tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16974104050076304732024-03-13T20:23:36.005-04:00Kathleen HarschKathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-53027853065207903382014-12-05T17:37:00.000-05:002014-12-05T17:37:12.496-05:00Wattpad New Chapter UpdatedI love upload day! It's so much fun to see how many people will read the next installment of DREAMING DANGEROUSLY.
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It took me seven years, but I finally published my collection of Halloween Tales that I wrote with my students! I have three different books, Volume 1, Volume 2 and a combination of both Volumes 1 and 2.</h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the novel writing world, <span style="color: red;"><b>SPRINTING</b> </span>is writing as fast as you can in a set amount of time to see how many words you can write. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Usually, you are sprinting with another writer. It's a contest, but not really. When we sprint, we always congratulate the other person on their accomplishments. I first learned about sprinting through NaNoWriMo, but I found a group on Facebook that I joined, which I prefer over Twitter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, if you think about or brainstorm what you want to write ahead of time, sprinting can be the best way to allow your brain to just take off running with that topic. You'd be surprised what your brain will come up with in such a short amount of time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last Saturday, in 1 1/2 hours or 3 sprints, I wrote 1800 words. If I did this every day, I would write about 10 books a year! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's a bit unrealistic, considering I don't write every day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, if you sprinted once a week for 1 1/2 hours and averaged 1800 words each time, you'd write a novel a year. That's not bad for an hour and a half of writing every week!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you want to write fast and furious? Or do you have bits and pieces of dialogue or important plot ideas on different slips of paper?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You don't always have to make your fingers fly across the computer keys. If you have an iPhone or maybe another smart phone with the free Google Docs app, you can use the microphone icon next to the space bar on your phone's touch keyboard to dictate your words into a Google Doc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even dialogue can be written into a Google doc this way! All you have to do is say "Begin Quote" and say whatever words you would like your character to say and then say "comma," "period," or "question mark" and "End Quote." (This will save with lots of editing time later.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tonight, I wrote 1000 words for my new book this way and didn't even suffer from finger cramps!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Another thing this method helped me with is writer's block. A couple of days ago I brainstormed scene ideas for the next point of view section of my latest book. This section has been alluding me for the last three days. Grrrr...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to dictate my brainstorming ideas into Google Docs this evening, and an amazing thing happened! I added more ideas as they popped into my head, and I came up with the plot twist that would fuel the rest of my book!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, I can begin again tomorrow and have a clear direction for this section of <i>When Dreams Will Come</i>, the third book in my series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am so excited to share this idea with other writers! Happy writing!</span>Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-51993099846154756892014-04-03T01:11:00.004-04:002014-04-03T01:11:58.923-04:00What Strategies Do You Use When You Get Stuck As a Writer?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a teacher of writing, I get this all the time from my students. It's difficult to get unstuck, but sometimes, especially when you're writing a novel, you have to let your ideas bounce around in your brain and run into other ideas and thoughts until your characters work out their struggles for you. Or you could just go with the flow of your writing, and not resist what the characters want to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For instance, one scene I just finished tonight, I had actually envisioned when I first tried to write the chapter, but I edited it from my mind and tried to come up with something different. I wasn't listening to what my character had to do, what he was driven to do. Maybe I just didn't want him to fail. But I knew he had to fail to put everyone in more peril than they were previously. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Read another book. </b>Get completely immersed in another world, the language of the author, the flow of ideas. Now look to see how many other books that author has written. Have they written more than you? Then, start writing again, so people will get immersed in the worlds you create and your language.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Brainstorm in a journal.</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> I think about the place, the senses, and what I envision happening in that place with a certain character or characters. Sometimes the act of writing in ink in a book, another medium, can get your mind working differently, less editorially, more creatively.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Freewrite.</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> I did this a bunch of times with this chapter. It really helped me because I was so stuck, I didn't even have anything envisioned in some places. So, I typed as fast as I could for five or ten minutes. If you're a NaNoWriMo writer, this would be referred to as a "writing sprint."</span></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Go to a movie based on a book you've read.</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> Similar to getting immersed in a book, but seeing someone else's interpretation of the author's words may get your mind thinking more like a director. You see the big picture or you see details brought to life in a different way to convey the same idea, emotion or scene. I recently saw Divergent by Virginia Roth.