Day two of the holidays

Well writing Hope I going good
Have made some good progress and decided on something major today
I am going to have chapters I was going to name each one with hopes stress level I.e stress level 8
But in the end I have picked out a little phrase or word from the chapter
Looks good ;)

Amazing flow

I took advantage of the extra hour in bed today by writing- have been up for a few hours no and the flow is so good.
Hopes gift just came to me in the story, wrote its self in while I was writing a scene and it is perfect. She's just found out hell hounds exist :-)

Love writing when it comes naturally and you can find time to write.

Apart for that plan today is to buy some slippers my feet are freezing lol

Free book

Did a free weekend promotional for the bonding and even though I don't really have any means to advertise I managed to give away just under 400 in USA and almost 300 in uk. So that's pretty cool.

Writing

Have been able to do an amazing amount of writing this week- and it's half term next week yay!
To me that's quality writing time as TMA for uni has gone and so I have a week of hope ;-)
Very exciting though have been a little naughty and just writing from the flow from my brain rather than using he plan!

Have already messed up date etc but will sort out, there is something quite liberating when writing as you come up with it.

Anyway two days of work left and then I will be a busy bee :-)


Ooo and have brought in a new guy Jamie stapler Lol may be another live interest - I just stuck on name generator and that's what came up lol I may have to change it.

Back to hope

First time today I have had in a week or so to write hope. Had uni tutor stuff and my TMA which I'm pretty happy with - its due next week

Coral read through the 80 a4 pages of hope and said it was good. One week till half term and some dedicated hope work

The Bonding

have spent hours and hours oo and hours ( 12 hours straight alone yesterday) editing the Bonding and have just uploaded it

god I hope its better now !!!

sent a copy to Harper Voyager

Harper Voyager are having a two week open submission for fantasy books

today I sent  off The Bonding ...
ooo fingers crossed it gets noticed :)

editing The Bonding

well been working all afternoon and hours later have managed to do 59 pages.
I'm Happy with that.
Its slow going because I have to read everyword and check the tenses, grammer, spellings missed words etc.
I admit there are quite a lot of changes and its a slow business.
but hopefully by next weekend it will be ready to go up, if I can get enough time to do it!

latest review and why I'm re-editing

4.0 out of 5 stars Fab read, but lots of small errors, 7 Oct 2012

By

Rachelbunnie - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase(What is this?)

This review is from: The Bonding (The Bonding series) (Kindle Edition)

I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I loved the characters, the plot was exciting and unexpected and I was hooked by all the magic and love from the very first page. It is an intriguing idea - the bonding of 2 perfect people for all eternity, to make an amazingly powerful pair - but a very daunting one for a young and confused teenager like Lily to face.

In this book we follow the early lives of Lily and Carne; their perfect marriage, the mesmerising bonding, and the very harsh reality of it all. There were many extreme twists and turns in the plot which caught me off guard completely and left me gob-smacked; resulting in a very exciting and enjoyable read. Also, I felt a great connection with the characters and now love them to bits.

As much as I loved this story, I was fairly annoyed at the vast amount of typos and spellings & punctuation mistakes. Most of the time they were just small mistakes: 'off' instead of 'of', missing speech comas, etc. but they were so many on almost every page and often left me confused and having to re-read the page so I could understand it properly.

Judging on purely the story, I'd say this book was faultless. It was exciting and kept me interested; it was unique and interesting and the characters were simply amazing. However, this book wasn't faultless as it had so many typos and for me that kind-of ruined the whole effect in places.

Nevertheless, this is an inspiring, mind-blowing read full of passion, love, hatred and magic and I would recommend it to all.

okay...

Thats it...

am dropping Hope, dropping Endless for the moment and...


Looking at The Bonding, going to try sorting out grammer / spellings etc.

wish me luck as I dive in lol

Halloween

Just wrote about Hope and the Halloween dance, so romantic !!! Love writing romance and guys getting together

first kiss

I just wrote the first kiss...awww
This book is so sweet, full of miss read signals, and teenage dreams.

