and I'll count the comment as another entry. Be sure to leave a valid e-mail address. I suggest you put [brackets] around the "@" sign so Net Spiders don't phish your address.

Onward to this week's prompt....


Story Starter Prompt
OBJECT:
• Write a 500-3500 word scene using five of fifteen Prompt Words.
• Begin each scene using one of three Scene Starter Sentences.
• Use any combination of (1) sentence/(5) words.
• Do three separate scenes with each prompt sentence if you want.
• Or if you’re really brave, try using ALL 15 prompt words in their proper usage and incorporate all three sentences into your scene hook ins or hooks out.
• Most of all, have fun!


Prompt Words:
1. land
2. dispute
3. mule
4. wind
5. storm
6. neighboring
7. ranch
8. boy
9. garden
10.attraction
11. ire
12. decision
13. help
14. compromise
15. proposal

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "He's back on our land."
B. "This is the last warning."
C. "You can't be serious?"


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Saturday Book Stroll-If Tomorrow Never Comes by Marlo Schalesky






Most Saturdays, I will be sharing books that I'm currently recommending.

Of course my first love is Steeple Hill books and other romance, but Saturday afternoons are reserved for other various books I'm reading by authors I enjoy.

Hope you will consider picking up this week's featured Saturday Stroll book.

Featured book:

TITLE: If Tomorrow Never Comes

By: Marlo Schalesky

Publisher: Multnomah

A Bit About If Tomorrow Never Comes:


They say you should reach for your dreams.

This time, they’re wrong…


Childhood sweethearts Kinna and Jimmy Henley had simple dreams—marriage, children, a house by the sea…everything they needed for happily ever after. What they didn’t plan on was years of infertility, stealing those dreams, crushing their hopes. Now, all that’s left is the memory of young love, and the desperate need for a child to erase the pain. Until…


Kinna rescues an elderly woman from the sea, and the threads of the past, present, and future weave together to reveal the wonder of one final hope. One final chance to follow not their dreams, but God’s. Can they embrace the redemptive power of love before it’s too late? Or will their love be washed away like the castles they once built upon the sand? The past whispers to the present. And the future shivers. What if tomorrow never comes?


A Bit About Marlo:


Marlo Schalesky is the award winning author of seven books, including her latest novel, If Tomorrow Never Comes, which combines a love story with a surprise ending twist to create a new type of novel that she hopes will impact readers at their deepest levels. Marlo’s other books include Beyond the Night (just nominated for a Christy Award – yay!), Veil of Fire (winner of the 2008 ACFW Book of the Year, historical category), and Empty Womb, Aching Heart- Hope and Help for Those Struggling with Infertility.


She’s had over 600 articles published in various Christian magazines, including Focus on the Family, Today’s Christian Woman, Decision, Moody Magazine, and Discipleship Journal. She has contributed to Dr. Dobson’s Night Light Devotional for Couples, Tyndale’s Book of Devotions for Kids #3, and Discipleship Journal’s 101 Small Group Ideas. She is a speaker and a regular columnist for Power for Living.


Marlo is also a California native, a small business owner, and a graduate of Stanford University (with a B.S. in Chemistry!). In addition, she has earned her Masters in Theology, with an emphasis in Biblical Studies, from Fuller Theological Seminary.


Marlo lives with her husband and five young children in a log home in Central California.

When she’s not changing diapers, doing laundry, or writing books, Marlo loves sipping Starbucks white mochas, reading the New Testament in Greek, and talking about finding the deep places of God in the disappointments of life.


Odds & Ends:


For more information, including an audio interview with Marlo about IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES and helps for the infertility journey, visit www.marloschalesky.com


If Tomorrow Never Comes is available for purchase at:


Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1601420242?ie=UTF8&tag=marloschalesh-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1601420242


Christian Book Distributors: http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1136938&item_no=420244


And fine bookstores everywhere!


An Interview with Marlo:


How did you come up with the concept for If Tomorrow Never Comes?


If Tomorrow Never Comes began with a single image that popped powerfully into my mind – an old man, walking along a foggy beach at dawn, bending to pick up an old locket from the sand. The rest of the story grew from there. The funny thing is, when you read the book, you’ll find that Kinna finds the locket, not an old man. But originally the image of the locket in the sand was so intriguing to me that I kept thinking about it until a story began to develop.


How closely is If Tomorrow Never Comes based on your personal experience?


