Thursday, 4 October 2012

Interview With Jane LeBak




The Wrong Enemy is the story of a guardian angel who killed the child he vowed to protect, an action that should have landed the angel in Hell and instead gets him…a second chance?

And it’s not a ‘second chance’ guarding a popcorn stand at the circus, either. Tabris is assigned as co-guardian over a ten-year-old girl, alongside an angel who absolutely doesn’t want Tabris anywhere near that child for fear it will happen again. The only one who does seem to want Tabris around is a demon who’s making a full-court press for him to leave the God who set him up to fail, and Tabris isn’t sure the demon’s wrong.


I met Jane over a year ago when we became agent siblings. Taking the road to publication with her has made all the difference in my mental health. She's hilarious, a real smarty pants, and a good ear. She's also a regular contributor on Querytracker. Check out her website here.

Jane, without her Yankees cap.



What inspired you to write THE WRONG ENEMY?

Way-back-when, I went to bed thinking about my Seven Archangels stories, how all the angels have wings of one color, and I said to myself, "What would an angel look like with two colors?"

And then....I saw him. In my mind's eye, there he was, with green and brown wings... but looking absolutely devastated, and so help me I sat up in bed thinking, "What happened to you?!"

In the next instant, I knew it: he'd killed the child he'd been guarding. He'd killed the child, and been tried, and been found guilty, and now he'd been put on probation and incomprehensibly made to guard a second child -- and he was just so heartbroken.

I finally curled back up under the blankets, but I couldn't get him out of my head. Not that night, and not the next day. I didn't want to start writing a novel right then (it was the beginning of the semester, and I'd just finished writing the manuscript that would eventually become Seven Archangels: Annihilation) but every time
I walked around campus, or when I washed the dishes, or when I was waiting for class to start, I'd find myself working out the story of this sad, sad angel. Eventually I cracked (during finals week) and ended up writing thirty pages a day while taking exams. I finished the novel about four weeks later. That was the first version. I needed to know what would happen to him.

Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

I didn't start with one in mind, no. You could find messages about trust and self-forgiveness if you wanted, but my intention as a writer was to get that angel into a safe place.

What was the hardest scene to write (no spoilers!)?

The final scene, oddly. I was about three pages from the end and couldn't finish it up. Eventually I realized the problem wasn't actually there, but about sixty pages earlier, so I went back and fixed that scene, and then the book ended itself.

Which character do you relate to the most? Why?

Tabris and Rachmiel are the two main characters, and I find I relate to both of them and the duality they inadvertently create. They've each got a strong sense of duty, but they express it differently. Rachmiel is all emotion and Tabris is all bridled emotion, and somewhere in that dynamic tension I think you can find me.

Outside of family, what was the greatest support while you wrote this novel?

Knowing so many people believed in me: my friends from college, my professors, my family, and James (who eventually became my husband, and who looked over the version of the first chapter and told me to keep going.)

Do you have any advice for other writers?

Learn to think others' thoughts. Learn to put them on and take them off again. This is the writer's version of stereoscopic vision: you can't write realistically until you can step behind someone else's eyes and see their world exactly as they do, then step out again to see your own vision. The best writers would be able to see both, with all their subtle differences, at the same time.


FAST FIVE

What did you have for supper last night?

Taco night! Woohoo!

 Is there an actor who you think looks like your MC?

Not so much, no, but I don't watch many movies.

Vanilla or chocolate?

Vanilla.

 As a little kid, what did you want to be be when you grew up?

At age three, I wanted to be a paleontologist.

Last book you read.

Live And Let Fly by Karina Fabian

Thanks, Jane!

Now here's a sneak peek at THE WRONG ENEMY. Feast your eyeballs on beginning of the first chapter.


Raguel waited at the back of the Judgment Hall to hear the verdict passed on the boy's soul: Heaven. He nodded as he registered the word, but without rejoicing as he should have. Based on the expressions of the other witnesses, neither was anyone else. Half the angels in the room watched the boy as he leaped in delight and hugged the angel at his side, but the larger number studied the angel who stood at the back of the hall, Tabris.           

Tabris had not reacted to the echoing verdict. Staring only at the chains binding his wrists and securing him to the floor, he stood like a horse at a hitching post. Only once did Raguel see him look up, struggling for a glimpse the boy before the other angels crowded into his line of sight, but then they'd taken the boy away, and Tabris said not a word.  

