 MAY 2023 CATCHUP
Karen Wiesner’s Karen’s Quill Newsletter Website: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/ Blog https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor In addition to having been a popular writing reference instructor and writer, professional blurbologist and freelance editor, Karen Wiesner is the accomplished author of 150 titles published, which have been nominated/won for over a hundred and thirty awards. Karen’s books cover such genres as women’s fiction, romance, mystery/police procedural/cozy, suspense, thriller, paranormal, supernatural, futuristic, fantasy, science fiction, gothic, inspirational/Christian, horror, chick-lit, and action/adventure. She also writes children’s books, poetry, and writing reference titles which have been repackaged in the 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection. Karen will begin illustrating children's books starting in 2024. WHAT'S NEW On the Alien Romance’s Blog, I’m doing a new, 5-part article called “Reflections of Life”. In looking back over the course of my life as an author who's looking forward to becoming an artist in retirement, I've learned to slow down and reflect on the past, savor the present, and look forward to the future. Interspersed through these ruminations each Friday, I'll include some of my own most apropos sketches. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this. Check out Part 1 here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/reflections-of-life-part-1-by-karen-s.html Visit me online here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/ https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor https://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/ In "Details of Life", I discuss changing your perspective from the negative to the positive when writing an obituary for yourself or for a loved one who's still alive on the Alien Romances Blog: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/details-of-life-by-karen-s-wiesner.html In case you missed the previous two-part article, "Taking the Bucket Out of the Bucket List", where I discuss the wisdom and benefits of, and strategies for, drawing up a personal bucket list as early as possible--long before the curtain of a life is drawn, you can find it here: Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-1.html Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-2.html NEWEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES ADVENTURES IN AMETHYST TRIO OF HOLIDAY ROMANCES including NEVER A BRIDE, Book 11; UNLUCKY IN LOVE, Book 12; and SHOTGUN WEDDING, Book 13 Contemporary Romance Novels Available now in paperback and electronic formats; also available individually http://www.writers-exchange.com/adventures-in-amethyst-series/ FIRST DRAFT OUTLINE, 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection: Volume 1 (previously titled FIRST DRAFT IN 30 DAYS) and BONUS COMPANION BOOKLET Writing Reference Available now in electronic and paperback http://www.writers-exchange.com/3d-fiction-fundamentals-series/ BONE OF MY BONE, Book 7: Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series Romantic Paranormal Horror Coming 2023 in electronic and paperback http://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner.html MISCELLANY Check out my Author Pages! Writers Exchange: http://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/ and http://www.writers-exchange.com/blog/ Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Karen%20Wiesner Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/karenwiesner Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/karenwiesner Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor WHAT I'M WORKING ON Look for my WIP Moments on my Facebook Author Page http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor where I'll be posting about what I'm working on and the progress I'm making with each stage of my projects. You can also follow my progress here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/works-in-progress.html In April, I: -Wrote the article "Details of Life" and a five-part article "Reflections of Life" for Alien Romances Blog -Incorporated critique into HYPNOTIZED, Book 10: Incognito Series reissue; submitted to publisher https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/incognito-series.html -Wrote additional scene for LOST and incorporated critiques into LOST AND FOUND, A Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series 2-in-1 including LOST and FOUND, Books 8 and 9 (2023); printed in preparation for doing a final polish and read through https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series.html -Practiced art In May, I'll be: -Researching/outlining HELL HATH NO FURY, Book 10: Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series (2024) https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series.html -Doing a final polish and read through of LOST AND FOUND -Practicing art 2023 WIP Goals: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/works-in-progress.html Feel free to direct your friends to this newsletter! Karen
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 On the Alien Romance’s Blog, I’m doing a new, 5-part article called “Reflections of Life”. In looking back over the course of my life as an author who's looking forward to becoming an artist in retirement, I've learned to slow down and reflect on the past, savor the present, and look forward to the future. Interspersed through these ruminations each Friday, I’ve included some of my own sketches. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this. Check out Part 1 here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/reflections-of-life-part-1-by-karen-s.html Karen Wiesner is an award-winning, multi-genre author of over 150 titles and 16 series. Visit her website here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/ and https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog Find out more about her books and see her art here: http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor Visit her publisher here: https://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/   In a new article on the Alien Romances Blog titled "Details of Life", I discuss changing your perspective from the negative to the positive when writing an obituary for yourself or for a loved one who's still alive. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this. Check it out here:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/details-of-life-by-karen-s-wiesner.html Visit me online here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/ https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor https://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/ In case you missed the previous two-part article, "Taking the Bucket Out of the Bucket List", where I discuss the wisdom and benefits of, and strategies for, drawing up a personal bucket list as early as possible--long before the curtain of a life is drawn, you can find it here: Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-1.html Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-2.html I’ve been taking time off for the past several weeks. I was a bit burned out on writing and art. I played Hogwarts Legacy. Epic! One of the most fun games I’ve ever played. Everything I ever wanted to do while reading the books, I got to do in this game. I’ve finished that (100% achievement on the challenges and 98% of the collections, which were so hard to find, I finally gave up on the last few things). Now I need to get back to business and caught up on the things of life along with miscellaneous tasks not associated with writing or art. The rest of this week will be spend doing those things. Next week, I need to incorporate a critique I got a few weeks back for an old book that will hopefully be reissued in the coming years. I also got some feedback on one of my critique partners that made me see I need to write an extra scene in LOST, Book 8: Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series. Once I’ve finished that, I plan to start brainstorming on the book I’ll be outlining next month (HELL HATH NO FURY, Book 10: Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series). Simultaneously with those projects, I’ll get started on the next section in the How to Draw course. There are eight “complex” drawing lessons concentrated on light and shadow and value scales for this study. In the meantime, I got my first artist’s desk! It wasn’t too difficult to put together, though twice the directions lacked information and we ended up having to go back and redo sections until we got it right. Also, on the final page of instructions on putting the desk together, we realized it was missing a screw so we couldn’t finish. That’s a form of torment right there! We searched my office and couldn’t find it. We finally had to conclude that they just didn’t include it. {much grumbling} Tim went to the hardware store the next day and got that size screw in silver, which doesn’t match, so he put that one in a less noticeable spot on the desk and put one that matches the final piece that’s on the front. Having an art desk in my office, something that’s not small, did mean rearranging the space. Up to this point, I’ve been working off the kitchen table, and our dining room was a mess because of it. All my art supplies were strewn all around the room and we couldn’t really use the kitchen table much during those weeks or months. Now I have a surface to work on art that has a built-in lightbox that tilts, and I have space for all my art supplies. Everything else I need is in two rolling carts that can be pushed back into the corners when I don’t need them (or when Tim needs to get to the flowers he puts in the window boxes outside my office). I have a section of my office for my writing now and a section for my art. There are Venetian blinds on the two windows, so, if need more contrast between light and shadow, I can get that. Right now I think I can use the same chair for both sides of the office, since this is a chair that can be adjusted height-wise. I’m getting carpets made especially for office chairs so I can roll back and forth between the two sections of the room. I may need a lamp, but I’m waiting to see how it goes once I start working at the art desk. The pictures I’m adding to this post show how my office looks with the writing desk and the art desk. I feel like it’s still open and not cluttered, so it remains a workable space for me. I had to get rid of my story cupboard. This is something I’ve been talking about for probably the last 20 years of my life. It’s where all my WIPs are stored, where my story idea folders are kept, along with miscellaneous stuff to do with my writing. It was very important to my overall progress as a writer. But, as I’m coming to the last of the books I plan to write (just two more that need to be outlined and three more that need to be written!), I’ve found I really don’t need the cupboard anymore. I was able to put all the things that were in it on shelves in other parts of my office that were basically empty. I’m gearing up to make the transition to children’s book illustrator maybe mid-2024. I can hardly wait. But, until then, I want my last few books to be my best ever so I need to stay focused on that instead of making art too much of a priority in my life at this time. I expect I’ll be posting some of my new art projects in the coming weeks again. I appreciate all the comments I’ve gotten. I’m early in the process of learning how to be an artist so the feedback really helps me and makes me think maybe I’m actually capable of doing this.        New cover reveals: DENIM BLUES MYSTERIES by Karen Wiesner Christian Romantic Mystery Novels Featuring Den and Sylvia (in a private investigator mystery), Orlando and Keeya (in a police procedural mystery), and Tyler and Erin (in an amateur sleuth mystery). Briar’s Point is a whimsical little town with its fair share of colorful characters, crime, and a Cupid suffering from the denim blues... See if you can find denim blue in each story! ON THE ROCKS, Book 1 (formerly titled RETIRED AND ON THE ROCKS) A missing engagement ring leads to murder… Denim McHart’s private investigating career ended with a bullet in the leg yet he can't keep his mind off his investigative partner, Sylvia Price. Before the sparks can fly between them, jilted bride Naomi Deva hires them. Her groom—Mayor Julian—dumped her at the altar and the local police department hasn't been able to turn up the 6.1 carat diamond engagement ring. Julian wants it back. Immediately. LOVE IS BLIND, Book 2 (formerly titled LOVE IS BLIND...AND IT DON'T PAY THE BILLS EITHER) Keeya Nilsen, visually impaired from the plane crash that took her parents' lives, comes to Detective Orlando Bateman and has a justifiably bad attitude about love. All the men she's ever loved have cheated on her and robbed her...including the last one, who absconded with her grandfather's unpublished Blues compositions. FATE OF SOULS, Book 3 (formerly titled SOULS ON {B}ORING STREET) Erin Shanley, a hospice nurse, turns amateur sleuth when she realizes that some of her patients are being swindled out of their life savings by the fortunetellers new to Briar’s Point. She confides in her neighbor, Tyler, whom she’s reluctantly shared something more with. But when Erin’s bumbling sleuthing attempts arouse someone’s wrath, she realizes her heart isn’t the only thing in danger. Find out more: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/denim-blues-mysteries.html http://www.writers-exchange.com/denim-blues-mysteries/  In a new, two part article on the Alien Romances Blog titled "Taking the Bucket Out of the Bucket List", I discuss the wisdom and benefits of, and strategies for, drawing up a personal bucket list as early as possible--long before the curtain of a life is drawn. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this.