Hope is such fun to write and I'm loving her as a character.
Need to buckle down though, just coming up to half term and has taken over 50 pages, if i keep this up, the book will be a monster...some serious cutting maybe needed at the end !

Negative comment

Last night I had a negative comment on amazon, going on about spellings etc & how I was not a professional writer & shouldn't be selling books.

Was a bit upsetting, I have never said they were perfect & you all know this is my hobby, the thing that transports me to fantasy realms that I share with you. If I wasn't selling books I could understand,

I believe in my books & characters, and I know they need professional help, (books not characters)
god I know, but I also want to share.

I clicked on this persons name and she has reviewed over 200 books , most of what I saw dig at the writer.

A harsh reviewer it seems.
But at least it's not just me huh.

Well I'm not letting her put me off.
Off now into Hope's world of werewolves :-)

Hope is coming along

Have been writing on and off over the last few days and am about 60 pages in. There Is a joy to writing a new book where I am deciding everything about the characters fate, history etc. Deciding how they will act, speak
I love it :-)
With the bonding the characters were well established, real people with personalities that had been developed over time.

One thing apart from keep writing lily instead of hope is that is so much lighter, no love triangle just a group of teenagers experiencing a change in their lives.
It took me ages not to use magic in the books lol, no transporting or quick cups of tea lol

Have done some excellent writing

Managed to do 22 pages this weekend yay

First page of hope done

Have made a go at typing up the first page of hope, all the plannings done so moving onto writing !!!!
So exciting

Been a bit if a lull

God exerting here is soooo busy. Back to work second week in and things are settling into a routine- uni is starting so have been looking at that.

But I WANT to write !!!! Desperatly. Also feeling like I should be doing more here blogging, oh for more hours !

New book

Have made leaps and bounds with new book

Still in that stage of thinking about what will happen and trying to work out a story line. Though for three nights now have woken up in night with amazing dialogue and had to write it down in the dark lol
Ready to decipher in the morning !!!!
I don't know how others work but I usually think about character convos when in lying in bed, thinking about what they say do etc

This is so different to the bonding it's weird
Though I do keep going to write Lily instead of main character.


I love the feel of a new book , the excitement and the unknown like you can do anything or come up with anything in your imagination !

Back to work today do that's going to eat into the writing time .

published

Eternal is out there now

yay

hope it goes down well.

Have been busy writing chapters for the new books , giving myself a little break form the Bonding series today.
wrote some good bits

humours lurks in the style and less dark that bonding and more bubbly

very teenage angst, not fitting into body, work , life etc. making new friends
any way cant let too much slip, not just yet.

two days !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only two days until Eternal is out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



SO SO exciting :)

I hope people will love it as much as I hope they will.

Hard to imagine there is only one left now of the series
but so much will be explained in Endless.

bonded

have finished going through a quick Bonded edit
and have uploaded

:)

quite enjoyed rereading it

The transference ceremony

Bonded.  The transference ceremony


“This is how we sustain our power, our magic, generation after generation, passing our thoughts, our knowledge and our legacy on to the next generation.” Carne stood still looking at the small box on the table, he couldn’t comprehend in his mind how it could hold his mother.

snip

Bonded-


'While further back, wooden pews filled the area near the back of the hall; his mother would have said they were for those unimportant people, commoners as she called them, the weak watered down type of witch and warlocks.' Carne quote


 

 

 

“Couldn’t we sit up there?” Lily nodded to the velvet covered, gilt chairs carefully placed in rows around the stage.

“There for the top nobs.” Helen said opening her bag and looking inside and pulling out her glass case. “You and me and the likes, we have to make do.” She said wiggling her bum on the hard seat like it would get softer if she kneaded it in.

whoooooooooooooooooo

whoooooooooooooooooooooooo

The books are the highest they have ever been in the Amazon ranking

The Bonding) is currently ranked #1,410 out of over 400,000 books in the Kindle Store.