In If Tomorrow Never Comes, the main characters are struggling with the fall-out from infertility. I’ve spent most of my adult life – 15 years – dealing with infertility and miscarriage. I’ve had some successes along the way, and whole lot of failure, disappointment and pain.

So, as far as plot-line goes - what happens to the characters and how they’re changed and challenged through the book - that is uniquely Kinna & Jimmy’s story. But the emotions, the fears, the questions they face are things I drew from my own experience.


The longing for a baby that seems like it will never be fulfilled. I’ve been there. Month after month of trying and failing. Turning into year after year. I’ve been there. Frustration. Doubt. Wondering how God could possibly love me in the midst of this. Been there. Having to pry my white-knuckled fingers off my own hopes and dreams. Been there. Choosing to love anyway. Choosing to believe anyway. Choosing to trust God anyway. Been there.


It seems that just about every deep and meaningful thing I’ve learned about God, I can point to my journey through infertility and say, “Yeah, infertility taught me that.” It taught me that I’m not the god of my life. God is. It taught me there are things I cannot control, cannot achieve, no matter how hard I try. And sometimes we must choose to live the life God has given us, with love and hope, even when it’s not the life we dreamed.


Because infertility taught me that God calls us not to the pursuit of our dreams, but to love. “Love one another,” Jesus says. “Love your neighbor as yourself.” God taught me that through the journey of my own infertility. My hope is that If Tomorrow Never Comes will reveal the same truths to others as well.


What is the symbolism for the title If Tomorrow Never Comes?


The idea behind the title is that the choices and decisions we make today dramatically impact our future, our “tomorrows,” and not only ours but the tomorrows of others as well. Choosing to love, choosing to do right despite pain, disappointment, and sorrow, allows tomorrow to come. But choices made out of desperation, fear, and clinging to our own desires can cut off the future God wants for us.


We don’t know, we can’t see, what tomorrow holds. So all we can do is do what’s right now, love now, trust now. Because God sees the whole of our lives and weaves all things together, even those hard and painful things, in a way that will make a beautiful masterpiece in the Kingdom of God.


So, really, the title means that if we choose love today, if we choose sacrificial love, God will hold our tomorrows in His hand. That’s what’s at the heart of If Tomorrow Never Comes . . .the choice to love, the choice to believe, the choice to let go of our dreams in order to embrace His. To do it today, for the sake of all our tomorrows.


Do you have a favorite character in If Tomorrow Never Comes? Why?


My favorite is Thea (her name is short for Alethia, the Greek word for Truth), who is the old woman whom Kinna rescues from drowning in chapter one. Throughout the story, all the reader knows is that Thea is there for a reason – she has a purpose in Kinna & Jimmy’s lives. With wry humor and odd confrontations, she steers Jimmy & Kinna toward reconciliation and one another. She helps them to remember their past love story.


What I like best about her is her humor mixed with mystery. She’s just fun. J She thinks she’s in a dream, and doesn’t want to become some crazy old lady with a houseful of cats. But despite her doubts, she chooses to care about Jimmy and Kinna and help them, no matter what. She chooses right, and as it turns out, that makes all the difference, for them, and for her too.


How did you choose the story line?


Well, the story line I chose isn’t the one you’ll read in the book. The story line you’ll read is the one the characters insisted on. Mostly it was Kinna’s fault – she simply wouldn’t do what I’d outlined for her to do! In fact, I rewrote the first third of the book a dozen times trying to convince her to act the way I wanted. But she wouldn’t cooperate. Just like in the story, she had her own plans! So finally I gave up and allowed the story to change and flow as the characters dictated. Needless to say, that worked out a lot better. So, I invite the reader to experience the story of If Tomorrow Never Comes much as I experienced it – page by page, scene by scene, being surprised and delighted by each turn of events.


What message would you like your readers to take away from If Tomorrow Never Comes?


Our culture tells us that we can do anything we set our minds to, we can accomplish any dream . . . and we should. “Reach for your dreams,” we say, as if that is the highest goal of humankind. Success posters (and platitudes) abound.


But 15 years of infertility and miscarriage have taught me that we are not the gods of our lives. There are things we cannot control, no matter how hard we try.


