DECEMBER 2022 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


Creating realistic, unforgettable characters one story at a time…
 
In addition to being a popular writing reference instructor and writer, professional blurbologist and freelance editor, Karen Wiesner is the accomplished author of nearly 150 titles published in the past 25 years, which have been nominated/won 134 awards, with 9 more releases contracted for spanning many genres and formats.
 
WHAT'S NEW
 
Adventures in Amethyst Trio of Holiday Romances by Karen Wiesner


Just in time for Christmas--and it's never too late to enjoy Halloween and Thanksgiving stories!
 
Three holiday stories in one volume!

Find out more here:
http://www.writers-exchange.com/trio-of-holiday-romances/
​https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/adventures-in-amethyst-series.html

In a new article series I'm doing on the Alien Romances Blog called "Fiction Series So Big, They Cross Multimedia Platforms", I plan to explore supernatural fiction series that sometimes had their beginnings as books but branched out into other types of mediums, like videogames, movies/TV series, board/card/role-playing games, and music. In each individual article that I hope will introduce entertainment connoisseurs to some incredible fiction or components of similar themed stories they might have otherwise missed, I'll discuss the origins of the series elements as well as my individual experience with the various types of media, which will be presented as a kind of review of the series.
 
The third article features Mass Effect Series, created by Bioware with Drew Karpyshyn, Casey Hudson, and Preston Watamaniuk. Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/11/karen-wiesner-fiction-series-so-big_01915639164.html
 
The second article features Dragon Age Series, created by Bioware and David Gaider. Check it out here:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/11/karen-wiesner-fiction-series-so-big.html
 
In case you missed the first one featuring The Witcher Series, created by Andrzej Sapkowski, you can find it here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/11/fiction-series-so-big-they-cross.html
 
You can find videogame checklists/walkthroughs for Mass Effect Series, Dragon Age Series, The Witcher Series, GreedFall, and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning on my website here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/videogame-series.html
 
NEWEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES
 
COHESIVE STORY BUILDING, 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection: Volume 2 reissue and BONUS COMPANION BOOKLET
Writing Reference
Available now in electronic and paperback
http://www.writers-exchange.com/3d-fiction-fundamentals-series/
 
CPR FOR DEAD OR LIFELESS FICTION {A Writer's Guide to Deep and Multifaceted Development and Progression of Characters, Plots, and Relationships}, 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection: Volume 6 reissue and BONUS COMPANION BOOKLET
Writing Reference
Available now in electronic and paperback
http://www.writers-exchange.com/3d-fiction-fundamentals-series/
 
WRITING BLURBS THAT SIZZLE--AND SELL!, 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection: Volume 7 reissue and BONUS COMPANION BOOKLET
Writing Reference
Available now in electronic and paperback
http://www.writers-exchange.com/3d-fiction-fundamentals-series/
 
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
Coming soon in electronic and paperback
http://www.writers-exchange.com/3d-fiction-fundamentals-series/
 
NEW REVIEWS
 
I received a new review for NO ORDINARY LOVE, Book 1: Incognito Series:
4 Stars! “This novel maintains intense tension and suspense throughout without falling back on constant "action" (something I try to avoid in my reading, because I find it more confusing than exciting). The love between Vincent and Kira, as well as his reluctant devotion to the mentor he hasn't seen in many years, clashes with the pervasive feeling that we -- along with the characters -- are never sure who can be trusted. I sympathized with both Kira's reservations about trusting Vincent while he hides so many secrets from her and Vincent's frustration about not being able to keep her safe. Both come across as strong characters, whom we root for even when they seem to be making unwise choices. The mystery of Kira's origin is gradually unfolded with just enough slow reveal to keep the reader eager for more.” ~award-winning author Margaret L. Carter
 
Find out more about Incognito Series here:
https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/incognito-series.html
https://www.writers-exchange.com/incognito-series/
 
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 November, I:
 
-Wrote Found, Book 9 for LOST AND FOUND, A Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series 2-in-1 https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series.html
 
-Wrote new articles for Alien Romance Blog https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/ 
 
In December, I'll be:
 
-Drawing (in preparation for eventually illustrating children's books)
 
Newly uploaded! 2023 WIP Goals: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/works-in-progress.html
 
Feel free to direct your friends to this newsletter!
 
