Update!

I know it's been quite some time since I've updated, but I have good news! The first unedited half of Melaney and The Mirror is now available on Authonomy! It's got a long way to go, but I think the story is moving along quite nicely. :) Also, check out some updates on my website, you can now view some of the chapter and intermission pictures for the book (done by yours truly).

As for My Last Notes, there is a brand new extended trailer (also on my website) that I promise is way better than the first. I'm hoping I won't be late in that June first deadline, even though it's a few days away, my husband decided to clean one day and lost my USB drive with all of my edits on it. So, needless to say, I'm a bit on the unmotivated side when it comes to that right now.

Also, Authonomy ended up changing the ranking system on me during a break I took, so I am having to restart at the bottom and hope to rise up once again! I'm already in the 1200's out of thousands more in the slush pile. I'll update soon on the new release date for the final manuscript of My Last Notes.

Thanks for reading!

Another Addiction

I've never had a bad comment on my writing before. Even after the comment "Oh Dear- another vampire novel", the writer sent me a message saying that she meant that different than it sounded. My next and last 'bad' comment was "Cedric sitting at a table with a group, crooked smile, god-like features.... sorry to say, but it kinda reminded me of Twilight..." I get this. It's true that the similarities in some ways are comparable (like they are both vampire novels...), but the story itself is completely different.

After I asked her for some helpful suggestions on how she thought I could make it better, she then messaged me with, "I noted those points only to let you know that Twilight fans would feel those similiarities :) am not a huge fan of Twilight saga either (i feel its very poorly written)... I liked your book better and so backed it :) (i shud ve explained my pov in my comment) am not a huge of online reading, but i will read more, i promise :)". Why she couldn't have said this on the actual comment so that everyone who read it didn't automatically turn away, I'm not sure.

Authonomy is a rigourous unfair competition. Unfortunately, I'm addicted. Don't get me wrong, I love getting all and any kind of comments, even if I get ones that completely bash my writing because I appreciate the honesty. Still, after all this time I can't help but to keep logging in to check that rating and see if I have anything new. If I could do nothing but write all day and night I would be happy. Is that weird or just passionate? I may be addicted to cigarettes more than authonomy but the comparison is still a valid argument, so what's a writer to do besides push the agents and publishers?

The Introduction

Okay, so I'm really starting this to maybe get my name and/or books out there in the world. I'm working with other Authonomy writers in competition to be in the top five on Harper Collins website by the end of the month, or rather any month. Currently my stats aren't horrible but they aren't the top five. Any other writer will tell you how difficult it is to get published and how many strenuous years and countless waisted hours you spend editing and going over in your mind to make it "worthy", when in my opinion there are some unpublished authors out there who write just as well, if not better, that ones who are published.


Honestly whats the point of literary agents too? I mean, no offense to any of them, they are wonderful, but I don't understand why most publishers require for you to hire one. It's frustrating.


Any way, here's a little bit about me :) I'm finally getting married this July to my fiance Jeremy, and we have a beautiful one year old little girl named Savvy. I work full time in a real estate law firm (not exactly my dream but it does pay the bills) and write after savvy goes to bed. Writing is my passion (I write mostly fiction) and my dream. Hopefully anyone who reads what I write is inspired and taken into another world.


That's all for now, thanks for reading :)


Brittany