Two Archangel guards flanked Tabris, one wearing a thousand-mile stare and the other struggling against grief. Everything about their posture read duty to Raguel, broadcast without words in their alert stance, the readiness of their weapons, and their raised chins. Between them, Tabris seemed smaller, slumped, his two-toned wings drooping until they touched the floor. With a shudder, Raguel realized at least one of the guards had probably been his friend.           

They had no idea how to act. And rightly so. Angels didn't usually take one of their own into custody.


THE WRONG ENEMY is available on October 5th! But you can preorder it here http://tinyurl.com/jlebakt. For every preordered copy, a dollar goes to Heifer International.

You can also add THE WRONG ENEMY to your Goodreads list here.

Monday, 1 October 2012

Once Upon A Time, Episode 1, Season 2, "Broken"

Or better title, “Awkward!”



Things aren't looking good for re-election.
photo credit, ctv.ca
A line up of horses along Central Park suddenly get spooked by a dark haired stranger in a suit.

Hmm...a Sleepy Hollow connection perhaps?

We follow the 'mystery guy' as he takes the subway to his small apartment. How small is it? It's so small when he puts the key in the door, he breaks the window.

Ba-dump-bump!

A pigeon lands on the window sill and leaves him a post card beside his rotary telephone. Rotary phone! What is this, the 1970's?

But that's not important. What is important is that the postcard is from Storybrooke. Only one word is scrawled across the back in bold letters

AWKWARD.

Ha! Ha! Sorry, the word is BROKEN.

And this is a perfect example of why prologues are unnecessary. I'll explain at the end.

Two horsemen gallop across a barren plain and enter a thorn covered palace to find Sleeping Beauty.

The first horseman, a lovely chap who reminds me of Schmexy, gives her true love's kiss—completely expected, yes? She awakens and calls him Phillip, then the real kissing begins.

The second horseman, still unidentifiable under a mask and helmet, feels AWKWARD watching them make out, and sneaks off to explore the castle.

In Storybrooke the purple haze has lifted. David and Mary Margaret, now enjoying life together as the royal couple, reunite with Red and Granny and the dwarfs. I recognize Grumpy and Sneezy, but there's a guy someone put a big floppy purple knit cap on. Let's assume that dude is Dopey.

I'm starting to feel a little dopey and it's only the first five minutes of the show.

Emma shows up and things get AWKWARD as they realize they're a family. Henry runs up and calls David, Grandpa!

Remember Henry? He was on his death bed, in his pyjamas two minutes ago.

*rubs temples*

For what it's worth, if I were David, I'd go find August Wayne Booth and beat the crap out of his useless wooden butt for leaving baby Emma at the orphanage.

And since we all need reminding, the Blue Fairy shows up as the Head Nun, to warn everyone that even though magic should never be in Storybrooke, things are complicated now.

Wouldn't it be really weird to see something that's usually the size of a bug, one day show up as big as you? Think about that the next time you see a spider.

Dear ABC,

Changing the rules halfway through the story is not only unfair to the viewer it's also AWKWARD.

Emma tells her expanding family that since the spell isn't broken, meaning they haven't been transported back to fairy tale land, that the Evil Queen had nothing to do with the purple fog, and that honor probably rests with Mr. Gold.

Mr. Gold and Belle are spending some quality time in the woods by the well catching up on all the news that's been happening in the last twenty-eight years. When he learns the Evil Queen is the one responsible for her imprisonment, he's outraged.

Belle gives him an ultimatum to never kill the Queen and asks him to turn his back on magic.

He promises, but we all know where this is going.

The nameless people who make up crowd scenes, form a posse and parade toward Regina's house. Dr. Hopper, appeals to their conscience and counsels Emma and the gang to stop the angry mob.

Why? Because Rumpelstiltskin needs an adversary, of course.

At Sleeping Beauty's castle, the masked horseman discovers a hidden chamber, but mistakenly releases a wispy black demon that looks like the love child between a Jawa from Star Wars and a Dementor from Azkaban.



Jawa
photo credit, flickerfilm.net

Dementor
photo credit, harrypotterwikia.net












But the horseman is very skilled with the sword and manages cut away it's dangling amulet, sending it screaming off into the sky.

