5 very big, very bold statements … yanked straight out of this month’s issue
A Letter from the Editor
by Timothy Pike
Dear readers,
When I say the words “big and bold,” what comes to mind? If you, too, pictured an elephant doing step aerobics, then we are on the same wavelength, you and me.
As you’ll see, big and bold is the theme of this month’s issue.
But … before we get started: last call, writers!
If you want to start the year off with a bang, join our #2x Word Count Challenge: a writing marathon that starts slow but gets intense pretty quick, culminating in a week where you will write 24,000 words—and finish your novel by March. Seriously!
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Now, let’s take a look at this issue, because you’re in for a treat.
Longtime readers of Books & Buzz Magazine will know that our contributors and cover authors have a lot to say, and they’re not afraid to say it.
I’ve gone through and yanked out the 5 biggest and boldest quotes that will get the wheels turning, teach you something, or maybe even make you blush:
Luce Sutherland on what your options are when life doesn’t go your way:
We can choose to believe s— happens to us, or it happens for us. When faced with a detour in the road, we can turn around and go home or forge a new path.
Our cover author, Zane Carson Carruth, on creating her protagonist:
I have always loved to write, and one afternoon, to pass time, I picked up a spiral notebook and pen and started writing a story about a little fairy. I patterned the fairy after my daughter, and with her in mind I created a story of a fun-loving, girly-girl fairy on a big adventure. Abella looks like my daughter as well, with long, blond, thick hair, and big, blue eyes.
Kim Lengling on how nature looks in the winter:
Have you stood outside at three a.m. on a cold winter night? Watched the trees bend and sway in a brisk wind? Shadows become lifelike, as if dancing across the snow-covered ground. If you look at them from another angle, they look pretty sinister.
James L Hill on losing steam or running out of ideas in the middle of your novel:
A lot of writers find the middle the most difficult to get through. That is why so many writers never complete their novels. It is why they complain about writer’s block. They start off great. Their ideas are on fire. Some even have a fantastic ending in mind. But they just can’t get there. They get lost in the middle.
Luce Sutherland, again, on writing romance and not holding back:
Somewhere along the way, I decided to give in to the “full monty.” And like those British fellows in the movie, I had to bare it all—figuratively speaking. This required extensive research of an erotic nature. My computer search history would reveal countless jaw-dropping discoveries so my debut novel could deliver the five-alarm experience, in a way not done before.
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To your writing success,
Timothy Pike
Editor of Books & Buzz Magazine