The Bonding Bonded)" is currently ranked #2,105 out of over 400,000 books in the Kindle Store
The Bonding Forsaken)" is currently ranked #2,250 out of over 400,000 books in the Kindle Store.

The Bonding Fractured)" is currently ranked #2,447 out of over 400,000 books in the Kindle Store.

Bonded

“I love you Lillian!” He said still not turning to see her, “But you’re not ready.” He stood still for another second, before turning and looking at her with his red tear filled eyes. For an indescribable moment their eyes held each other, as tears began to fall.

spending bank holiday monday editing

spending bank holiday monday editing Bonded

its been ages since i read it and am so slow as enjoying lol.

but hopefully will be a lote easier to read once done.


and am 1,500 in the Kindle book store yay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cartoon

    “So you wanted a fight did you? Witch!” The strange voice yelled as Isis wiped the pouring blood from her lips, with the back of her hand and laughed menacingly. “I think it’s time we put you out of your misery, don’t you?” Isis cackled.

 

My son sean hasd come up with a novel idea.

using the fight scene ( small part below)

we are goign to try making a cartoon between us :/ not sure how easy this will be but we're gonna give it a go

 

 

 

 

 Lily closed her eyes as blood filled her mouth, and she found she couldn’t breathe. When she was sure she going to die she suddenly heard Emily as she pushed forward, pushing all the other voices away, in her still mind she whispered, and with her ragged breath Lily repeated,

    “Ish Nat Tish colt tom.” Mumbling the words weakly she held up her wavering hand toward Isis.

 

    Even though she couldn’t open her eyes, swollen and half shut from injury, she heard Isis’ ear splitting scream and she tried to open her eyes as much as she could. Lily saw Isis propel across the room smashing into the wall.

    “Go!” The voices in Lily’s head shouted. As Isis sprang up and was on her feet in an instant, her black eyes fixed firmly on Lily.

 

    Mumbling the transport spell, she flashed from the horror and destruction of the room and landed with a painful thud outside the main gate.

    As she felt the harsh coldness of the tarmac pressed against her swollen cheek, Lily heard Isis scream inside the house.

Bleeding, unable to move, she whispered with a ragged breath,

   “Home…” Praying she would transport.

    As Lily felt her consciousness ebbing away

fractured

last pages of Fractured...

 

 

 

Lillian De Deveron

 

 

 

 

“Are they asleep?” Carne asked as Lily walked into the room.

“Yes, sorry I read them a story and then Coral wanted to chat.” Lily replied sitting down next to him on the sofa.

“Everybody wants to chat, ask me how I am, where I’ve been, how I feel…” Lily remarked, thinking back to all the phone calls she had had since coming home a few days ago.

“Hmmm.” Lily said snuggling into Carnes shoulder.

“You’re just popular.” He laughed, “Are you tired?” He continued, flicking through the TV channels.

“Yes, but I’m also comfy.” She snuggled deeper into Carnes chest as he hung his arm around her and rubbed her elbow as they watched TV as Lily tried to relax and push the worries away but it was harder than it seemed. She felt on edge.

Just as she was starting to feel like she was drifting of safely in Carne’s arms a servant knocked on the door.

“Sorry to disturb you Sir, but there’s an urgent phone call.”

“Who is it?” He glanced at his watch.

“It’s very late.”

“It’s the hospital Sir.” The woman said, her voice sounding a little concerned. Lily sat wearily up as Carne rose, she could feel her heart flutter, why would the hospital be ringing, Lily sat up right as Carne took the phone form the woman’s hand.

“Hello, Lord De Deveron here.” He looked over at Lily as he spoke,

“Yes, she is my wife…Yes…Next of kin, I don’t understand…” Carne looked shocked suddenly paler and she could feel the worry shake him, was it her dad? No she had just seen him, he seemed fine, was it the stress of losing her? Maybe he wasn’t fine.

“Carne.” Lily called out softly.

“Hold on.” Carne spoke into the phone, “I’ll get her.” He held the phone in his hand; Lily noted the worry etched on his face.