Perhaps that is why God calls us not to the pursuit of our dreams, but to love. “Love one another,” Jesus exhorts in John 13:34-35, and also gives, as the second greatest commandment, the exhortation to “love your neighbor as yourself.” (Lev. 19:18, and all 3 Synoptics)


So, in our Grasp-Your-Dreams culture, I hope this book will stand against the tide, calling people instead to the way of love – to the way of laying down their lives for others instead of clutching their own dreams and plans.


I hope readers will be inspired to fight for their marriages with sacrificial love, and will be challenged to look to the future for the rewards of loving sacrificially, and to the past to remember the seeds of real love.


What is your goal or mission as a writer?


I hope to make God’s love in the midst of trials and tragedies evident and unmistakable. I dream of opening readers’ eyes to the wonder and mystery of our incredible, vivid God. And I hope the vision of Him will take their breath away.


Are there any other new projects on the horizon?


Yes! My third “love story with a twist,” currently titled Shades of Morning, is due out in early 2010. I’m in the midst of writing it now and am enjoying the characters and plot. For those who read If Tomorrow Never Comes, watch for Marnie, the quirky owner of the coffeeshop and bookstore, who will be the main character in Shades of Morning.


Marnie has her life just where she wants it. At least that’s what she tells herself – her past is hidden, her regrets locked tightly in a box on her shelf, and her bookstore and coffeeshop business is booming. No one knows what she’s done, who she’s been. That is, until the man she once loved finds her again and brings startling news – she’s now the guardian of her 15-year-old nephew, a boy she never knew existed. And to make matters worse, when the boy arrives, she discovers he has Down Syndrome. The past collides with the present, the box of regrets is exposed, and Marnie’s world shattered and rebuilt through the love of one special boy who makes all things new.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Free Book Friday!

Welcome to Free Book Friday on my blog! I'm giving away books most Fridays, so stay tuned!

Leave a note WITH A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS in the comment section of this post to be entered into the drawing for a chance to win a Steeple Hill book.

I suggest you insert [brackets] around the "@" sign of your e-mail address so Internet spiders don't phish it.

Deadline for entry is Midnight CST this Thursday-six days from today. Winner will be notified privately via e-mail then announced in the comment section of this Free Book Friday Blog post. So if you don't want your win announced, please say so in your comment.

This Friday's pick:
A surprise!

Cheryl Wyatt

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Blogging at Craftie Ladies Today

Blogging here today. Hope you will drop by and comment.



Craftie Ladies of Romance

Cheryl Wyatt

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

In Seekerville today

I'm blogging in Seekerville today.

Zip on over and join in the fun.

Thanks all!

Cheryl Wyatt

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Saturday Book Stroll-Breach of Trust by DiAnn Mills



Most Saturdays, I will be sharing books that I'm currently recommending.

Of course my first love is Steeple Hill books and other romance, but Saturday afternoons are reserved for other various books by authors I enjoy.

Hope you will consider picking up this week's featured Saturday Stroll book.

Featured book:

Breach of Trust by DiAnn Mills
Call of Duty Series, Book 1
Mar 1, 2009 release-Tyndale House Publishers


About the author:
Award-winning autho DIANN MILLS launched her career in 1998 with the publication of her first book. Currently she has over forty books in print and has sold more than one million copies.

DiAnn believes her readers should "expect an adventure." Her desire is to show characters solving real problems of today from a Christian perspective through a compelling story.

Six of her anthologies have appeared on the CBA Best Seller List. Three of her books have won the distinction of Best Historical Novel of the Year by Heartsong Presents. Five of her books have won placements through American Christian Fiction Writer's Book of the Year Awards 2003 - 2006. She is the recipient of the Inspirational Reader's Choice Award for 2005 in the long contemporary and novella categories.

DiAnn is a founding board member for American Christian Fiction Writers Association. She is also a member of Chi Libris, Inspirational Writers Alive, Romance Writers of America's Faith, Hope and Love, and the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country. DiAnn is also a mentor for Jerry B. Jenkins' Christian Writer's Guild.

Visit her Web site.


About the book:

From the Back Cover
Paige Rogers survived every CIA operative’s worst nightmare.

A covert mission gone terribly wrong.

A betrayal by the one man she thought she could trust.

Forced to disappear to protect the lives of her loved ones, Paige has spent the last several years building a quiet life as a small-town librarian. But the day a stranger comes to town and starts asking questions, Paige knows her careful existence has been shattered.

He is coming after her again. And this time, he intends to silence her for good.


Amazon purchase link.

Christianbook purchase link.

