May 17, 2016

I'm making slow progress with book #3, but I've come up with some great ideas and I look forward to using them. I'm about halfway done and I feel a lot better about this draft than the first one.

I've been reading a lot lately. I borrowed some of my sister's Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys from the '80s. Now I'm reading a few titles from the older series. I have a bit of a crush on Joe Hardy. I've finally read The Hobbit and enjoyed it. Also, I read a series from the '80s called Couples. Couples is a lot of fun, but the books lost their charm near the end. Even as an adult I enjoy them, but I imagine they're more fun to read as a pre-teen or teenager.

Some authors I like are W. Somerset Maugham and Keigo Higashino. I first began reading W. Somerset Maugham's works when I watched the movie The Razor's Edge on Fox Movie Channel a long time ago (at least over ten years ago). I like his writing because he knew how people think and represented them realistically in his novels. Keigo Higashino is a famous mystery writer in Japan and his novels are slowly being translated into English. A number of his works have been adapted into television series and movies in Japan and I've seen quite a few of them. The translations are easy to read and his stories grab you instantly. The few novels of his I've read, I've found hard to put down once I get started.

I just felt like promoting some things I like. There you have it.

Brittany

February 9, 2016

Hello!

I haven't been writing lately. I've been sick, but now I'm feeling better and I'm looking forward to returning to my imaginary world. I do love the characters I've created and I've missed them. Book three was coming along all right before I became ill, but since I've had time to think about things I know there's some re-writing I'll have to accomplish with the beginning chapters. It's nothing new for me to restart a few times (or more than a few times), so I'm not discouraged.

I know that not that many people have read my book (I think I can count the amount of people using both my hands) and I don't even think any of the people who have read my book visit my blog (because I've just recently added the link address in my self-published book), but no matter how you've stumbled upon this blog I welcome you. If the plot of my book interests you I hope you'll consider buying it. Becoming an author has always been my dream and if self-publishing has made that happen, I'm happy. I don't know if I'll ever get to a point where this can be my career, but I won't give up my dream.

Sorry for that little sentimental paragraph. Anyway, no matter what book you're reading right now I hope you're enjoying the journey.

Brittany

November 9, 2015

Hello!

Sorry for the lack of updates. I was overly ambitious in my last post. I did nearly complete a rough draft of book #3, but since that last post I've had to start over. Also, I recently became ill and I haven't written in a month.

Since I began writing the book over, I found that the book can't all be in third person about Zeke, but - without giving anything away - the other character I'm writing about will not cause the name of book #3 to be changed. It will still be Zeke's Case.

So, book #3 won't come out in 2015, but I'm hopeful it will be out in 2016.

Thank you for stopping by. Especially if you found this blog by accident. I hope if that's the case, you'll check out my books.

Brittany

June 02, 2015

My rough draft of book #3 is almost complete. I suspect I'll be fine tuning it for a few months, but I might be able to self-publish it in the fall.

The next book is full of new characters - some of which are just mentioned for a moment - and I'm a little worried about adding so much. However, these introductions are laying the groundwork for future books in the series, so I will probably leave them in.

Book three is still written in third person, but it's all about Zeke. Therefore, I have named it Zeke's Case.

Brittany

March 31, 2015

Hey! I did it! The second book is out and it's still March. The links for the book (paperback and kindle) are to your right.

Book three is coming along nicely.

Brittany

March 13, 2015

Hello!

So, book #2 may take longer than I hoped to publish, but it will be very soon. That "FOR SURE" I wrote in the previous post will haunt me forever. Rest assured that it WILL be published in 2015.

Work on book #3 is coming along smoothly and just for fun I've started on book #5. I bet you're wondering, what about book #4? Well, I just HAD to start on 5 when I got the idea for it. I didn't want to forget anything.

Happy Friday the 13th!

Brittany

February 24, 2015

The second book in my series is now in the final stages! Yay! It'll be FOR SURE published in March, if not before.

I've already started on book three and I'm pretty excited with what's going to happen next in the story.

I'll keep you posted!

Brittany