Mr. Gold takes Belle to his shop. While he pretends to be getting new clothes for her, he secretly puts on gloves, unlocks a cupboard, and retrieves a golden box. He unlocks it, and takes out *GASP* the very same amulet that the Dementor-knock-off had been wearing.

The angry mob arrives at the Mayor's house with Dr. Whale in the lead.

Remember him? He's the guy without a fairy tale identity...yet.

Regina steps out and tries to unleash some magic on the blood thirsty crowd, but nothing happens. She is powerless.

Let me repeat that, she has no magic.

Emma and her parents bust up the party and take her to the jail house. Once safely behind bars Regina tells them fairy tale land no longer exists...suckas!

They storm out, leaving the room completely empty for Mr. Gold to rush in and confront her about kidnapping Belle.

Geez, didn't they see each other in the hallway?

With lightening speed, he grabs Regina's hand in his gloved one, and presses the amulet into her palm. She recognizes it and gets super scared.

Sleeping Beauty and Phillip see the black demon fly away, he picks up the amulet. The second horseman takes off the helmet and mask and reveals herself to be Mulan—a Disney Princess, thank you very much...even though she doesn't get as much swag as Tinkerbell, who by all definitions isn't even a Princess.

photo credit, fanpop.com

Sleeping Beauty listens to how the beautiful Mulan and Phillip have become awesome pals in their adventures together, and is so grateful Phillip had a friend—actually no, she's totally jealous, and I confess I'm rooting for Mulan.

Mulan fills in the plot nicely and tells us the creature she just battled kills it's prey by sucking their souls. *cough* dementor *cough*
Sleeping Beauty is scared so Phillip gives her a big long kiss. But uh-oh, we see the amulet has left him with a black mark. Soon, the Dementor, black demon, will come for him.

That or he'll be cursed to sail on the Black Pearl and meet his death at the hands of a sea creature.

Mr. Gold takes his Rumpelstiltskin engraved dagger, and stabs the amulet, calling for the 'dark one.'

I can't keep up with all the villains on this episode.  

photo credit, filmedge.net
Regina, a split second later, sees a mark seared into her palm. Cue Jack Sparrow.

Mary Margaret and Grampa David talk to Emma about their decision to abandon her as a baby. Mary Margaret tries to tell her that they did it to save her and give her a better life.

Emma says she doesn't feel like she belongs because she's spent her whole life alone, and that she would have wanted to be cursed if it meant growing up with them. Mary Margaret can't think of anything to say.

AWKWARD.






Mulan advices Phillip and Sleeping Beauty to set up camp in the spookiest part of the forest. Phillip wastes little time, telling Sleeping Beauty how much he's missed her and gives her another big smooch. And then predictably, he leaves for firewood while secretly crying.

Emma and her awkward parents arrive at Dr. Gold's shop asking for answers.

Because he usually gives it straight up. NOT.

Mr. Gold, doesn't even flinch. He coolly lists all the good stuff that has happened: ie, Emma met her parents, and Henry is alive.

Suddenly it's dark and car alarms start going off. Grampa David and Mary Margaret rush to the window as bits of Storybrooke blow around.

I'm thinking it's the StayPuff Marshmallow man from Ghost Busters.

Mr. Gold tells them not to worry, he's summoned the one thing that can rid them of the Evil Queen. They hardly find this reassuring, and they freak out and leave.

Okay, let's recap. Mr. Gold has magic, but the Evil Queen doesn't. Good, let's move on.

Belle comes out from behind the curtain calling his bluff on his promise not to hurt the Evil Queen. “You're still a man who makes wrong choices,” she cries. She takes off, ignoring his pleas for forgiveness.

Mulan and Sleeping Beauty start to argue when they realize Phillip isn't coming back. Mulan grabs her sword determined to help him fight off the Dementor-wanna-be. Sleeping Beauty runs after, saying she's just as useful in a fight, but two seconds later, she gets lost.

Inside the jail, the power flickers and the black demon disguised as a Dementor arrives to kill Regina.

Damn! If only she had some chocolate.

Expecto Patronum!

Emma and her parents show up and scare it off with a can of hair spray and a lighter.

Mary Margaret is so smart! I'm guessing delinquent dwarf showed her that trick.