Karen 

I received a new review for NO ORDINARY LOVE, Book 1: Incognito Series:

​4 Stars! “This novel maintains intense tension and suspense throughout without falling back on constant "action" (something I try to avoid in my reading, because I find it more confusing than exciting). The love between Vincent and Kira, as well as his reluctant devotion to the mentor he hasn't seen in many years, clashes with the pervasive feeling that we -- along with the characters -- are never sure who can be trusted. I sympathized with both Kira's reservations about trusting Vincent while he hides so many secrets from her and Vincent's frustration about not being able to keep her safe. Both come across as strong characters, whom we root for even when they seem to be making unwise choices. The mystery of Kira's origin is gradually unfolded with just enough slow reveal to keep the reader eager for more.” ~award-winning author Margaret L. Carter
 
Find out more about Incognito Series here:
https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/incognito-series.html
https://www.writers-exchange.com/incognito-series/

In a new article series I'm doing on the Alien Romances Blog called "Fiction Series So Big, They Cross Multimedia Platforms", I plan to explore supernatural fiction series that sometimes had their beginnings as books but branched out into other types of mediums, like videogames, movies/TV series, board/card/role-playing games, and music. In each individual article that I hope will introduce entertainment connoisseurs to some incredible fiction or components of similar themed stories they might have otherwise missed, I'll discuss the origins of the series elements as well as my individual experience with the various types of media, which will be presented as a kind of review of the series.
 
The third article features Mass Effect Series, created by Bioware with Drew Karpyshyn, Casey Hudson, and Preston Watamaniuk. Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/11/karen-wiesner-fiction-series-so-big_01915639164.html
 
In case you missed the previous two, find them here:
 
Dragon Age Series, created by Bioware and David Gaider: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/11/karen-wiesner-fiction-series-so-big.html
 
The Witcher Series, created by Andrzej Sapkowski: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/11/fiction-series-so-big-they-cross.html
 
You can find videogame checklists/walkthroughs for Mass Effect Series, Dragon Age Series, The Witcher Series, GreedFall, and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning on my website here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/videogame-series.html

In a new article series I'm doing on the Alien Romances Blog called "Fiction Series So Big, They Cross Multimedia Platforms", I plan to explore supernatural fiction series that sometimes had their beginnings as books but branched out into other types of mediums, like videogames, movies/TV series, board/card/role-playing games, and music. In each individual article that I hope will introduce entertainment connoisseurs to some incredible fiction or components of similar themed stories they might have otherwise missed, I'll discuss the origins of the series elements as well as my individual experience with the various types of media, which will be presented as a kind of review of the series.
 
The second article features Dragon Age Series, created by Bioware and David Gaider. Check it out here:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/11/karen-wiesner-fiction-series-so-big.html
 
In case you missed the first one featuring The Witcher Series, created by Andrzej Sapkowski, you can find it here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/11/fiction-series-so-big-they-cross.html
 
You can find videogame walkthroughs for both Dragon Age Series and The Witcher Series on my website here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/videogame-series.html​

In a new article series I'm doing on the Alien Romances Blog called "Fiction Series So Big, They Cross Multimedia Platforms", I plan to explore supernatural fiction series that sometimes had their beginnings as books but branched out into other types of mediums, like videogames, movies/TV series, board/card/role-playing games, and music. In each individual article that I hope will introduce entertainment connoisseurs to some incredible fiction or components of similar themed stories they might have otherwise missed, I'll discuss the origins of the series elements as well as my individual experience with the various types of media, which will be presented as a kind of review of the series. The first article features The Witcher Series, created by Andrzej Sapkowski.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/11/fiction-series-so-big-they-cross.html
 
You can find my Witcher Series videogame walkthroughs on my website here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/videogame-series.html 

You can find my latest Alien Romances Friday posts here:
 
I goofed last Friday, thinking the last section of General Revision Choices for my 12-part writing craft article "Writing Elbow Grease" was the final. But there is a conclusion to the entire series, up now on the Alien Romances Blog. Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/11/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals.html
 
**Coming up!**
In a new article series I’ll be doing for Alien Romances Blog called "Fiction Series So Big, They Cross Multimedia Platforms", I plan to explore supernatural fiction series that sometimes had their beginnings as books but branched out into other types of mediums, like videogames, movies/TV series, board/card/role-playing games, and music. In each individual article that I hope will introduce entertainment connoisseurs like myself to some incredible fiction or components of similar themed stories they might have otherwise missed, I'll discuss the origins of the series elements as well as my individual experience with the various types of media, which will be presented as a kind of review of the series. The first installment launching next Friday will cover The Witcher Series created by Andrzej Sapkowski.
 
The Writing Elbow Grease article series was based on the newly reissued reference COHESIVE STORY BUILDING, Volume 2: 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection. In this series, I went over what could be considered the grunge work in building a cohesive story. Revising, editing, and polishing require a little or a lot of writing elbow grease to finish the job and bring forth a strong and beautiful book. Here are links to all previous articles in this series in case you missed them:
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 5D: General Revision Choices Conclusion" is now up on the Alien Romances blog:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/10/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals_01941547817.html
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 5D: General Revision Choices, Part 3" is now up on the Alien Romances blog:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/10/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals_0533101628.html
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 5D: General Revision Choices, Part 2" is now up on the Alien Romances blog:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/10/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals.html
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 5D: General Revision Choices, Part 1" is now up on the Alien Romances blog:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/09/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals_01741962923.html
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 5C: Editing and Polishing Introspection Tip Sheet" is now up on the Alien Romances blog:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/09/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals_0945361206.html
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 5B: Editing and Polishing Dialogue Tip Sheet" is now up on the Alien Romances blog:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/09/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals_01240116120.html
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 5: Editing and Polishing Tricks and Tips" is now up on the Alien Romances blog:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/09/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals_01240116120.html
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 4: Editing and Polishing" is now up on the Alien Romances blog:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/09/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals.html
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 3: Involving Critique Partners and Setting the Final Draft Aside" is now up on the Alien Romances blog: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/08/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals_01930414080.html
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 2: Revision": https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/08/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals_0842957794.html
 