“Lillian it’s the hospital, the intensive care unit…” Lily transported to Carne’s side too scared to ask, to know nervously she took the phone from his hand.

“Hello?” Lily felt the rising fear rush to the surface, which had only just, began to settle.

“Sorry to ring Ms De Deveron, but I am a nurse in the ITU at Amber Brook Hospital and you have been listed as next of kin for a…Mr Worthington.” The nurse paused and she gasped loudly as panic rushed in.

“Logan!” She murmured looking up at Carnes eyes.

“Yes…A Mr Logan Worthington.”

“What’s happened?” Lily asked her voice braking; Carne reached out his hand offering some comfort holding Lily’s hand as she listened to the information.

“I’m afraid there was a serious car crash this afternoon and Mr Worthington was treated at the scene by paramedics and attending doctors until he was stable enough to move. He was then brought in to us here at ICU. The doctors are concerned about the extent of his injuries and have asked me to ring you as a matter of urgency, to see if possible could you please come in now.”

“Okay.” Lily answered numbly.

“Is he going to be ok?”

“As I said, his injuries are severe and the doctor has suggested you spend as much time as possible with him.” The nurse added bluntly.

“Right…” She felt her body shake, as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

“I’m coming.” She said weakly hanging up the phone.

“Lily what is it?” Carne asked.

“Logan…” Lily started her mind shocked.

“He’s had an accident.” She paused, the facts, the panic now hitting home.

“He might die!” She turned and held on to Carnes body, the tears flowing.

“Logan…” She cried her heart tearing.

 

Seven days

Only a week until Eternal. Wondering how I can get it out there in the world lol
I need publishing help !!

Changed the bonding

Decided to change around a few lines of the bonding today , hopefully it will be up and available tomorrow.
Always hate using uploaded thingy on kindle as never sure it'd gonna work / look

Added all the trimmings

Added all the extra bits last night, the title, dedication etc. looks like a book now :)
Just need to chill today then give it another once over and re read before I publish. I'm quite sure there is bits that need a tweak lol

ten day countdown

Ten days....yes only ten days until the release of Eternal

ooh so exciting !!

I have just realised I have used size 12 font and the other books are size 14.
Not sure whether to change it or not, there are parts through which are different fonts (curly for Carnes handwriting) and in a different size.
Not sure how long it would take to do as I would have to do in parts and this is quite a long book like The Bonding.

I'll see I have a few days yet to tweak.

The Bonding

The Bonding...

Can you imagine being told you have to marry a stranger?

Someone you have never met just because you’re told that you have too?

Lillian Tempest is a witch, a witch who however who is not very apt at magic.

Her whole life is about to change as she is forced to marry because of a prophecy.

This prophecy reveals her destiny as part of a magical couple, who will be bonded for eternity, their power unlike another.

Editing

Got an amazing amount done yesterday so much site lap top was overheating and I had to use the fan pad underneath.
am over half way through and was sitting there thinking last night as soon as I've finished I need to re write the blurbs as mine are crap!

Loads of ideas came to me last night when I couldn't sleep
Thinks about Logan mainly, there's such a big change in him in Eternal I need to make sure readers can see it happening a lot about him dreamt really come out till Endless Im afraid there will be those who will be left wondering what on earth Is going in with him.

Have already stretched book by adding by about 8 pages it is a bit of a hefty one I think

And I'm not web ending it where I wanted which was later, will see when I get there how it feels.

I was also thinking about the beginning of the bonding which SO does not grab you that needs changing too

Ok plan today is at least ten pages if not more :)

Surprise

Yep another day writing lol

New book

Wow that's a change woke up having dream about new book-obviously on my mind.
Will plod on today with Eternal. Wish I could find a agent/ publisher

Writing

I seem to be burning the candles at both ends- as the kids go to bed I have a hour or two to myself, only thing is I am going to bed at day 1.30 and then waking up early to et a bit of good writing done in the morning before the house wakes up!!