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-1.html NEW! Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-2.html Visit me online here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/ https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor https://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/ APRIL 2023 CATCHUP
Karen Wiesner’s Karen’s Quill Newsletter Website: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/ Blog https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor In addition to having been a popular writing reference instructor and writer, professional blurbologist and freelance editor, Karen Wiesner is the accomplished author of 150 titles published, which have been nominated/won for over a hundred and thirty awards. Karen’s books cover such genres as women’s fiction, romance, mystery/police procedural/cozy, suspense, thriller, paranormal, supernatural, futuristic, fantasy, science fiction, gothic, inspirational/Christian, horror, chick-lit, and action/adventure. She also writes children’s books, poetry, and writing reference titles which have been repackaged in the 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection. Karen will begin illustrating children's books starting in 2024. WHAT'S NEW In a new, two part article on the Alien Romances Blog titled "Taking the Bucket Out of the Bucket List", I discuss the wisdom and benefits of, and strategies for, drawing up a personal bucket list as early as possible--long before the curtain of a life is drawn. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this. Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-1.html Part 2: coming April 7, 2023 Visit me online here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/ https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor https://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/ In three articles spread out over three weeks on the Alien Romances Blog I talked about three-dimensional fiction writing. Check out all three posts here: Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/karen-s-wiesner-three-dimensional.html Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/karen-s-wiesner-three-dimensional_01961630414.html Part 3: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/karen-s-wiesner-three-dimensional_01404340596.html Find out more about my writing reference THREE-DIMENSIONAL FICTION WRITING and the 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection here: http://www.writers-exchange.com/3d-fiction-fundamentals-series/ https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/writing-reference-titles.html NEWEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES ADVENTURES IN AMETHYST TRIO OF HOLIDAY ROMANCES including NEVER A BRIDE, Book 11; UNLUCKY IN LOVE, Book 12; and SHOTGUN WEDDING, Book 13 Contemporary Romance Novels Available now in paperback and electronic formats; also available individually http://www.writers-exchange.com/adventures-in-amethyst-series/ FIRST DRAFT OUTLINE, 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection: Volume 1 (previously titled FIRST DRAFT IN 30 DAYS) and BONUS COMPANION BOOKLET Writing Reference Available now in electronic and paperback http://www.writers-exchange.com/3d-fiction-fundamentals-series/ BONE OF MY BONE, Book 7: Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series Romantic Paranormal Horror Coming 2023 in electronic and paperback http://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner.html MISCELLANY Check out my Author Pages! Writers Exchange: http://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/ and http://www.writers-exchange.com/blog/ Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Karen%20Wiesner Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/karenwiesner Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/karenwiesner Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor WHAT I'M WORKING ON Look for my WIP Moments on my Facebook Author Page http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor where I'll be posting about what I'm working on and the progress I'm making with each stage of my projects. You can also follow my progress here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/works-in-progress.html In March, I: -Practiced art -Revised LOST AND FOUND, A Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series 2-in-1 including LOST and FOUND, Books 8 and 9 (2023); sent out for critiques https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series.html -Wrote, revised, and uploaded the article "Taking the Bucket Out of the Bucket List" for the Alien Romances Blog In April, I'll be: -Incorporating critique into HYPNOTIZED, Book 10: Incognito Series reissue; submitted to publisher https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/incognito-series.html -Researching/outlining HELL HATH NO FURY, Book 10: Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series (2024) https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series.html 2023 WIP Goals: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/works-in-progress.html Feel free to direct your friends to this newsletter! Karen |
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