Happy Monday!
Guess what I have for you???
Another Historical Romance! Woo hoo!
LOL
I know, I know such shocking
behavior coming from a lover of Historical Romance...but what can I say, I love me those dark menacing Lords and feisty damsels
in distress and Of Love and Vengeance by Louise Lyndon promises to give me just what I need to satisfy that craving I have for a good romance.
But first let's hear from Louise on the ten things she didn't know about being an Author but now does.
10 Things I didn't know about being an Author
but now do…
1) Being an author
isn’t just about writing. I know that may sound bizarre to some people, but the
writing element is only one part of it (an important part, to be sure)!
2) You have to be
prepared to sell yourself. I’m not talking about selling yourself when you’re
pitching to an agent or publisher – I’m talking about what you need to do after
you’ve signed on the dotted line and you have a product (a book) and you need
to let the world know about it. It takes a lot of time and work – but it’s a
fun side to being an author. I really enjoy it.
3) That people are
actually prepared to part with their hard earned dollars to buy a story I’ve
written. Maybe it’s the insecure side of me coming out, but each time I learn
someone has purchased my book I still have a moment, ‘someone is actually
wanting to read something I’ve written?’ I still can’t believe it.
4) I didn’t realize
how frightening it would be to let my baby loose into the big, wide world. It
is nerve wracking to know it’s out there and I cannot control who reads it – my
editor was the only other person to have read the complete version of, Of Love
and Vengeance – now it’s available for all. I never realized how scared that
would make me.
5) Being an author
is a business.
6) How limited my
free time would become – I miss reading! Don’t get me wrong, I still read, but
not as often as I used to.
7) I always had
this fear that once I signed a contract the pressure to write the next book
would be too great – but NOPE – it’s as pressure free and BRILLIANT to create a
fictional world and characters as it has always been.
8) You not only
have to be creative, but you have to learn to be a business person/marketing
person/anything else to create a successful ‘product’.
9) I can have a
friend read my book and not hyperventilate at the thought.
10) I always thought
I controlled what my characters did – but the more I write I realize my
characters are the ones who control me and they use me to tell their story. Not
the other way around!
Thanks Louise!
Now on to the good stuff.
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Of Love
and
Vengeance
by Louise Lyndon
A
hardened Norman warrior, Lord Aymon has lived through atrocities no man ever
should. With the invasion of England over, all he wants is a quiet life and a
wife who will give him heirs and obey his every command. Instead, he finds
himself wed to feisty and outspoken Laila. But when she learns the truth of his
treasonous act, can Aymon count on her to keep his secret?
Excerpt
Laila heard them long before she saw them. Their angry,
frenzied shouts and thunderous roars filled her ears. With her hands tied
securely behind her, she was dragged up the lane toward Tyburn Gallows, where
she was to be hanged for a crime she did not commit. The mob sounded blood
thirsty. Large. Frightening.
There was no sign of Aymon. Or Hugh. Had they left her alone
to die?
Her chin trembled and her nails dug into her palms.
She suddenly fell to her knees and screamed until she tasted
blood at the back of her throat. She kicked out and tried to crawl free as her
hair was almost torn from the roots as she was pulled up and shoved along the
lane.
Her eyes burned with her tears.
“I am innocent!” Laila screamed.
They came around a corner, and that’s when she saw them.
There must have been a least two thousand men, women, and children, hungry for
her blood. And when they saw her, they erupted into a wild fever of roars and
cries for a slow and painful death. Their thirst had been piqued, and now it
must be sated.
Laila was shoved into the center of the clearing.
She glanced wildly around in a desperate search for Aymon’s
towering, bulky frame. She could not see him.
But what she could see was the Tyburn Tree. The gallows she
was to be hanged from. The executioner, hooded, stood beside the tree as he
waited patiently for her. Laila’s mouth suddenly went dry.
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Author Bio
Louise grew
up in country Victoria, Australia, before moving to England, where for sixteen
years she soaked up the vibrancy of London and the medieval history of England.
She has since returned to Australia and now lives in Melbourne.
She has been
writing the moment she picked up a copy of Diana Gabaldon's first Outlander
novel twenty something years ago. She thought to herself, 'this is what I want
to do' - not travel back in time, but become a novelist! She has always had
snippets of dialogue and scenes floating around in her head with characters
screaming at her to bring them to life.
In 2013,
Louise won first prize in the Crested Butte Sandy Writing contest – Historical
category for her story, The Promise, which is now called, Of Love and
Vengeance.
When not
writing, she can be found covered in mud, crawling under barbed wire and
hoisting herself over twelve foot walls - under the guise of competing in
Spartan races all over Australia.
Where can you find Louise???
Email~ louise_lyndon@yahoo.com
Pinterest ~ http://www.pinterest.com/llyndon3513/
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Thanks for stopping by today Louise and the best of luck with Of Love and
Vengeance.
Cheers,
Cheers,
Nancy
Nancy, thanks so much for hosting me today! It's so great to be here! Now, as I'm in Australia it means due to the time difference I'll be unable to respond to comments straight away. But I will be checking in ASAP.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome Louise.
DeleteAnd no worries, answer when you can.
Nancy, thanks so much for hosting me today! It's so great to be here! Now, as I'm in Australia it means due to the time difference I'll be unable to respond to comments straight away. But I will be checking in ASAP.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the ten things.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rita!
DeleteReally tense and exciting excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThanks, MomJane!
DeleteI like your list of 10 things about being an author. I wonder, do you have that list printed up so you can hand it to people who say 'oh, I could write a book too'? Kind of gives them an idea of what they are really in for and unless they know what they are doing, they might as well hang it up now.
ReplyDeleteI like your way of thinking! I should have added a number 11 - trying to write, do the business side of writing, AND having a full time job - damn near impossible! I have huge respect for those who do all that AND have kids as well.
DeleteWhen people say to me - oh, I could write a book I always say, so what's stopping you. And when they say, oh I could write a romance how hard could it be? Then picture clenched fists and knuckles turning white!
Great list things you've learned.... Kinda makes me happier to be a reader not a writer. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love being a reader but I absolutely love being a writer - admittedly I like the creative side a little more than the business side - but all in all - I love it!
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