Not to mention the snippets of time I am finding during the day.
It's all go, I am feeling the pressure to finish as have yr three uni stating in September and will need to focus not to mention back to work at start of sept too.

Have also and I hang my head as I said I wouldn't get all swept up in it until finished the bonding series

But have started making notes, research and planning new books !! Set of three

Can't tell you what there about but may be just the lead characters name as I have sorta decided on that for now

Mia Moss

working hard

I feel like I'm really in the zone, went out last night and arrived home about ten, but was desperate to do more on Eternal.
Stayed up until after one AM writing, editing and making each page better.
Then woke up at 8 to start again.
Really feel like everything is flowing really well, and can't wait until its out there to read...

loving writing at the moment :)

busy week of writing

I have been very busy writing, and have hit a high today ( highest ranking to date) very happy :)

The Bonding..." is currently ranked #1,650 out of over 400,000 books in the Kindle Store.

Whoop love you guys so much for buying the books xxxxxxx
 and also finished first draft of Eternal.

Now I have to re-read through the book, little notebook in hand and go through and make sure everything is covered and I haven't left loose ends or things not explained.

In fact this is a good fun part of writing as the story is all typed up and now just tidying.
Then of course there is the edit which I will do separately after I and happy everything is where I want it.

Really feeling positive for the September publish :)

writing

have managed (and the days not finished ) to write a whopping 17 pages today  :)

back

Hi blog, I haven't blogged for a while, but had the end of work to deal with (busy busy) and then a week ago, finally broke up for six weeks. yay!
And the first week consisted of a team of electricians rewiring the girls room and then the decorating mayhem started lol

Anyway good news is I have been able to write in between the chaos and even yesterday did a full days writing or 15 pages !!
Just coming up to the last third of the book now, on page 189 in A4 pages so I think this book will be a big one.

I didn't want to go to bed last night as in a very exciting part of the book... here is a little snippet :)

He felt on fire, the dark power itching at his fingertips. Images of His mother and Illyria flood his mind, how the darkness in him had killed them. How Logan was only a breath away from being his next victim.

Eternal

sunday

Hope today is fantastic writing day number 2 :)

though it is my nephews 2nd birthday , and he is popping over later...so maybe not lol

writing

Have spent most of the day writing
That is what good planning will get you
I got up at 6AM went to Asda and did the weekly food shop , then did the washing and hoovering and then after a quick tidy was able to dedicate some quality time to Eternal

Can't wait till the next 2 weeks are up and I can have 6 weeks of uninterrupted holiday writing !!! yay

makes my heart swell

"The Bonding (The Bonding..." is currently ranked #2,861 out of over 400,000 books in the Kindle Store

yay

whooooooooo
"The Bonding (The Bonding..." is currently ranked #2,550 out of over 400,000 books in the Kindle Store.

gave daughter part of book

well quite a proactive evening, Daughter read first 100 or so pages of Eternal and said it is good. yay

Looking forward to the weekend so I can get some long hours in writing, as quite tricky in drips and drabs.
Had a storming, brain busting session with my two girls last night over the new books.
still really wanting to do something like a murder mystrey series, but we will see. Definatly something spooky lol.

such a long day

last night I practically fell asleep at the laptop writing.
so today I have been itching ALL day to write, leaving it in a place which is right in the middle of a part I have been dreaming about for so long.
I wish I could tell you about it, but its a turning point in the story.
and quite romantic in the end, though haven't quite got there yet, there still a bit of anguish to go though yet for our characters, before things start to pick up.

ok...need to go...less blogging...more writing !!!!

Sunday writing

 

BLOG SUNDAY STATUS:

 'Well, I have been up a hour or so, put a load of washing on, filled the dishwasher, had a quick clean up and am now enjoying sitting on the sofa writing, on page 120 ! prob a third through. This is my fave time for writing, early morning, when everyone is asleep, no TV, no sound ( well the washing machine lol) but just thinking time...perfect.'

