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Ruby Nickname:Codename Ruby Hometown: Arizona Age: 35 GH Year(s) 2009 Completed Manuscript(s) 4 Genre(s): Romantic Suspense Started Writing: Found my love of writing in junior high school and never looked back. Writing with an eye towards publication since 2004. Day Job: Stay-at-home Mom and Secret Agent. I’d tell you about it, but then I’d have to…fess up that it’s all in my head For Fun: Music, Reading (of course!), Musical Theater, Hiking, Horseback Riding. And I have been known to tap dance. Just not very well. |
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Ruby Release: EDGE OF LIGHTPosted by Cynthia Justlin May 14 2012, 12:01 am
I have release day jitters. I didn’t think I would, but the closer this day came, the more I started worrying about that horrible thing called reader expectation. So, I figured I’d turn my angst into a discussion and find out what things influence you, as a reader, to pick up a book. Because, I don’t know about you, but by the time I’ve one-clicked that book for my Kindle, or brought it up to the purchase counter, I’ve already formed an impression of what kind of story I expect the author to deliver. How did I make those judgments? Book Cover – Probably the single most influential factor in getting me to check out the book in the first place. Blurb – The blurb sets the tone. Let’s me know if I’m in for funny, emotional, mysterious, exciting, scary, or all of the above. (All of the above? Yeah, I’d like to read that book!) Sample – Whether you can read an excerpt at the author’s website, sample on Kindle or Nook, or walk into a bookstore and skim the first couple of pages, the sample can make or break the sale. The End! (Or not)Posted by Cynthia Justlin Apr 19 2012, 12:01 am IT’S THE END OF MY BOOK AND I KNOW IT. (And I’m not feeling fine!) Watch out, writers, because you’re about to endure a rant about writing THE END. I can churn out a beginning faster than I can devour a pint of ice cream. I can muddle my way through the middle. But when [...] Winter Writing Festival: Check-In #3Posted by Cynthia Justlin Feb 1 2012, 12:01 am We’ve hit the three week mark already! Hard to believe, isn’t it? So, are you on track? Or maybe you feel like you’re running uphill in the snow. Barefoot. I admit to feeling a bit like that myself lately. And I’ll further admit that I am behind and sprinting to catch up. Are you with [...] Ruby Release: Intrusion!Posted by Cynthia Justlin Oct 25 2011, 12:01 am in Ruby Release I’m going to let you in on a shameful secret. I used to scoff at the idea that characters had a mind of their own. When authors would talk about how their hero or heroine did something unexpected, I’d loftily think, “I control my characters, not the other way around.” Then something weird happened to [...] Voice: How do you find yours?Posted by Cynthia Justlin Jul 19 2011, 12:01 am For those of you who may have heard the term ‘voice’ bandied about and are unclear as to what it really means, about.com has a decent definition: Voice is the author’s style, the quality that makes his or her writing unique, and which conveys the author’s attitude, personality, and character. In a nutshell, it’s the [...]
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Books and music have always been Cynthia’s two greatest passions. Her love of the written word came from countless of hours spent in her second home (the library, of course!), but at the same time, she recognized that music held its own form of language which spoke it’s own timeless, unique, tale chock full of all the essential elements of good fiction. It’s true! Just look at Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, for example. Is there anything that foreshadows foreboding conflict better than those four ominous opening notes?
