Text Files Came

Well, my text files came to me from my publisher the day before yesterday. I had a forty-eight hour window to edit them and make certain all was how I wanted them to be. I finished them last evening and sent in my corrections...Thank heavens there were very few. Now, they make those corrections and send the files on to the cover department where they will design the art for the cover, put the blip on the back along with my bio and my picture (last time I did not have my picture there). I get more anxious everyday to see the final product. I think every author does, it is a tremendous feeling of accomplishment. I must admit, as I was reading through my text I got so wrapped up in it that I became emotional again with the power of the words and the situations. I always get emotional as I write it as I am right there beside them, but to read it so long after and still feel the emotion, I hope you all feel it too.

Perhaps an Illustrator!

I have been working on my kids' series and have still had no help from the one I queried so long ago, not even a "sorry, I can't help you", so on I go. I will make it up and hope it is believable!
Anyway, I have someone that is a tremendous artist and have asked if they would paint pictures of my characters. We shall see! I am so excited I can't hardly wait to see what they will say! I only hope I can afford it! hehe
But it would be nice to have beautiful color paintings of the people and the castles of my books to use for covers and trailers and such, wouldn't it?

Research is Tough

I finished another chapter of Renaissance last evening. My kids will be so happy as they have been begging for more after I read them the prologue and chapter one several months ago. I am having my trials with it as I am doing research at the same time as I am writing to prepare for further pages. The research I am doing is proving hard to find and the books are all on modern versions and not medieval historical versions. I have tried to enlist the help of an alchemy researcher and fellow author...we will see if he will help me out or not. I cross my fingers and hope he can unravel the mysteries and piece together the puzzle with all the little bits that I have from all the parts in all the books I have read. Perhaps I can finish one more chapter before my kids return home this week! They would be so surprised!

Going in a New Direction

I had started a series for teens some time ago...well, earlier this year...and I had set it on the back burner to my Darktower family series. Well, I decided the other day to let Aspen and Thorne rest for a little while while I am in the publishing process with my new book that is coming out, The Tales of Elgolan. I have pulled out The Legends of Renaissance and started working on her a bit and lo and behold, seven pages spilled out of me in a matter of a couple of hours. It was amazing! I have some more research to do to continue working on it, but it was a fun change of pace. I decided to use a pen name when I publish this series since it is a different genre, audience and storyline. So, teens can watch for books by Giselle Bessette or visit www.freewebs.com/gisellesbooks.com to catch a glimpse of Princess Renna and her story! It should prove to be great fun!

Life is Funny.

Life is funny, life is crazy...it creeps up on you and when you least expect it, it pounces. If you are not careful it can wrestle you to the ground and win or you wrestle it to the ground and feel so good about things that it could be your downfall.

Family may not always tell you straight for they don't want to hurt you so they spare you the horrid details rolling around in their heads and thus keep you in the dark while your ambitions in life keep you oblivious that anything is wrong.

Friends...hmmm...I am not sure there is such a thing. If you feel a family like bond with someone, they could be a friend. If not, they are merely an acquaintance. I have a hard time trusting either anymore. They always prove most forgetful when times are tough and most critical when you need their support. I have very few "friends" because these relationships are so one-sided.

Careers are great if you are fortunate enough to find one you like. Not all moms get to be home with their children if they want to be, not everyone gets to follow their dreams and be what they wanted to be as a kid. What did I want to be? I said I wanted to be a doctor more than anything. I wanted to save lives, help people. That was my dream before I discovered writing, so I was very young. I would make a hospital in my bedroom and use my dolls as patients, take those old big pepsi bottles and fill them with water and red food coloring, replace the caps and run plastic tubing to my dolls' arms for I.V.'s. I had dr. kits with little pretend syringes and a stethescope. I was going to be great. But, I slacked off in high school and ended up going to a medical technology school where I graduated with honors and went to work in the medical field and found out that it was not about helping people at all! My medical dreams were dashed and I left the field and have never been back.
I was told that it was very possible that I may have pituitary cancer some years ago and that prompted me to begin writing after not lifting a pencil since high school, I began what is now Noble Courage and realized that writing is what I love to do...It is just getting it to my audience that is diffucult. Obviously, I do not have cancer and it was a false alarm...but it was one of those funny things in life that prompted me to do what I had always wanted to do and I have accomplished it.

Life will throw you twists and turns and make it hard to exist sometimes...so do with it what you can!
When Life gives you lemons...Make lemonade!

What I Am Meant To Do

I was able to establish contact with an author friend of mine and she broke the news to me that she was picked up by and agent. Good for her! I can't even imagine the feelings that would run through me at the news that I would finally be represented by an agent. Perhaps one day my talents will be noticed, my characters will be loved by all and my books will soar to the top of the lists. It is something I will work toward until the day I die...something I want my children to see happen...something that will change my life forever. That is what I was born for, to provide others with a means to escape their ordinary lives by slipping into my imaginary one...to take a vacation with people who have become as dear to me as my own family. That is what I am meant to do.