Regina says it's no use trying to save her, the beast will be back.

Grampa David is like, 'huh, well...too bad. You're evil anyway.'

But Emma raises the stakes and reminds her dad, and us, that she made a promise to Henry to protect Regina.

It seems to me that Emma makes waaaaay too many promises to the wrong people.

Regina is hopeful and tells them there's a way to get rid of the demon, but they all have to go to her house.

Wow, I hope it doesn't involve magic because she doesn't have any...remember?

Her plan is to use Jefferson's Mad Hatter Hat to create the worm hole back to fairy tale land, which no longer exists, apparently.

Mulan is deep in the forest trying to pick up Philip's tracks. She's surprised when Sleeping Beauty shows up ridding a horse, getting up in Mulan's face with her new attitude, 'I'm-strong-and-pretty-too! Yo!' She then accuses Mulan of being in love with her fella.

Hey, I do too, he reminds me of Schmexy.

Back at the Mayor's house, Regina spins the hat on the floor as the others think it's a good idea to set the house on fire.

Mulan and Sleeping Beauty find Phillip and watch in horror as he gets attacked by the black demon. His soul and the Dementor look-a-like get sucked into the amulet.

Dear ABC,

Why do you keep killing off the cute guys?

PS Where is Jefferson? 

Amazingly, Regina is able to make the hat work!

Hooray for plot inconsistencies!

The purple vortex turns the the foyer into a wind tunnel making Emma look like she's in a shampoo commercial. The ripped-garbage-bag-wearing-monster shows up, and starts to get sucked into the vortex. But wouldn't you know it, Regina gets in the way at the last second. Emma, who never backs down from a promise, pushes her out of the way, and follows the demon into the void.

Mary Margaret gives a monologue about why she can't let Emma be alone again, and jumps in after.

Grampa David waits a second too long, and he ends up doing a belly flop on the linoleum.

Sleeping Beauty lays Phillip's body on her mattress. Mulan gives her the amulet that contains his soul.

It also contains the black demon, but we'll worry about that later, I guess.

Grampa David clutches the hat and demands answers from Regina. But she's had enough. She waves her hands—as if by magic, he's thrown against the wall as vines sprout from thin air and begin to strangle him.

Magic in Storybrooke is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

Henry arrives with Red, making Regina forget about killing his grandfather, and she puts on her happy face.

AWKWARD.

When he finds out she really, really, really, is evil, he gives her an awful ultimatum.

Bring back Emma and Mary Margaret, and until then, he's living with his Grampa David.

Burn!

Mr. Gold is spinning wool in a scene that's more ridiculous than awkward, when Belle comes walking back in. They recap that the monster has left the town and all seems peaceful again. She sees the chipped tea cup and gets all weepy. He tells her it's the only thing he truly cherishes.

Hold on, doesn't he have a son?

Then Mr. Gold tells her to leave because he's no good for her.

But Belle won't listen, she says that's the exact reason why she has to stay.

Okay, that totally flies in the face of the first reason she left, but hey, that's the way this show rolls. Besides, she's just a love sick girl newly escaped from the asylum.

Grampa David tells Henry not to be so glum because he will find them...he will always find them.

Maybe he should get Dr. Hopper's dalmatian and search the gold mine like they did in Episode 4. You know, the place that opens into fairy tale land?

Oh...never mind.

Mulan tells Sleeping Beauty that while she was asleep, the Evil Queen took everyone away to a different land, but for some reason their little corner of the kingdom remained. However, she warns her they must leave quickly. It's dangerous for them to still be so close to where the demon emerged.

Mulan moves away some of the wreckage and tells Sleeping Beauty that the thing that lies underneath is what caused all the destruction to their land. The camera pans down to show Emma and Mary Margaret lying unconscious.

Right...because they totally look like Dementors.

And this is the end where I'd like to talk about prologues. The opening sequence, while fun to watch, probably took a week to shoot and added absolutely nothing to the story. I'm sure once they introduce the mystery guy with the small apartment and the rotary phone again, we won't remember him.

Predictions for next episode.

Emma, Mary Margaret, Mulan and Sleeping Beauty will slowly assume the characteristics of the chicks from Sex and the City.

Someone will give Sleeping Beauty a nickname, probably me because I hate writing it out EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Grampa David will do a lot of walking around and scowling while accomplishing nothing.

