Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Halfblessed Halfblood

There it is. My very first book manuscript that I have ever felt confident about. The book is a YA fantasy about a young halfblooded (half human half elf) named Mynnah. She has a magical ability to turn herself invisible and lives and a world where a country is at war with itself.

This blog, I have decided, will now be entirely devoted to my book(aka my baby). I will use this for promotion, flushing out ideas, and just all around awesome stuff about my life as a writer.

Because publishing a book as been on my bucket list since I was 12, I do plan on self publishing this book. Right now I would like to do so through the amazon company, Create Space, but I am keeping my options open. If a chance comes along to traditionally publish, I may snatch it up.

I have just gotten my seventh draft back from my amazing editor and am beginning to sift through the wonderful piles of notes she has on everything from grammar to character development. I will be sure to keep "you all" updated.

Somedays I want to throw the whole thing in the trash and start over. Other days I think my story is truly amazing and I must publish it and share it with the world. I am praying the latter is the reality and the former is just my inner critic that tells me I can't do anything right. Whatever is truth, I press on.

Here I leave you with a picture that I was playing around with for a cover: (Ella Lawai is a pen name I debated using for a long time)