 

One of my friends from uni messaged me yesterday and said I still had grammar problems in The Bonding !
So being a star has offered to look, (yay) I just don't have the ability to see problems. I think.
And there are 4 books out there that need doing!!!
May have to do some editing in holidays. :/

God, I only hope that one day, someone will decide to be my agent and I can get them looked at the book and make it perfect.

I want to write, but feel a little out of my depth when it comes to spellings and grammar.
I suppose thats what happens, when at aged 40 you decided to start writing books, with no English background or knowledge !

Anyway, I'm hoping that with a edit, the book will be okay, and will be easier to read, I don't want people to not read it because its all wrong :(

I must say feeling a little disheartened today. I wonder if everyone feels like this at some point.

writing time

Well still no writing at work, was hoping that maybe at lunch time I might get a 20 min break or so, but no.
So had dinner and set myself two hours from 7-9
Just done that and managed 1,700 ish words. I was aiming for 2000, not far of, but I am thinking and copying bits from notes.
OK, well, here's to a bit at work tomorrow lol, though can only make notes as the book is on PC at home.
Gone are the days of emailing chunks backwards and forwards I get in such a muddle.
Two hours tomorrow,  then two Friday and then...
The weekend !!!!
Long excellent writing hours. yay!

slow and steady

well today I lugged my planning A4 note book to work along with the two A4 ones I am writing in only to find, there wasn't one moment of the day, to do any actual writing. lol

Anyway after dinner I managed to write for 2 hours straight and managed to write 1,768 words, not sure if that's good or bad lol, but it is something !!!
Also added a few lines I have written tonight, on twitter and face book to get some interest. Not sure if it does, but worth a try.

But they haven't had this snippet: exclusively on Blogger / ursulajardine.com

Some non-edited, first notes from Eternal:

“I love him Logan,” She cried into his wool coat, the words he didn’t want to hear. He nodded his head above hers.

“And I love you!” He told her, “This could be our chance, to be together, you, me and the kids.” Lily hid her face in the warmth of his chest.

“I feel so confused,” She whispered honestly, “ So alone.”

“You’re not alone.” He told her holding her close while she thought about what he was proposing.

A life with Logan.

:)

Writing

Been able to get a bit of writing done today- a good few pages on Carne and just now some on Lily, still working on paper so may have to type at weekend. Or it gets too much lol
Flow isn't as good as before, but in sure the more I can write the better it will be. Stuff that is coming out on the page is good - god hope I can ever it published in next couple of months.

whooooo happy bunny

message form Amazon site...

"The Bonding (The Bonding..." is currently ranked #4,096 out of over 400,000 books in the Kindle Store


Yay !!!

first day of writing for a long time

Today I have spent most of the day writing Eternal
at first it felt odd, I was of course rusty and the story was patchy, but I soon picked it up and wrote loads, though I stress in a notebook, so still needs to be tided up and written on the laptop.
feels good
I have just been doing a heavy part from Carne, a really emotional section which is a different part of the book.
need to look a solicitors letter for a format too....

2 days till end of year exams then.....

I CAN WRITE !!!
& I can't wait, will be so nice to finally put all my time and effort into finishing book 5
I didn't realise this years uni would be so intense and take so much of my time, but the end is so close.
Just hope the questions are not to hard and I can focus my wee brain into remembering all the stuff Ive read.

okay see you in a couple of days dear blog :)

loving twitter

I think I am finally getting the hang of Twittering
Its taken a while but I am enjoying it immensely.

Studying Literature revision is all but done, I've read and read oh... and read a bit more, lol and feel like my head will explode !!! But I am worried about some of the spellings like :

Othello
Barbantio
Desdemona
Roderigo
Iago
Thaddeus
Shalto
Batholomew

Going to lay off the revision for a few days then have a mad go at it week before so that I can refresh all the info into some logical order. ( well that's the plan anyway)

I just hope my mind does not go all blank and mushy when I get there lol

I have been looking through the Eternal plans today, I was half way through and the lull means I'm outta touch with book and characters, so I will read over what I have written this week, as off work on half term :)
yay
and that way I will be ready to continue asap.

itching to write

Really really feeling the need to write, but with this huge revision hanging over me for the uni exam, I dont think I can. I get so absorbed by writing, it over takes me, I just need & want to write.
I wonder if others feel like this?
All I can see is that in 3 weeks time I can be on full time Book writing :) well apart from work lol
But bassically I will be able to write up to Sept yay.
I am biting at the bit to start.