Dr. Wells will continue to be ambiguous while thanking the producers for keeping him around while the research 'ambiguous fairy tale characters' on Google.

The mystery guy will turn out to be Bellfire. Who is Bellfire you ask? Click here to find out.

Monday, 24 September 2012

Top Six Best Things About Being On Crutches

I broke my foot a few weeks ago—nothing exciting, I missed a step, came down on the side of my foot and snapped the fifth metatarsal. It hasn't been too painful, but being dependant on crutches to get around has notably changed certain things.

Besides getting A LOT of writing done, there are some other unseen and pleasant advantages to hobbling around.


Me and my new best friends, Righty and Lefty. It's important to make sure your toe nail polish matches the color of your cast.

Top Six Best Things About Being On Crutches

1. People find me 62% more interesting, especially strangers and little kids.

2. In regards to the airport, I no longer have to wait with the able bodied schmucks. It's front of the line for me!

3. Everyone I come across suddenly turns into Carson from Downton Abbey, eager to wait on me by offering me drinks and a lap blanket.

Mr. Carson.
photo credit, townhallblog.com
4. I can't help but build up my upper body strength. This not only increases my chances of landing that deodorant commercial, but finally I stand a chance at the arm wrestling competition coming up at the Fall Fair.

5. People congratulate me for completing mundane tasks, making me feel like a frickin' genius. "Wow, you handled those stairs so well. You're really good with those crutches."

6. Each time someone asks how I hurt myself, is an opportunity to make up a fantastic story thereby increasing my 'genius potential' (see #4). So far I've taken down a purse snatcher, tumbled out of a sweet trick in the skate park, been the victim of sabotage from a jealous competitor during auditions for Dancing With The Stars, and of course the classic, 'banana peel on the sidewalk'.

Hopefully, I'll be hobbling around soon without Righty and Lefty, but until that day I guess I'll keep enjoying the perks.


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Thursday, 20 September 2012

Cover Reveal for ABANDON!!!!





seduced by power,
broken by control,
and consumed by love...

Vi has made her choice between Jag and Zenn, and the Resistance may have suffered for it. But with the Thinkers as strong as ever, the rebels still have a job to do. Vi knows better than anyone that there's more at stake than a few broken hearts.

But there is a traitor among them...and the choices he makes could lead to the total destruction of everything Vi has fought for.

Vi, Jag, and Zenn must set their problems aside for the Resistance to have any hope of ending the Thinkers' reign. Their success means everything...and their failure means death.

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Elana Johnson: Author of the Possession series, which includes POSSESSION and SURRENDER, and short stories REGRET (ebook only) and INSIDER INFORMATION (free!). The third and final book in the Possession series, ABANDON, is coming in June 2013.

Thank you to AToMR Tours for hosting this kick off!

Elana is running a Pinterest contest for the cover. She wants to get 500 pins (or repins) over the next two days. If we can get that many, she'll pick someone who pinned the cover to win a $50 Amazon gift card.

It's so easy to do this. All you have to do is click over to Elana’s blog for details.

Yay! Elana!

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Reader Appreciation Award

 
I was nominated for a Reader Appreciation award. Whoo! 
 
I want to thank Meredith Joyce for this unexpected honor. Check out her awesome blog here.
 
In order to participate in this award, there are a few rules that must be followed.  

- Identify and show appreciation to the blogger who nominated you
- You must add the reward logo to your blog.
- Tell your readers 7 things about yourself.
- You must nominate 5-10 of your favorite bloggers for this award.
- Inform your nominees that you nominated them.

7 things about me:

1. I'm totally lazy and instead of listing seven things I will send you here and here.

And finally, for my nominees (in no particular order!)
 
Laura Marie is a writer and a singer. She writes short stories and is working on her first novel. She also has one of the prettiest blogs around.
 
Donna Hosie has a YA urban fantasy novel on amazon and always has a new post up every week. Check her out here.
 
Christina dos Santos not only has a cool name to say but she's almost finished her WIP! Hooray. Stop by and give her some love.
 
Jessica Salyer is a writer and also loves THE PRINCESS BRIDE. That makes her cool in my books.
 
Jane LeBak is my agent sibling and has a book coming out September 28th. THE WRONG ENEMY. She's witty, a regular contributor to Querytracker, and blogs about how to juggle family life with writerly obligations like deadlines and cover design. I can only wish I had these problems.

