Bobette Bryan's News
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December 31, 2011
Happy New Year
Happy new year! Let's hope the year ahead is a good one.
With the new year upon us, I felt that it was high-time to update this page. I haven't done so in a while, because I've had nothing new to report. I'm still working on my novel, Painter of Dreams, striving to grow as a writer, and running ButterflyWebGraphics.com.
I have big plans and much hope for 2012. I pray that Painter of Dreams will finally be available. As many of you know,
I wrote it when I was only 23. I put it aside due to other responsibilities, chief among them the many years I worked at PassionUp. I didn't return to novel writing until last spring when I wrote a Christmas romance, and then I started editing Painter of Dreams, and another old novel, Rose on My Pillow.
This has all taken so much more time than I ever imagined it would. I thought I'd have all three novels done by Christmas, but Painter is still not ready. I'm a third of the way through another edit right now. Rewriting something I wrote so long ago has been exasperating at times as I've changed, and my style has changed. Sometimes I despair as it seems like the novel will never be done, but even in the face of frustration and days of pure black funk, I remain dedicated to the task. And I feel that I've grown tremendously during the past nine months, and I'm happy with the way that Painter of Dreams has shaped up. Though the plot has never changed, I've added more color and character depth, yet the story still has incredible immediacy. I'm pleased about that.
Still, I've decided that, I'll not rush this novel. So I'll not announce a publication date at this time.
I'll update this page when the novel is available.
Wishing you a bright new year,
Bobette Bryan
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June 17, 2011
A Crazy Quilt
I'm still working on Painter of Dreams. I work twelve to fourteen hours a day. Part of that time is often not spent writing or editing, but researching the time period I'm writing about and even just taking some time away from my keyboard and pondering various aspects of the story or talking it over with my husband or sons.
I didn't like something about the first three chapters and have refined them. I've adorned parts with more color and greater depth. I even, heaven forbid, added new parts to this already huge novel. My husband is not happy about this, but I intend to rewrite the novel to my satisfaction, or at least until I'm hauled off, kicking and screaming, to the loony bin.
Even on the worst days when I'm nearly frustrated to tears or in the deepest, blackest funk, I have confidence that I'm on the right path.
My growth during the past few months has also slowed progress. I see flaws and weaknesses that I didn't see before. The very way that I express myself has altered to become less Hemmingway-like and more Baroque. I need to cap this tendency to add ornamentation to some degree as I don't want to staunch the rapid flow of the story, which, other than my ability to create strong emotion, is one of my greatest strengths. And now as I edit sections, I have the difficult task of trying to stitch my altering writing styles together. At times it seems like I'm piecing together a crazy quilt.
I break away from it all with my 3D art, which I've been doing for six years now. It's truly a blessing in my life. I'd be lost without it. For the past two days, I've been rendering an adorable mice family that I'm anxious to share with my subscribers.
And I eagerly anticipate the day this novel is finally done and will let you know when I get there.
Bobette Bryan
Coming Soon!
I'm currently working on the final edit of Painter of Dreams. It will be available very soon, probably mid-July, maybe earlier. I'm anxious to share it, but, at the same time, I don't want to rush it.
I'll keep you updated on my progress.
I don't have much else to report, because I work around the clock, writing/editing three novels at once. It's trying, to say the least, but I love what I do. I'm also having to make sure that the timeline and details of all three stories meld smoothly with each other since they're related. That means that I have to check dates, etc. very carefully.
I've also found that though I know a lot about the Victorian era, that I didn't know nearly enough. So I've spent a lot of time doing research this spring. Eventually, I plan on going to the Newport News/James River area, where my latest novel takes place.
I've thought a lot about putting an excerpt of my novel on this site, but I decided to register the copyright first. Why? Because, I recently read about a popular romance novelist, who'd published over 100 best-selling books, all of which were chock-full of plagiarized material she'd stolen from other books, poetry, and material she'd found on the internet. In fact, she'd ripped off my aunt Bonnie (now deceased) in the 1990s. Maybe these things are rare, but a lot of my work has been stolen over the years, and so, I want to be on the safe side.
Bobette Bryan
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May 6, 2011
Anniversary
It's already May 6th. Wow! I need to update Butterfly soon with the fairy package I mentioned in my previous post. I'm going to divide the faes into two packages, because it has taken me so long to render them, and I'm still not finished with the blue version.