-"Writing Elbow Grease, Part 1: Introduction": https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2022/08/karen-s-wiesner-fiction-fundamentals.html
 
Find out more about COHESIVE STORY BUILDING and 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection here:
https://www.writers-exchange.com/3d-fiction-fundamentals-series/
https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/writing-reference-titles.html

​Just in time for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and it's never too late to enjoy a Halloween story!
 
Three holiday stories in one volume!

Adventures in Amethyst Trio of Holiday Romances by Karen Wiesner
Writers Exchange E-Publishing (https://www.facebook.com/Writers.Exchange)
 
(3 in 1 volume) including:
 
Halloween: NEVER A BRIDE, Book 11: Once upon a time, Ben Johnson believed he had forever sewn up with Layla. But fairy tales rarely come true in reality. Long before her nephew was in a hunting accident and she blamed Ben for not preventing it, the two of them had broken up, citing irreconcilable differences. Layla hadn't wanted his family to know the truth. Following the accident, she walked out--for good, he assumed.
 
Charlize Seagrave never fit in anywhere, drawn to danger, darkness, and drugs. For years, she was the guitarist and songwriter for a death-metal band and involved with the frontman who only encouraged her deadly addictions. In order to hide from Freyr, Charlize checked herself rehab. Later, clean--another first in her life--she attended her new friend's wedding and met Ben. Despite their instant connection, he was supposedly in a committed relationship and she had no interest whatsoever in commitment. If only Ben wasn't so unlike every other person she's ever known. If only she didn't feel like he alone understands and gets her.
 
When Charlize returns to Amethyst at Halloween, Ben knows loneliness has nothing to do with his feelings for her. His attraction to her the last time she was in Amethyst wasn't something he was comfortable with, despite that he and Layla had broken up even before his family learned of the fact. But now Layla is implying she's had a change of heart. Ben wonders if this is all getting too complicated...or if the solution is as simple as a kiss.
 
Thanksgiving: UNLUCKY IN LOVE, Book 12: Layla Dupriest's father was killed in a hunting accident when she was a child so, when the man who was once the love of her life, Benji Johnson, encourages her nephew to go hunting and he's hurt, she blames Ben. Months later, she can see she wasn't fair.
 
Adam Schaefer has loved Tally Johnson, Benji's sister, since he was a teenager, but his love of flying and freedom surpassed anything that might clip his wings like a wife, monogamy, marriage, and settling down. The last thing he expected was for her to fall for his best friend--and to have that man's baby.
 
Unlucky in love and unable to count their blessings during the Thanksgiving holiday, Layla and Adam find themselves jilted at the same time. Heartbroken, snowed in, and forced to share the only available cabin in town, they have no choice but to re-evaluate everything they've ever wanted in life...and love.
 
Christmas: SHOTGUN WEDDING, Book 13: Trevor and Eden were married right out of high school. She'd believed she was pregnant, but that hadn't been her sole motivation. Wildly in love with Trevor Johnson, she'd worried he was becoming disenchanted with her, his attention consumed by the needy and seductive Delaney Foster who came to Amethyst every year with her family. In the years Eden and Trever have been married, she's never felt quite secure in the belief that he married her by choice, in love.
 
During the Christmas season, plagued by unspoken guilt and doubts, she finds herself again competing with a soon-to-be divorced, distraught, and disgustingly gorgeous Delaney. Eden is obsessively aware she's no longer as young, thin, or sexy as she'd been before she had three sons.
 
To top off her growing stress, Eden has discovered she and Trevor's oldest son and his girlfriend, in their senior year of high school, are sexually active. The last thing they need is another shotgun wedding and the potential that a marriage undertaken for the sake of a baby isn't necessarily one of choice or love.
 
Price: $9.99 (ebook), $19.99 (paperback)
Publisher: http://www.writers-exchange.com/trio-of-holiday-romances/
Amazon: http://mybook.to/AdventuresAmethystTrio
Apple Books US: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id6443487713
Apple Books AU: https://books.apple.com/au/book/id6443487713
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=m0KLEAAAQBAJ
Barnes & Noble (Nook ebook) and Print: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/.../a-trio-of.../1142312028
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-trio-of-holiday-romances
Kobo AU: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/a-trio-of-holiday-romances
Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/../A-Trio-of-Holiday-Romances...
Amazon Print:
US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFV2FFBS
AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BFV2FFBS
Angus & Robertson Australia Print: Coming Soon
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​https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/adventures-in-amethyst-series.html

Available in paperback and ebook format in one volume or separately!