Roll on 14th June...

chill out weekend.

Been pretty chilled this weekend, did the early morning food shop as usual before 7am, then washing oh and more washing, actually can fit the lid on the laundry basket ( a rare occurrence )
today has been a odd day, woke at 4?? Went down stairs and read Amanda Hockings 'my blood approves' for a bit in my kindle. I am really enjoying it. This is my third time at the series but I think the new book is out at the beginning of June so getting ready lol.
Then had a middle of the day bath ( so different for the end of the day / ready for bed bath) and now watching the vampire diaries:)
Back to work tomorrow but only two weeks to half term yay
Okay I'm going to pick up daughter from a sleep over then tackle dinner !

Have decided to blog a little bit more on my life as well as just books .

excitement

OMG
I don't know what came over me
Suddenly I became all techno - whizzy and made a movie on something called movie maker AND uploaded it to you tube
Amazed myself lol

anyway check it out
http://youtu.be/NeXsOoC0OMs
It is basic, as I have no idea of how to use the movie maker thingy, but its OK.

enjoy guys xxx xxx

editing done !!

finally... after two weeks of hard slogging, a numb bum and many, many hours...have finished editing The Bonding.
 :)
Just uploaded it to Kindle and should be up and running in next 12 hours.

I was quite shocked while I was painstakingly re-reading and checking for punctuation mistakes /spelling mistakes, how many there were !!

Sorry to all who have brought before update.
I'm not sure why, but I think as you write, you write it down and when you check it, it is so fresh in your mind,putting down what you want to say and you miss parts, because your reading it in your head how you think it should be.

Now, really itching to have a look at book two now, Bonded to see if it needs looking at, I'm sure it does.
But must try to finish Eternal first as it is half completed,
and I have a exam next month on 20th Century Literature, so I need to study too.
Actually a little more than worried about exam as it is for 3 hours and must be hand written, and as you can tell my spellings are awful !!!!

Please follow me on twitter @ ursulajardine1 or on facebook, I'd love to hear from you, and get your feed back, questions about the books.

Ursula

new character?

Today I have been pondering whether I need to inject a new character in to the story?
It hasn't had anyone new in it for a while, and in fact we've lost a few along the way.

Names?
Ideas?

book coming along

I have managed to write a little in the evenings after work, which is quite a shock, I honestly thought I wouldn't be able too, with work, OU and general stuff. But have managed to do a bit.
Its a bit tense in the book at the mo, there are a few eruptions in the world of The Bonding.

Have asked on Face book what readers favourite characters are and is there any questions they would like to ask?
Wonder if I will get a reply?

Okay only a little entry today :)

Day off

For the first day in a week had a day off writing.

Tabbitha, my youngest had a operation yesterday (wisdom tooth removal) and so been a couple of stressful days.
Tried writing the wedding scene when she was down for op, but there was something uninspiring about sitting on a hard hospital chair in a cramped cubile on the ward, waiting. Whatever it was, I just couldnt write, nothing was coming...Strange for me !! Anyway have let myself have a day off and moved onto uni stuff today, and have submitted the essay that I have been working on over the last month, so a good productive day in some ways.

I really want to make this wedding beautiful, I have loads of ideas, is just getting them onto the paper with out waffling !!! I've invisaged honey suckle and the smellof vanila in the air...

new book

Have been working extremely hard on the new book. Hit 81 A4 pages today :)
Which is more in book pages.
I feel really excited about it, it is flowing well and there are a few bits I'm feeling so proud of already lol.
Wanna share !!!! But must resist, I don't want to spoil the story line and there quite a few surprises in this one!!