Barnes and Noble purchase link.



Cheryl Wyatt

Friday, March 13, 2009

Free Book Friday

I'm out of town this weekend. But stay tuned next weekend when Free Book Friday will resume. :-)

Last week's winner will be announced in the comment section of that FBF post Monday night unless I can get Internet access where I'm at.

Thanks for supporting my blog with your readership!

Warmly,

Cheryl

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Story Starter Scene Prompts-9 and critique contest

NEW NEWS! Let me know in the comment section of this post whether you find these prompts helpful. As incentive, everyone who leaves a comment on at least one Story Starter Scene Prompt this month will be entered into a drawing to receive a free critique/assessment of one of your scenes written from one of my prompts. This critique does not guarantee you will be published. This is simply a published author offering kind but honest feedback on the drawing winner's scene.

AND...you will receive 1 entry for each comment entered on separate weekly prompts during the course of the current month. I post prompts every Tuesday unless I'm guestblogging elsewhere. In that case, still leave a comment and I'll count the comment as another entry. Be sure to leave a valid e-mail address. I suggest you put [brackets] around the "@" sign so Net Spiders don't phish your address.

Onward to this week's prompt....



Story Starter Prompt
OBJECT:
• Write a 500-3500 word scene using five of fifteen Prompt Words.
• Begin each scene using one of three Scene Starter Sentences.
• Use any combination of (1) sentence/(5) words.
• Do three separate scenes with each prompt sentence if you want.
• Or if you’re really brave, try using ALL 15 prompt words in their proper usage and incorporate all three sentences into your scene hook ins or hooks out.
• Most of all, have fun!


Prompt Words:
1. truck
2. stop
3. cage
4. overhaul
5. mechanic
6. female
7. million
8. dollars
9. hidden
10.compartment
11. FBI
12. agent
13. daughter
14. driver
15. widower

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "You'll not believe what I found in that old thing."
B. "If we don't have it by five..."
C. "There's only one way out of this."


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Saturday Book Stroll-When Love Blooms by Robin Lee Hatcher



What authors do authors read? I can't speak for others...but I can speak for me. LOL!

Welcome to Saturday Book Stroll! Most Saturdays, share books I'm currently recommending.

Of course my first love is Steeple Hill books and other romance, but Saturday afternoons are reserved for other various books by authors I enjoy.

Hope you will consider picking up this week's featured Saturday Stroll book.


Featured book and author: When Love Blooms by Robin Lee Hatcher

Publisher: Zondervan (February 1, 2009)
Paperback: 304 pages

ISBN-10: 0310259282
ISBN-13: 978-0310259282


About the book:

When Emily Harris takes a job in the rugged high country of Idaho, she’s about to discover that changing the heart of one man may be the destiny she’s been in search of all her life. A heartwarming historical romance by bestselling author Robin Lee Hatcher.

From the Back Cover:
From the moment Gavin Blake set eyes on Emily Harris he knew she would never make it in the rugged high country where backbreaking work and constant hardship were commonplace. She would wilt there like a rose without water. He'd be sending her back to Boise before the first snows. He'd be willing to bet on it.She could say what she wanted. Emily Harris didn't belong in the hard life of the Blakes. Beautiful and refined, she was accustomed to the best life had to offer. Heaven only knew why she wanted to leave Boise to teach two young girls on a ranch miles from nowhere. He'd wager it had to do with a man. It always did when a beautiful woman was involved. Emily wanted to make some sort of mark on the world before marriage. She wanted to be more than just a society wife. Though she had plenty of opportunities back East, she had come to the Idaho high country looking to make a difference. Gavin’s resistance to her presence made her even more determined to prove herself. Perhaps changing the heart of one man might make the greatest difference of all.


About the author:

Visit her Author Web site




Amazon Purchase Link

Barnes and Noble Purchase Link

Christianbook Purchase Link



Cheryl Wyatt

Friday, March 06, 2009

Free Book Friday!

Welcome to Free Book Friday on my blog! I'm giving away books most Fridays, so stay tuned!

Leave a note WITH A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS in the comment section of this post to be entered into the drawing for a chance to win a Steeple Hill book.

I suggest you insert [brackets] around the "@" sign of your e-mail address so Internet spiders don't phish it.

Deadline for entry is Midnight CST this Thursday-six days from today. Winner will be notified privately via e-mail then announced in the comment section of this Free Book Friday Blog post. So if you don't want your win announced, please say so in your comment.