Yesterday, I was off of my computer most of the day, because it was my 30th wedding anniversary. In celebration, my husband and I went to a Brazilian restaurant called En Chamas Brazilian grill. They have what are called "passadors" who bring various succulent meats, which are slow roasted over a wood fired grill, to the table throughout the meal. They carve it directly onto the customer's plate. It's a different experience, and the food is delicious.
Well, I still haven't returned to editing Painter of Dreams. I've tried to break away from my new novel but can't. I'm so in love with it that I can't stop thinking about it. And, I guess I'm afraid that if I quit working on it, the magic in me will die. That magic is the thing that keeps a writer enthralled enough to write despite anything else happening in the writer's life. I'm not sure what it is about the story that fascinates me so much. Maybe it's a combination of things, but I don't want to leave the world I created.
Despite the diversion with the new novel, I still hope to make my summer deadline for Painter of Dreams or Rose on my Pillow and will you posted about my progress.
Bobette Bryan
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April 17, 2011
Fairy Graphics
Wow, April is almost gone. I'm still working on my novels--still working on the new one. I've been unable to break away from it, because I like the story and am enjoying working on it so much. I'm going to put it aside this weekend, however, and get back to editing, Painter of Dreams. I think the short reprieve has been good for me.
I'm also working on some beautiful fairies for Butterflywebgraphics.com--though they're taking a while, because they have long render times. I've posted a couple of full-size images if you'd like to see them. I'll also create some in cooler colors. Feel free to use them as wallpapers if you'd like to.
Light Fairy 1
Light Fairy 2
Bobette Bryan
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April 25, 2011
A Christmas romance novel
I haven't posted in a few days, because I'm still editing. I can't begin to tell you how hard it is for me to edit a novel I wrote over 20 years ago. My writing style has changed so drastically since then, and yet, since the novel is so dear to me, it almost seems sacred, and so something inside me fights against changing it. At times, it's maddening. Editing is frustrating anyway. To me, the fun lies in creating.
Anyway, I got frustrated editing Painter of Dreams and decided to put it aside for a couple of days while I work on a new story idea. I honestly couldn't help it. The new story took over and has consumed me, heart and soul. I've written 13000 words of it since Friday and would doubtlessly have written more if not for the interruption of Easter. And though I don't have a title, I have the whole story in my head.
I'd wanted to write a short Christmas romance story, and I had this other romance story idea, and so I've combined the two to create, what I hope will be a romantic Christmas novella--a novella is about 50,000 words and 200 pages. However, I've never been able to write a short romance story, so we'll see how long it is in the end. If it turns into a novel, well, that's okay too.
I'm also tying the characters in this story in with my other two, and I like that idea too.
Brandon Hawthorn from my first novel, Painter of Dreams has a shipping packet between Liverpool and New York and a dream to put his steam engine design into operation. Derrick Devlin, from Rose on my Pillow, invests in the company, along with his brother, Jarrett, from my third novel. Hopefully, all three of these stories will be available at Amazon by Christmas.
I also found a German artist who does the covers for large publishing houses. Her work is breathtaking! I love it, and I'm going to have her create a cover for the new novel. In fact, I hope to have her create all of my covers in the future. I need to come up with a title on the latest story so that I can have her start working on it.
Now that I've announced my determination to self-publish my romance novels, I've become a pariah again. I've found myself snubbed by some of my writer friends. Ha, ha! But the truth is, I don't care who likes it. I'm making the most of what I see as a major opportunity, and it will allow me to share my work with my readers much faster than if I went the traditional mode with a print publisher. And I don't need anyone's approval--except for my readers, and I'm confident that they will love these stories as much as I do.
Bobette Bryan
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April 17, 2011
Painter of Dreams Cover Art
I've made tremendous progress these past few days, but I still have a zillion things to do. I've felt so overwhelmed. I need to learn how to format a manuscript for the Kindle, edit my novel, Painter of Dreams, at least two more times, and I want to redesign this website in a way that will help promote my books. I wish I could duplicate myself and put my other selves to work. Ha, ha!
There's also the issue of the cover art for Painter of Dreams, something which has been heavy on my mind the past few weeks, but, voila, I worked all night and came up with a cover that I like. You can see a small version of it on the index page.
Wow, I'm getting close to the finish line on this novel. I'm so happy about that! I may actually get three novels up on Amazon by Christmas. That would be great. I say this, because in going through some of my old manuscripts, I came across another novel, which fascinates me. It's untitled right now and in the rough draft/outline stage, but since the complete story is there, no plot holes, I think I could write it in a relative short period of time.