One thing I will let you in on is Erin's and James wedding, I've just reached the day and its SO exciting :) love a good wedding, its almost like planning one, thinking of colours and what dress the bride will wear etc. I feel that its fantastic they have managed to come together after all this time and Erin is going to make a honest man of him :)

OK...sneak peek at the dress....

Eternal:
'Lily fastened the last pearl button following her spine, on the back of Erin’s bodice, she looked amazing. The dress was a plain, cream bodice with puffed sheer sleeves which gathered at the forearm ending in a long cuff which had matching pearl buttons. The skirt was a fluted affair, in chiffon which moved around her as she walked, it was both simple and elegant.'

first draft, so will probably end up a little more finished, but enjoy xxx

uj x

FB idea

I have decided to post little snippets form the books on face book page.
Its quite hard to pick some without giving story away !
But I thought might draw people's interest.
reading a little of Bonded, made me wanna write!!!
I can't wait for this last two essays for uni, then I will be happy.

facebook

I feel so chuffed, I've had a few people who have read the books comment on my face book page :)

thank you guys xxx

Its a really weird feeling, I mean I hoped someone, somewhere would like the books , even enjoy them, but you never really know if any one will.
Then when you read someone liked them it is such a warm feeling, like 'wow' its fantastic.
wish I had more time though to write, I'm on my last two assignments for uni then defiantly 'wrting time' as I re read revision material for the June exam then full on author mode will hit lol
I love that, when I think, dream and imagine the world of the bonding, scribbling down little ideas throughout the day, waking up at night, after just imagining a conversation in my head with the characters...perfect !

p.s. Just been chilling out today reading a little of Fallen by Lauren Kate...love that book.

ok this might work

link to my facebook page:)

http://www.facebook.com/groups/octA230/#!/pages/Ursula-Jardine/247074405344128

wow

Just had a quick peek on the free lending period (5days)
and looks like almost 500 people in the USA downloaded my book, 200 in England and one or two in other counties.
yay !

Not a happy bunny :(

Hmmmm....
It was going to happen...Eventually, with my ' C 'grade in English some 25 years ago lol... I have had a negative review on my Amazon page for The Bonding. ( though they didn't have to pay for it as it was free)

Been fluctuating between feeling like 'its okay', he's entitled to his opinion, to' maybe I should give up writing' as I am not adept enough in the literary field, the extreme maybe, but it is a bit of a downer.

I'm the first one to say I NEED aneditor, god what I wouldn't do to have a professional look at my work and help !!
But its not easy, I did try, for almost a year, writing to editors, publishing houses and trying to find an agent.
I need help, help with punctuation, spelling grammar...God I just want to write ( giggles to myself)

Ok ok, basically I'm just a full time working mum who wants to share my magical story with you, to get it out there...The story of Lily, Logan and Carne and there amazing journey and thier love.

Right enough wallowing, deep breath...(repeats in head: I will not let this put me off) I still need to get the last  two books finished and out there...

P.S. Thank you to everyone who has brought my books :) spelling mistakes and all xxx xxx

have gone free...well for 5 days!

After an idea form hubby, I have put The Bonding on for free for 5 days, using the Amazon promotional package.
I do feel a Little bad for those who have brought it, but hopefully it might generate a little interest.
I didn't foresee the difficulties of promoting my book once out there!
Enjoying One Day which i picked up yesterday. Really good !

busy

well haven;t been able to do what I love for a while, and that's write as my ou course is taking up so much time. Its in depth, loads of novels to read and absorb , before having to write essays on them. but I finish after my exam in June then my new course isn't until Sept so a good few months for uninterrupted writing. Its a shame really as the next book is all ready to be typed up, its just finding the time.
Have read some very interesting classics though over last few months, Wuthering Heights a book I was not fond of has now become a cherished favourite as I have delved into the characters and examined it deeply. who would have thought, seriously thinking of giving another Bronte a go.
Then there was The sandman, odd book and just finished The Sign of Four, which I loved before I began :)
okay well sorry for the wait guys, but it will be worth it.