I'm Still Yours

Once in a while you discover a song that really touches you. That happened recently when I bought It Is Well: A Worship Album by Kutless. I bought it mostly for the song What Faith Can Do and then I heard I'm Still Yours, the very last song on the album. It is a wonderfully powerful and thought provoking song that is especially meaningful at this moment in my life. It also says a lot of the things I try to say in my writing. It certainly touched me and my family so I wanted to share it here for anyone who has not heard it.

Another Interview

I was interviewed again by inspirational romance author, Stephanie Boles, on her Regency Whispers blog, this time talking a little bit about A Captain's Heart and Finding Faith.

http://stephanieboles.blogspot.com/2010/03/featured-author_20.html

The Pirate Daughter's Promise - Review

I was honored to have The Pirate Daughter's Promise reviewed by Angie on her product review blog, My Four Monkeys. You can read it here.

 

http://myfourmonkeysproductreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/pirate-daughters-promise-by-molly.html

Fantasy Writing

I don't want to write too much about it yet, because it's still a ways in the future, but I just recently got the inspiration for a brand new fantasy novel to write after I'm finished with my Makilien Trilogy. I may even have the title already, but I'll keep that to myself for the time being. As it is right now it will be a standalone book. No series this time, though I'm definitely open to inspiration.

 

In the last months I think I'm coming to realize that Christian fantasy is my favorite genre to write. It's not a surprise really since my favorite books are fantasy. The thing about fantasy is it's so easy to plot. I have no pressure at all to make sure anything is historically accurate. I can create absolutely anything. The only thing you have to worry about in writing fantasy is creating good characters, good plots, and making sure you're writing it well. I enjoy being free to be as creative as I want to be without having any restrictions and boundaries I have to work around.

 

Another thing I love about writing fantasy is it gives you the opportunity to portray Christian truths in very interesting and powerful ways. The most recent fantasy series I read, The Door Within Trilogy by Wayne Thomas Batson, is a perfect example. I thoroughly enjoyed his portrayal of Christianity within the interesting world he created and hope to delight readers in the same way with Makilien and any future fantasy novels I write.

What's for 2010?

I've written a couple posts for this year, but none as to what I'm working on and what I plan and hope to accomplish for 2010.

 

First off, an update on Makilien. I've been working really hard on book 2, Courage. I just started chapter 11 of what will be somewhere around 30 chapters. It's definitely challenging every bit of my writing ability, which is a good thing, but it takes a lot of effort. I think Makilien means so much to me personally that I'm being especially critical of my writing so I'm constantly second guessing, tweaking things, and just overall wondering how I can make things better. It gets me feeling a bit frustrated at times, but I'm also having so much fun. Makilien is probably the most fun and enjoyable story I've ever written and I think, by the time I am finished, I'll have learned a great many things.

 

The next project I have planned to publish is Finding Faith, the conclusion of my Pirates & Faith series. Mom and I still have editing to do, but my planned release for it is sometime this spring. I have the trailer pretty much ready so once I have a better idea of exactly when the book will be available, I'll post the trailer.

 

After that, I'm not really sure what will come next as far as another book release. I've tried to be optimistic about the time frame of Makilien, but the challenges it's throwing at me are telling me it's going to be a while. Probably at least a year, so I'm trying to decide what to do between the release of Finding Faith and the completion of Makilien. I do have one plan, my music book. It's a around half done and I think I could probably complete it pretty quickly if I tried hard. So that might be what you have to look forward to for a new release later this year.

 

Other than that, I'm waiting to see how things pan out in a new all self-published books distributor, which, if it succeeds, could fulfill my dreams of making my writing a career. I also have ideas to start planning a mini book tour around the state as well as other means of promotion. I've been getting amazing feedback from the new friends I've been making so that is really encouraging. Ultimately, it's all in God's hands and I look forward to seeing what He has planned.

An Excellent Resource

I discovered an amazing blog just recently by Christian author K. M. Weiland. Her purpose for it is "helping writers become authors." It's an excellent resource for writing tips. I've already read all her entries straight through and after reading quite a few books on writing, I've never found anything as helpful as Miss Weiland's blog. Once I began reading, it was hard to stop and I can't wait to apply the abundance of information I gained to my own writing. If you're a writer, I highly recommend you take a look at the blog for yourself. It has certainly has helped me and I anxiously look forward to all her future posts.

http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com/

New Cover for TPDP

I've been working hard lately on an updated edition of The Pirate Daughter's Promise to print with CreateSpace. I finally got to the point today where I uploaded the new files and am waiting for them to be approved so I can order a proof. I wanted to share a picture of the new cover, which I really love. I like the old one too, but this one represents the story better.