New website!!!

I’ve moved to KimKouski.com.  See you there!!!

When your characters rebel.

So the story is done and ready to go.  All I need is an agent and a publisher.  Oh, and the Marines would be nice too, if I can get them.  You see, my characters have done a good old fashion mutany on me.  

How to connect your blog to Twitter/Facebook

HA!!! Who said I’m not techy!!  Here’s a wonderful Youtube video for how to connect all the social media together.  Post here, get twitter automatically.  Cool, huh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0fgavapROg Now, let’s see if it works?

Links

I’m always looking for new friends with links.  If you want me to post your link, then let me know.  I just ask that you also post mine.  We’ll have tea and cookies.  You can sit next to Bessie, she loves making new friends, as long as they feed her.  ))

What do you think?

I can’t believe I updated this blog with all the wigets on the right side, yet I still have problems operating my VCR.  Sigh . . .

I’m so proud of myself!!

Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?? Not this old dog, that’s for sure!  Diane Eble, my new angel: http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.com/ had an interview with Cathy Perkins: http://www.thewordpressworkshop.com/ on how in the world to navagate these blogs.  She is having teleclasses in April and I certainly am wanting to take them. 

More Christian prompts

1)      An angel appears before Lucy. God needs her to do something very important, but dangerous and she could die.  Men will hate her and her family will turn from her.  What does he say to her? Does she do it?  What happens to her?

2)      Your character in your WIP buys a pet.  What does he buy?  What does he name it?  Have them interact.  What happens?

Twitter

As I said before I signed up for Twitter, then got away from it, and have come back again.  It seems PARNORMAL ACTIVITY used mostly Facebook and Twitter to promote their movie. http://kara.allthingsd.com/20091005/will-facebook-and-twitter-keep-paranormal-activity-from-turning-into-snakes-on-a-plane/ and it was a wonderful success.  They used Twitter and Facebook to push the movie and the “It scare me half to death” emails helped.  So maybe I too can use Twitter and FAcebook to promote the MEDALLION SERIES.   I found folks that love LORD OF THE RINGS and since my novel is similar to it, I followed those folks, then they follow me.  Sure it’s small, but I figure if these folks like LOTR, then maybe they would be interested in the MEDALLION SERIES. Maybe.  Maybe not.  But it’s a small start.  Don’t despise small beginnings.

Christian writing prompts

I’ve always wanted these, couldn’t find them, so I came up with my own.  Feel free to use them:

1)      Pick a character in the bible and describe his/her day.  What are his/her struggles, joys, frustrations, ect.  Write at least 500 words.  Can you make a story out of this? 

2)      Describe how a Pharisee saw Jesus standing on the steps of the temple.  What did he see and hear?  Use all the senses.

Answering the question, why won’t they publish my book????

I found these articles today about selling the novels and thought I’d share them.

First of all, let’s revisit the facts. Last year, more than 560,000 new books were published in the U.S. alone. About half of these were self-published or “print on demand” titles. In addition, industry experts estimate that there are another four million manuscripts completed that have not yet found a publishing home. That’s a lot of competition.http://michaelhyatt.com/2010/01/so-you-can%e2%80%99t-seem-to-land-an-agent%e2%80%94now-what.html

If you want to publish professionally, you may need to step it up a notch and treat it more professionally. That may mean investing more money and time. You’re not going to get free writing advice. You can attend writers conferences and workshops. You can read books about the craft of writing (not just about how to get published). You can look into the possibility of working with an editor to determine the issues in your writing. (Many freelancers offer a “manuscript evaluation” that’s pretty affordable.)http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2010/01/wake-up-and-smell-coffee.html

 I have to agree with both articles, if you’re not getting any bites regarding the guery, then go back to the drawing board.  Try to see the query from the agent’s pov. Are you being concise, to the point, showing not telling? Each time I get a rejection, I revamp the query and send it out again.  Hang in there and don’t give up.  Revamp, revamp, revamp and keep sending it out, perfect the craft of writing.  Kitty says Hi!! And feed me!!