So I spread my appreciation out to these wonderful ladies, and to bloggers everywhere!

 

Friday, 14 September 2012

I Wave The White Flag

I'm usually a pretty upbeat kind of chick. My motto is, "Hey, it could always be worse." It could also be a whole lot better, but that's not my style.

Most of my posts deal with getting through the yucky times of publishing. You know, the constant rejections, the feeling no one will ever, EVER publish your book, and how everyone else on the planet is not only getting book deals, but movie rights as well.


That's it! I'm outta here.
photo credit, ereads.com
It's enough to make a girl rethink her motto.

*Le sigh*

This week my cheery outlook has been challenged, but that's what makes you stronger, right?

Well, actually no.

I've been mucking around in a gloom of submission for sometime...one book is clocking in at over a year—that's a lot of waiting for nothing to happen.




Also, I've been laid up with a broken foot, hobbling on crutches, and spending most of my time on the couch. It's been great for my Pinterest boards, but it's also allowed me to reflect on my specific goals for writing.

Why do I want to write?

Because I love creating characters and sharing those stories makes them real for others.

Why do I want to be published?

Because more people would read my stories, plus I might get more twitter followers.

What is the best thing about being on submission?

Knowing there is a chance I might get published, therefore more people will read my stories.

What is the worst thing about being on submission?

Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Rejection. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Rejection.

I want my stories to be read, not stuck in someones in box for another year.

So, I'm taking a break.

I'm turning away from my e-mail.

I'm raising the white flag.

I will be wattpad's best contributor.

I will write more. And I will share more.

No more waiting.

Enjoy the stories...


Sunday, 9 September 2012

Best Ways To Survive Submission

Okay, just to clarify, this is NOT the kind of submission in Fifty Shades of Grey, but thanks for stopping by the blog anyway.

Submission is when you and your agent agree that your novel is in the best shape possible for editors to brood over its lovely pages. It's also a lot like being at a high school dance wishing the cute guy on the other side of the gym would notice you.


*Giggles*
photo credit, clarification.blogspot.com

At first, it was exciting to have people who are in charge of turning stories into real books, reading MY story.

Then the rejections came. But that was okay, I told myself, it's a subjective business, right?

Then months passed.

Then the calendar year turned.

Um...all right. Let's buckle down and send out another story.

Then more rejections came.

Then more months passed.

See the pattern?

Each path to publication is different. Mine feels like it's uphill and in the dark. And even though I realize my path may not end with a book deal, I keep moving forward—mostly because I'm a sucker for a happy ending.

Incredibly, after all this time, whenever the phone rings my first thought is that @rivetingrosie is calling with amazing news!

I still hit emotional potholes of doubt along the way. I've posted about it here, and here. But I've learned a valuable lesson while being on submission these many eons—It doesn't matter if you think you'll never be published or if you're the next J.K. Rowling...rejections still roll in.

And I've discovered it's more fun to dream while I wait.

Here are the top five things that help me survive submission.

1. Instead of waiting for a book deal to celebrate, treat yourself each time you get a rejection. It doesn't have to be expensive or elaborate, just enough to make you smile.

2. When you're reading the latest deals in Publishers Marketplace, remember all of those success stories were years in the making. Did you hear that? YEARS.

3. Keep writing. The best decision I recently made was to enter a short story contest on  @GeekChic42's website. Creating a story with a beginning, middle, and end in less than 1000 words, was an excellent exercise. Also, I discovered I love making book covers and trailers.

4. Step away from the computer. Engage in the life around you. Family and friends are the best balm after a rejection and they're a reminder your happiness shouldn't only be determined by your writing successes.

5. Cupcakes. See number 1.

And here is the bonus.  DREAM BIG!

So hold the shampoo bottle while reciting your Oscar speech for 'Best Screen Play' in the shower. Create a Pinterest board with actors who will star in the movie adaptation of your book. Smile secretly when the guy at Starbucks looks exactly like your MC's love interest. And always, ALWAYS pick up the lucky penny you see on the sidewalk.

Consider New Radicals, "You Get What You Give", substitute 'music' with 'stories' you've got the perfect writer's anthem.

What are some tips that help you through submission?

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