Wattpad Wednesday!

It's Wednesday! That means I've posted a new piece to my Wattpad account!
Wattpad is a great site for writers and readers. If you haven't already checked it out and created an account you should.

Today's piece is a very short story I wrote. If I get enough positive comments on it I'll consider making it a full length piece. It's a bit intense as well.

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Wattpad Wednesday!!!

It's time for Wattpad Wednesday!

Today I posted a very short story about a double suicide attempt. I know it's a heavy subject matter.
If I get enough positive feedback and requests I would consider making this a longer piece.

Check it out here and please follow me on Wattpad! Create an account!

Thanks and have a great day!

World Blog Hop!

This week I'm participating in the Writing Process World Blog Tour. I was invited by author Krysten Lindsay Hager. Krysten is the author of True Colors, a YA novel published by Astrea Press.  

For the blog hop all authors are answering the same 4 questions. So here we go! 

1. What am I working on? 

Well right now I'm working on two different books. The first is a Middle Grade book that my daughters have begged me to write for them. I usually stick to young adult contemporary stories. Those books my daughters can't read. So I'm working on a magical realism book that is turning out to be a lot of fun!

The other book I have is a YA contemporary drama. It's a bit darker than other things I've written so that's been interesting to explore. 

2. How does my work differ from others in it's genre.

Well a lot of that comes down to personal taste of the reader. I believe that my style of writing has a strong character hook. The type of lead character that you can relate to and connect with. I've been complimented on my use of dialogue so I believe that is a strength of mine. 

3. Why do I write what I do?

I love YA fiction. I loved it when I was in that age bracket and as a young adult. Once I read Sarah Dessen's Dreamland I was hooked. Part of me has just always felt a deeper connection to the lead characters in YA contemporary books. I love that in YA there is such a desperation in the characters. The intensity levels are so high. Your first love, first crush, first breakup, first time dealing with death or betrayal. The life of a teen is INTENSE and I've just always connected with that. 

4. How does my writing process work

I'm an all or nothing personality type in general and this carries over to my writing as well. I usually shoot to write a first draft of a novel in a month to two months. I'll sit down and have an hour writing session and try to bang out 2500 words. It's never a little here or a little there. It's also never sitting down each day at the same time to write each and every day. Nope. All or nothing! It's something I should probably work on! :) 

Thank you again so much to Krysten for inviting me on this blog hop!

Please take a moment to check out my latest YA book Heart on a String

You can take a look at my writing on my wattpad profile as well! 

Wattpad Wednesday!!

It's Wattpad Wednesday! What does that mean? Well it means I've posted some new writing on my Wattpad account!
Today I've posted chapter 2 of my book Heart on a String.
Click to link to my Wattpad account and the new chapter posted.
I look forward to you reading, voting, tweeting, sharing, commenting, following, obsessing over haha and all that good stuff! I look forward to interacting with you all!
Don't forget you can check out the full book on Amazon

Happy hump day everyone!!!

Tidbit Tuesday!

Hello!

Well today I'm just going to talk a little about what I have upcoming this week and what I hope my posting schedule will look like.

On Tuesdays I'll post a little update like I am now :)

On Wednesdays you'll be updated on "Wattpad Wednesday" where I'll post a link to my latest writing that I post on Wattpad. Click to link to my wattpad account and I'd love if you follow me there. If you are a fellow writer please leave me a comment there so I can check out your work!

Every other Thursday you'll see a link to my Youtube page for my latest video. I talk about writing, reading, my publishing journey and sometimes about organizing and Filofax :)

Finally on Friday you'll find a post called "Feature Friday!" where I will host a blog spotlight on another YA author! Look out for author Lisa Orchard who will be featured this Friday the 25th.

*If you are a YA author and would like to be featured on Feature Friday please email at susansoaresbooks@gmail.com and if you would consider returning the favor of a blog spot I'd appreciate it.

That's all for now folks! I've got writing to do! I'm 10K away from my July Camp Nanowrimo goal!