Bobette Bryan
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April 11, 2011
Still Editing
Editing is one of the most maddening things beneath the stars. I'd thought that I had the first chapter of Rose on My Pillow edited to my satisfaction, but when I skimmed it today, I saw two errors--a missing word and a capitalization that didn't belong there.
One of the problems is, that as the writer reads the manuscript, the mind often automatically corrects the errors, and they slip by unnoticed, especially missing words.
I also always write in single line spacing (as this helps me see more of the story at once) and will double space only when I'm done as per manuscript standards. For some reason, a lot of errors go undetected from the single line spacing.
Last night, when I was editing, I found this awful line in my manuscript, which has had me and my husband laughing:
He was on her heels as her slippered feet moved across the cool grass.
This is the kind of line that a writer strives to hunt down while editing.
On top of everything, I've complicated matters a bit, because I've added a couple of parts to the story. Oh! It seems like this will never be done, and I want it to be done so badly. I can't wait to share this novel and Painter of Dreams with my readers, and I have an idea for another one that I want to start working on--not to mention the several other novels that I wrote years ago.
I wrote a novel called, Song of the Gypsy, in the late 90s. It often flits through my mind. At present, it's nothing more than a chaotic stack of yellow paper. It's a supernatural romance novel with a murder mystery, and it has a complex plot with more holes than a donut shop. I'll be brave, indeed, if I summon up the nerve to tackle it. But, for now, I need to focus on these two novels.
Bobette Bryan
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April 09, 2011
Making Progress
Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long since I'd updated this page. I've been so busy, still hard at work on my novels. I finished the edit on Painter of Dreams and now I'm back to Rose on My Pillow and am halfway through that. After I'm done with this first edit, I'll return to the other novel for another edit. How long will this continue? I don't know. I only know that I'm making progress. I do think though that Painter of Dreams is closer to the finish line as Rose on My Pillow was merely a rough draft when I typed it in.
It can seem overwhelming, working on two novels at the same time, but, it's good too, because going from one to the other, gives me the ability to look at each novel anew during each edit. So much can slip by one's notice when working close on something.
One of my greatest problems during these edits is that I get into the story, and when that happens, I lose my ability to effectively edit it as I become a reader rather than a writer. Then I miss things. That happened last night, as a matter of fact, and so today, I'm going to have to back track.
I think I'll give both novels an out of order edit at some point to prevent this from happening. One of my writer friends told me that he edits from the last chapter to the first. Maybe I'll try that too.
P.S. I've been getting a lot of subscriber questions lately, asking for information about how to use Paint Shop Pro. I'm working 12-16 hours a day. I simply don't have the time to give lessons about using Paint Shop Pro. There are numerous tutorial sites online. I suggest a Google search.
Bobette Bryan
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March 31, 2011
Painter of Dreams
I'd announced a couple of days ago that I'd completed the first edit of my novel, Rose on My Pillow. The next day, I started editing my first romance novel, which I wrote when I was twenty-four years old, (I'm 46 now) Painter of Dreams. As I attempted to edit it, I got hooked on the story and read it until 3 AM in the morning--needless to say, I didn't do much editing, though I took notes about things that need improvement. The minute I got up today, I returned to it, and finished reading it a little bit ago. I cried when I did, because the ending is so wonderful, so touching, and it all came together so perfectly. I rarely cry about a movie or a story, but this story got me.
At first, I had doubts about the story and felt confused about whether it was worth editing as it's so old and so overwritten, (it's nearly 600 pages long) but now, there's no doubt in my mind that readers will love it. So I've decided that I will edit it and get it ready for publication.
I'm going to begin that task tomorrow. I'm very excited about it--more than I can possibly express.
I don't know which novel will hit Amazon first but will keep you updated.
Bobette Bryan
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March 30, 2011
First Draft Done
Yesterday, I finished the first draft of my novel, Rose on My Pillow. Yeah!
I came away from the first draft feeling that it's a good romance novel, funny, inspirational, and yet full of passion as well. I think readers will enjoy it. How many edits will it take to make it publishable? I don't know. We'll find out.
Before I start the next edit, I'm going to start editing another of my old romance novels, Painter of Dreams, which is my first romance novel, and see if I think I can do anything with it.
I'm also trying to put together some ideas for a possible romantic mini-series.
And today, I hope to get ButterflyWebGraphics.com updated with some adorable Easter Rabbits.
