Character Name Contest

Hey Everyone,

I have four characters in my new WiP, so far. The first is Emmaleigh Forrester, age 21. I have a 19yo girl, a 23yo young man and a 27yo young man. They live in Denver. Please submit your name suggestions here and the winner will be awarded a copy of Stoning the Crows (when it comes out) or the current un-named WiP.

Here is an exerpt, likely the back cover, of the current WiP:

          Very rarely is the perfect crime committed. Given the time and the resources, investigators find…things. Evidence. That which is missing often tells stories in its absence. That which remains conspires with truth to reveal all. Time and resources, however, strain against the system until they become strangers to those who hunt the wolf. Without a solid lead, in time, the case is filed away, unsolved. It resides there in the file cabinet, silently mourning its victims…while their killer rests his head upon his pillow. 

Keep a fire extinguisher close by...

I'm in the editing process.  Need I say more?  I just read Kristen Lamb's blog about how to tear apart that baby you call your WIP when it needs it.  Yeah.  This is the most nail-biting part of the process.  And I've already chewed the poor dears down to nubs.  So, keep a fire extinguisher handy...just in case I spontaneously combust in the middle of the editing adventure.

New website...

is almost done - will post a link shortly.  :-)

COVER ARRRRRT!

Hey, the cover art is DONE!!!

New Website is almost here..

Well, that sounds sort of like I'm having a baby...  I suppose, in a way, I am.  Putting up the website is the birth of my marketing.  Facebook has been a good place to network, and Twitter....well, I don't feel much like a bird, but maybe that's because I don't tweet that often.  Blogging has been hit and miss, as you can see, but that's because my life is inSANE.  Which is why I'm posting this at almost 1:00am. 

Either way, the site is nearly complete.  All that awaits is the loading of pictures...Prepare the drum for the drum roll...

Cover Art, et al...

I've been working with an old friend on the cover art for Stoning the Crows.  I'm amazed at what she can do.  As soon as I have something to show you, I will post it.  Somehow, she has captured the essence of my story in a single picture, with layer upon layer of images.  I can't wait to see her finished product.

In the mean time, my son's girlfriend, not even graduated from high school has drawn some sketches that caught my eye.  I don't know if this is common - I haven't seem anything like this - but I'm having her draw scenes from the novel and inserting them at the appropriate places.  I just got one from her depicting the scene in which the under cover unit is first introduced.  Create Space didn't seem to think this too unusual and the young man I spoke with told me exactly how to submit it with these inserts.  Her artwork is somewhat anime, and much of what I've seen looks like a graphic novel.  If you visit my facebook page at Lisa Frank Sinnock, you'll see some of her work in my photos.

Wendy is also working with her daughter on a video trailer for Crows.  One thing at a time...  I'm like a dog with a bone.

I have one last scene I'm working on.  It was something I carried in my imagination, like an afterthought.  After writing it, I feel certain that it belongs, but now I have to juggle scenes to make sure it fits in the right spots.  It's sort of like doing a puzzle with the same image on both sides.  You have to find the right side and then the right piece and then the right angle.  But this is the last little bit.  Once Alicia and Wendy are done with the art work....wow.  It's ready to submit.

My main reader is now sending me chapters to read for him.  But that's a subject for another post.

Writing is a journey...

...and the journey is your destination.

I have completed Stoning the Crows.  I'm running through the last edit before I send it to the team of editors.  The cover art may be complete by this coming Tuesday.  I'll need to wait a bit for the graphic inserts to be completed.  Maybe a couple of weeks.  My son's girlfriend is drawing anime inserts for certain scenes.  She is very good.  The cover art is amazing - I can't wait to share. 

There is a certain sense of accomplishment that rides this last wave.  But I do believe that the joy is in the journey.  I can hardly wait to accomplish the next one. 

My next project is called "The Sheepdog Journal" and is likely nearly ready to publish.  I just need to change any references to location or people so that the cops I've ridden with will not have their safety jeopardized.  Or their jobs...but enough about that.

At the end of this journey begins another one...