The second edition of Surviving Deployment will be released this fall! I love the new edition’s cover, and I thought it would be fun to do a cover reveal! Over the next 5 days, I will add a clue to this page. So stop back to see the pieces of the cover come together!
Cover reveals are a fun way to engage readers and create excitement for a forthcoming book release.
In my roles as a book and magazine publisher, IBPA board member, and published author, I engage in many aspects of the business side of writing and publishing. In this new blog section, I'll share my perspective and ideas.
Jesse is a character in a book I’ve been working on for the past couple years. Actually, I haven’t been working on it lately; the story is stalled. Jesse is about to go on a life-changing quest. But he’s not ready.
Writers are vulnerable. We open the curtains and offer the world an intimate view. And if we get the lighting just right, anyone peering in will also see themselves in the reflection. Writers aren’t content with simply observing or even living life. We have to dig deeper, figure out why, get to the details then bring it all up a thousand notches to apply across humanity. We catalog the course of events, savor a good line of dialog, squirrel away nuggets of truth, and grow with our characters. It’s painful. Hard work. And necessary. Writers have to write.
Karen’s life experience is intertwined with her roles as a wife, mom, stepmom, writer, publisher, photographer, traveler, and woman of faith. All these elements tend to make their way into her blog posts.
“Writers have to write. It’s something deep inside us that pushes and pushes until we let it out. It’s part of the air we breathe, this need to make sense of the world around us and to somehow find the right words to express and influence the way we each feel and interact and love and live.”—Writing is Risky Business
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