Bobette Bryan
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March 24, 2011
A Gift
I had an experience with a mouse today. I was working in my office as usual when my cat, Romeo, came into the room with a big mouse clamped between his teeth. I called for help. No one came. My sons were all downstairs watching television. Romeo decided it was high time to give me the gift, so he dropped it not too far away from me. It moved toward me. Screaming, I leapt from my chair, while, Romeo, alarmed by my reaction, reclaimed the mouse. I dashed out into the hall, hoping to flee from the terror, but Romeo followed me, mouse wriggling around in his mouth. More screams rent the air--all mine.
Finally, one of my sons came upstairs to investigate and saw Romeo with the mouse. He was about to take it from him, when Romeo, somehow sensing my son's intention, made a dash for the maid's stairway and disappeared into the darkness. No one followed him.
Instead, I took refuge in the kitchen and made a pot of coffee while my sons teased me mercilessly. When I returned to my office, I made sure the door was closed tight. A short while later, I heard Romeo's meows at the door. He no longer had the mouse. I don't know if he killed it or lost it, but either way, I hope I never see it again.
Things have since calmed down. Romeo is beside me, sleeping in his little bed. He's so cute and snuggly. It's hard to believe that he's a vicious killer.
Bobette Bryan
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March 24, 2011
The Unexpected
So far today, I've worked for ten hours on my novel. The writing is going well. I'm getting close to page 300 and just passed a pivotal part in the story. My male character did something unexpected, and different from the original draft, and I'm not sure what I think of it yet. I've decided to mull it over for a few days, knowing that I can always change it back.
And I updated ButterflyWebGraphics.com late last night with some new Easter backgrounds.
Bobette Bryan
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March 23, 2011
Hopeful
I didn't write much yesterday. My husband and I ran some errands yesterday afternoon--and we went to the bookstore so that I could do some research on the romance genre. We ate Chinese food at the mall, and afterward, I had a horrible arthritic/fibromyalgia attack. I had to come home and take it easy. I'd hoped that I would feel great today, but I awoke stiff, and I'm still having a lot of pain in my joints. Nevertheless, I'm going to try to get back to that novel today.
There was a major hole in the plot, and I thought of something to bring it all together, so now I'm even more excited about it, and I can't wait to get this draft done.
Bobette Bryan
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March 22, 2011
A Minor Miracle
I'm up late tonight, working on my novel. I didn't find the time to work on it much yesterday, but I accomplished something absolutely miraculous...
I got my federal and state taxes ready to file. I sat at my computer all evening pouring over numbers and forms until the wee hours of the morning. I even e-filed my son's taxes for him. Oh, and the best news of all, we don't owe anything this year. Yippppeeee! That too is reason to celebrate.
I confess that I still feel a little brain dead from it though. My brain cells will need a few days to recover from the assault.
Bobette Bryan
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March 19, 2011
The Healing Power of Art
I must not be getting enough sleep. I posted, essentially, the same information the past two days, and I didn't notice it until today. Ha, ha!
Today, my spirit is high. I'm anxious to get to work. But I wanted to drop by quickly and reassure the members of my graphics site, that I'm no less dedicated to ButterflyWebGraphics.com. No matter what the future holds, I'll continue to update the site as I always have. In fact, I can't express enough how much joy it gives me to break away from my writing to work on graphics. I believe that graphical art is good for the soul--I know that it refreshes mine. I can't recommend it enough. I think that everyone should take up some kind of art.
Bobette Bryan
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March 18, 2011
Rose On My Pillow
I'm at the halfway mark on my first edit. Yeah! I've also created the cover art for the novel. You can see a small version of it on the main page. I'm aiming at a summer publication date.
And I've finally come up with the title, Rose on My Pillow. I'd previously said that I was banging my head, trying to come up with a title. Then I woke one morning and realized that I have a ton of great titles already--my love poems. What's more, I can add an appropriate romance poem to each of my novels. So I sifted through my poems and decided that Rose On My Pillow is the perfect title for this novel, and I will, in fact, include the poem in the publication.
Now, I better get back to work as that novel awaits me.
Bobette Bryan
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March 15, 2011
Still Laughing
I've been struggling over the title of my novel. I'd originally titled it, Prisoners of Yesterday, but I decided that I didn't particularly like that titile. so for the past couple of days my family and I have been tossing title ideas out but came up with nothing I really liked. And then, when I woke up this moring, it hit me. I've written numerous romantic poems. I'll simply use one of those titles. What's more I add the poem to the novel.
I didn't put in too many hours writing yesterday.Hopefully, I'll be able to today.
Bobette Bryan
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March 15, 2011
Still Laughing
I put in 14 hours again yesterday on my novel. I'm up to page 120--the original has about 426 pages, so I'm about a quarter of the way there. My husband let me work as he knows how important this is to me right now and how urgent it is for me to get this novel ready as soon as possible.
