Thursday, March 11, 2010

Beta Club--My Turn on the Chopping Blog!


Sorry for the horrible joke, but I start thinking in puns when I get nervous. ;)

Roni's Beta Club is back this Thursday with my own excerpt from STRINGS. I'm excited to see what she thinks, but as always, the more the merrier, lol!

This is the novel whose MC I referenced in yesterday's post, Mara. She can be hard to like, and that's putting it mildly. I'm hoping readers will see her more like a train wreck or some other accident they're unable to look away from. ;) Roni was sweet enough to dig up the above photo of a vardo like the one Mara lives in, which I hope will help clear up some initial confusion as to setting. She's awesome.

Roni's Beta Club has introduced me to a number of bloggers I'd never seen around before, and--of course--also introduced me to their characters. It's been really fun so far, reading the work of others and thinking critically about it in a way that makes me think about my own work, so I hope others are enjoying it as much as I am.

Julie Dao tagged me earlier this week with a meme, so stay tuned for that tomorrow!

10 comments:

Abby Annis said...

I posted about this today, too. I hope you get some good feedback. :)

Shannon O'Donnell said...

Awesome! I hope it's uber helpful! :-)

MeganRebekah said...

I'm heading over to read it now

Roni Loren said...

Thanks so much for submitting for the Beta Club! I really enjoyed your excerpt. And I'm glad I found the right kind of picture, lol. Hopefully, you get lots of helpful feedback today. :)

Susan R. Mills said...

I hope you get some great feedback. Can't wait to read it.

Tamika: said...

I'm heading over now! Yay!

Anonymous said...

Best of luck with the beta club! I know you'll do great. =]

Tere Kirkland said...

Thanks, y'all! I've got some really great feedback that I know will go a long way to making the story better.

Julie Dao said...

Awesome! I'm going over there to read!

Abby Annis said...

I have something for you on my blog. :)