This Friday's pick:
A surprise!

Cheryl Wyatt

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Ready-Made Family Received 4.5 Stars from RT

Hey all!

I'm thankful to announce that Ready-Made Family, my April Love Inspired, received 4.5 stars from Romantic Times!

Yipeee!

Had to share,

Cheryl Wyatt

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Story Starter Scene Prompt-8 and critique contest

NEW NEWS! Let me know in the comment section of this post whether you find these prompts helpful. As incentive, everyone who leaves a comment on at least one Story Starter Scene Prompt this month will be entered into a drawing to receive a free critique/assessment of one of your scenes written from one of my prompts. This critique does not guarantee you will be published. This is simply a published author offering kind but honest feedback on the drawing winner's scene.

AND...you will receive 1 entry for each comment entered on separate weekly prompts during the course of the current month. I post prompts every Tuesday unless I'm guestblogging elsewhere. In that case, still leave a comment and I'll count the comment as another entry. Be sure to leave a valid e-mail address. I suggest you put [brackets] around the "@" sign so Net Spiders don't phish your address.

Onward to this week's prompt....



Story Starter Prompt
OBJECT:
• Write a 500-3500 word scene using five of fifteen Prompt Words.
• Begin each scene using one of three Scene Starter Sentences.
• Use any combination of (1) sentence/(5) words.
• Do three separate scenes with each prompt sentence if you want.
• Or if you’re really brave, try using ALL 15 prompt words in their proper usage and incorporate all three sentences into your scene hook ins or hooks out.
• Most of all, have fun!


Prompt Words:
1. allude
2. elude
3. principal
4. principle
5. saving
6. discipline
7. wine
8. whine
9. flower
10.flour
11. fame
12. lost
13. home
14. lonely
15. bully

Scene Starter Sentences:
A. "I'm sure that's not how he meant it."
B. "What's he in for this time?"
C. "What's her home life like?"


Happy Writing!

Cheryl Wyatt

Monday, March 02, 2009

Blog Appearance at Lisa Lickel's sites

Hey bloggies!

Lisa Lickel has an interview up with me today on: her blog, http://livingourfaithoutloud.blogspot.com/ where I will interact with comments.

Hope to see some of you there!




Cheryl

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Determine the verdict in Randy Singer's legal thriller!







Author Randy Singer has THE coolest promotion gig going that I've heard in awhile.

If you’ve ever read a legal thriller or watched an episode of Law & Order and thought you would have rendered a different verdict—step into the jury box.

I'm introducing a unique opportunity for you (my blog readers) to participate in helping determine the verdict of a court case in an upcoming legal thriller by critically-acclaimed author, Randy Singer. Here’s a bit about what Randy is doing:

Beginning January 12 and continuing now, readers will have an opportunity to determine the verdict in Randy’s upcoming legal thriller, The Justice Game (Tyndale House, July 2009), which features a court case centered on the gun debate. The verdict voted on by the readers will be written into the story and kept under wraps until the book’s release. This is the first time in recent memory that an author has taken reader involvement and feedback to this level.

“I wanted to do something different and get my readers really involved in the story,” said Singer. “This gives them an opportunity to hear both sides of the national gun debate and gets them thinking. Plus, it adds an element of fun to the book.”

Taking a new approach to the popular book trailer, Singer has produced a short, online video that mimics a cable news report. Featuring real-life talk show host Lorri Allen as the lead news anchor, the video shares the latest updates on the trial at the center of the book interspersed with segments of the closing arguments direct from the courtroom. At the end of the video, viewers are directed to a special section on Singer’s Web site to render their verdict.

You can access the video at: randysinger.net

Randy, who is a practicing veteran trial attorney as well as a teaching pastor in Virginia Beach, VA, has written seven critically-acclaimed legal thrillers. Publishers Weekly has said he, “is as enjoyable as John Grisham,” and his work has received several noteworthy reviews. His latest book, By Reason of Insanity (Tyndale), debuted in hardcover last summer and releases this month in softcover.

So visit the link and stay tuned because I'm going to be giving away a hardcover or softcover edition of Randy’s book, By Reason of Insanity, as well as a copy of The Justice Game when it becomes available this summer.

Feel free to pass along this message and help promote Randy's upcoming release. AND hope you will participate in the chance to render the verdict!

Cheryl Wyatt