Between that, ButterflyWebGraphics, and emails from friends, readers, and subscribers, I've been very busy and have gotten behind in my email. So if you've emailed me, I'm sorry that I've not responded. I just feel overwhelmed.
Butterflywebgraphics has been doing great. Business has been at an all time high the past month. I have an idea for Butterfly too, which may have great success, but I've not found the time to put it into action.
I'd previously said that I was laughing over the scenes in an old romance novel, well, last night I was laughing as I edited parts of the novel I'm working on--not because the romance scenes are silly, but because the story is funny. There's a lot of humor in this novel that I think will have the reader laughing and smiling. At the same time though, the romantic part of the novel is intense to say the least. I used to think that passion and humor couldn't be mixed in a romance novel, but I feel I've done it effectively in this novel and hope I can do it again when I write other novels. I'm surprised that this part of my nature came out in my writing way back in 94.
There's some humor in my first romance novel though, but it's a lot more serious--it almost seems like a tragedy. He, he!
Bobette Bryan
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March 14, 2011
Laughing
My husband is home for the weekend, so I was only able to put 6 hours into my novel yesterday, most of that before he woke up. But I'm making progress. I'm up to page 86. After I get the whole novel typed in, I'll need to edit it again, and again, and probably again.
In between edits, I'll probably start editing another novel. I haven't decided whether it will be a horror novel or another romance novel. Last night, I dug out my first romance novel that I wrote in the 1980s. I skimmed through it, noting that it's insanely overwritten with huge chunks of description, narrative, chapters full of people's thoughts. Ha, ha! I hate info dumps of any kind and the novel I'm working on now has very few, and I realize that it's a huge improvement over my first novel.
Check out this big descriptive dump from my first novel:
The mid-august heat swelled like a fiery boiler about to explode. The ever present humidity hung lifelessly in the air, combining with the miserable temperature to produce an atmosphere unbearable to man and beast alike. Those who’d dared to venture out on this scalding afternoon were quick to seek the sheltering cover of a shade tree. Those who sought refuge indoors threw open every window, hatch, and cranny in a vain effort to stymie the affect of the merciless heat. Streets fell silent, lacking the usual clatter of horse hooves as the majority of the city's equine and coach remained stabled or stalled in retreat of the stifling atmosphere.
Even the activity along the river had waned to a standstill. Longboatmen, flatboatmen, steamboat crews and members of any other craft, creature or conveyance sought comfort in the nearby taverns and alehouses. For them, relief came in the form of frosty steins as they awaited the break in the temperature that only sunset would bring.
In other words, it was hot. He, he!
Back in the 70s though, romance novels were written with a lot of description like that, and this trend followed into the 80s from some of the big names in romance like kathleen woodiwiss.
What's more, I found some of the sex scenes hilarious and laid on the bed laughing hard for a long time. My friends would tease me endlessly, especially Larry Tilander, if they read those.
So is that first novel fixable and publishable? I'm not sure, but I may as well give it a try as it does have a ton of passion in it, and long ago, I'd published an excerpt from it here and many people wrote to me and said they were enthralled with the story and couldn't wait to read the rest of it.
I'd submitted it to Avon Books years ago. The editor rejected it, (I can see why) but sent me a handwritten letter with suggestions--something an editor rarely does. And she wanted to see something else. I blew the opportunity though, because I started working for a greeting card company and didn't have time to work on a novel.
So now I'm reclaiming that old dream, dedicating myself to novel writing again, and I'm hopeful that I'll continue to make progress.
Bobette Bryan
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March 12, 2011
Still Working
Today I've worked more than 14 hours so far on my novel. I got up sometime between 3 and 4 AM and went straight to work. The day has gone much better than yesterday so I hate to quit for the day, and I'm so excited by the mere thought of getting this novel ready for publication.
A writer friend of mine is extremely tormented by life and mental illness--but he also has great genius and a good heart. He has sent me several long emails that are difficult to decipher. His problems are complex. I'm not sure how to help him or if I can. I think he needs to get on his medication. That would be the biggest help to him at present.
Such thoughts have filled my day.
Bobette
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March 11, 2011
A Minor Miracle
This morning, I almost lost the 50 pages I've rewritten on my novel. I was using Open Office and the program started bringing up error messages. So I closed it and tried to reopen the document. It was blank. It had completely wiped out my manuscript. Luckily, I'd copied and pasted it on a notepad text file for backup when I noticed that the program was going wonky or my work would be gone. What a relief! Something must have been watching over me.
I've put a couple of new poems on my poetry page. I've developed a bit of stage fright with my poetry, because every one seems to think my poems are about them. To my complete shock, one of my male online friends couldn't accept that they weren't about him. He called me a liar when I told him they are not. I wonder if other poets experience this kind of reaction.
Bobette
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March 10, 2011
Engagement
I'm up to page 43 of the romance novel I'm rewriting. My enthusiasm seems to roller coaster as I work on it. I'll encounter a flaw or some hole, get frustrated, and my optimism falters. Then a part will move me or make me laugh, and my enthusiasm soars anew. All will be going great when, out of the blue, I'll ask myself what in the hell I'm doing rewriting this old romance novel when I want to write literary novels. My mood plummets even lower when I tell myself that I'm whoring myself out to a mass market instead of writing something that's truly artistic.
At all times, however, I'm hooked on the novel and don't want to put it down.
I told my writer friend, Bruce Mayer, (AKA David Reese) about this, and he said something absolutely amazing that has made my whole day and may very well keep my mood high during the tough weeks ahead. He said: "If you're hooked the reader will without doubt be riveted. It's the tell tale sign of engagement."
Wow! That's an incredible observation. I ran this information through my skull again and again and failed to find a flaw in the logic. The reader will be engaged with the story, because I am. Why? Because it means the story is engaging. I'd never thought of that before, but it makes perfect sense. When it all comes down to it, engagement is what every writer hopes to accomplish--it's the most important thing to accomplish.
I feel enlightened. I'm so lucky to have Bruce in my life. He's such a brilliant man and dear friend.
Bobette
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March 7, 2011
Writing
I started rewriting an old romance novel that I wrote in 1994--seventeen years ago. I had written it on an old electric typewriter that I'd hauled home from my mother's secondhand store (no longer in existence). The novel is a mere rough draft, and there are plot holes that need fixing.
I spent most of the day working on it and got halfway through the first chapter. Trying to rewrite something that I wrote so long ago is frustrating, but it's coming along well so far.
It also conflicts with my current novel writing style as I wrote it in a very simple, clean style. Unsure about whether that would appeal to readers, I showed the first few lines to some of my family and friends. They all loved the way that it moves so quickly and jumps the reader into the story from line one. So I'll go with the original style.
I'm also thinking about changing the title. So I can't announce it right now.
As many of you know, I've written several novels. I'm going to rewrite them all. I hope to get at least two finished and published this year and make progress on the dark literary novel I started this spring.
I'd also written the first novel in a horror trilogy. That may be the next one I work on. I'll decide when the time comes.
Bobette Bryan
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March 7, 2011
Mardi Gras
I hope you all have a wonderful Fat Tuesday! I've put up two packages on ButterflyWebGraphics.com in celebration of Mardi Gras, some toon jesters and some awesome masks. So check them out. I'm not putting a link here, because of an issue I'm having with Google. I don't want to hurt Butterfly's traffic.
I'm rewriting an old romance novel, which will be available for you to purchase soon. I'll tell you more about it later.
I was working on a dark literary novel, but decided to rewrite this old one instead as I think I can have it ready for publication sooner, and I don't want to rush the literary novel.
Bobette Bryan
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March 4, 2011
Eureka
This is a joyous day! I'm dancing and singing! Yipppeeee! I'm posting this everywhere. Something great and miraculous happened. I figured something out that will change my future. It's the thing I've been searching for these past few years, the thing that will bring the passion back to my writing career. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
P.S. Mike it's not about him. Yes, he's trying--no, I won't let him!
Bobette Bryan
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March 1, 2011
Sick
I'm in bed sick today from a virus. I got it a few days ago. I got better for a few days, but now it's back worse than before. Perhaps it's yet another virus. My son, who's in college, brings them home from school.
Maybe I'll write some poetry this evening or read. I picked up Sylvia Plath's journal at Borders the other night, and I started reading it. I'm very sad that Borders is closing as are my writer friends.
Bobette Bryan
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February 26, 2011
Top Inspirational Card
This weekend I'm working on St. Patrick's Day cards and graphics for ButterflyWebGraphics.
I'm glad to say that my latest card, There is a God has become my top inspirationl card. In fact, it's my second most popular card right now.
Bobette Bryan
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February 24, 2011
Recovered
I added a new inspirational card to BobetteBryan.com. Here's the link:
There is a God!
Bobette Bryan
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