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because the book trailer was outdated, I decided to redo my book trailer for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Dangerously-Children-Kathleen-Harsch-ebook/dp/B005LIAN5I/ref=la_B005LIZ0WO_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396161361&sr=1-1" target="_blank">DREAMING DANGEROUSLY</a>. I used my MacBook, so I could use iMovie. I've found the program to be much easier to use than Windows Movie Maker. If you are interested in the book, just click on the book title link above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) I made all of my pics 1024x768 using <a href="https://pixlr.com/editor/" target="_blank">pixlr editor,</a> a free site for creating images. Most of my pics were from either those I bought from Shutterstock.com or free images from other parts of the internet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2) I uploaded all of those pics into iPhoto.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3) Next, I put all of the iPhoto pics in iMovie. I arranged those like a story board. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5) On Garage Band, I recorded my voice using an echo effect, so it sounds like the voiceover is coming from Cassie's mind. I saved the file, and it appeared in iTunes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6) Then, I imported my voiceover from iTunes into iMovie. Next, I made all of my clips the correct length for the narration. This took a lot of time because you have to do each one individually.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7) Next I looked for royalty free music, and found it at <a href="http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?genre=Soundtrack&page=10" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>. The cool thing about getting music here is that you can search by type of music as well as by emotional impact. I chose "The Complex" by Kevin MacLeod in the Soundtrack genre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8) I just adjusted the ducking so that the music didn't drown out my voiceover, and then I saved and uploaded to iTunes at <a href="http://youtu.be/JlmNhfldf_4" target="_blank">Dreaming Dangerously book trailer 1080p</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9) I also uploaded it to my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005LIZ0WO" target="_blank">Amazon Author's Page</a> for <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Dangerously-Children-Kathleen-Harsch-ebook/dp/B005LIAN5I/ref=la_B005LIZ0WO_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396161361&sr=1-1" target="_blank">DREAMING DANGEROUSLY.</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I love how it turned out. It's amazing how much I've learned about video making since the last time I made a book trailer. It took me a total of 8 hours, at the most. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I taught myself how to use pixlr editor from watching Youtube videos a few months ago. That's how I was able to redo my book covers. I just didn't like the thought of having to pay someone $300 for a pre-made book cover. I didn't like any of the covers I saw, so I started playing around with making my own. I became proficient at iMovie when I helped my daughter with her History Alive project last year about how the Beatles impacted American history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If this post was helpful, please leave a comment. If you are interested in knowing when my next book will be out, subscribe on the right side of my blog. I only send out newsletters when I have something to release, so I won't spam your email every day, I promise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, I have a Facebook page called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dreaming-Dangerously-Children-of-the-Psi-Series/278124805539281" target="_blank">Dreaming Dangerously: Children of the Psi Series</a>, go there and show your love by liking the page!</span><br />
<br />Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-31831799303821180202014-03-26T20:00:00.001-04:002014-03-26T20:01:43.369-04:00Look at the Difference 3 Years Makes!<span style="font-size: large;">Just received the proof for my 3rd edition of <i><b>DREAMING DANGEROUSLY.</b> </i> I won't be updating the paper back book anymore, but as I publish new books, I will link them in my eBook version. I wanted to recreate the cover because the book just wasn't selling well, even though it had wonderful reviews. I think the new cover captures the theme and genre of the book so much better.</span><br />
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Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-75572746454202930022014-03-23T00:42:00.000-04:002014-03-23T00:42:21.817-04:00NEW COVER FOR DARKNESS DESCENDS<span style="font-size: large;">I spent most of today redesigning and uploading <i>Darkness Descends</i> on Create Space for Amazon paperback and in eBook on Kindle Direct. </span><br />
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<br />Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-2392833634880873422014-03-20T00:57:00.005-04:002014-03-23T00:46:23.277-04:00NEW BOOK COVER for DREAMING DANGEROUSLY!<span style="font-size: large;">I just spent this evening redesigning my book cover for Create Space, so that my eBooks and my paperback books have the same "look." It's so much easier to design an eBook cover because all you have to worry about is the front cover, and you don't have to worry about edges nearly as much. I had to rearrange my name, move over my title, etc. I also came up with a more succinct back cover blurb. </span><br />
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<br />Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-68716795359381338932014-03-05T19:41:00.000-05:002014-03-05T19:45:51.389-05:00New Cover Reveal Friday<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am so excited to be revealing the new covers for the <i>Children of the Psi</i> series! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In order to have covers that reflect more of the theme and genre of the books, I decided to redesign them. I bought images from<b> <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/index-in.mhtml">Shutterstock.com</a>.</b> It took me hours to search for just the right images for Cassie and Will. Then, I learned how to use <b><a href="https://pixlr.com/editor/">Pixlr Editor</a>,</b> which is a free program you can use on-line to edit images. I've learned how to layer images, add text, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How%20to%20use%20Pixlr%20editor&sm=3">Youtube</a> </b>has been my source for learning how to use Pixlr Editor.
If you have some graphic art ability and cannot spend money on professional covers, this program is a wonderful resource. I can even control the number of pixels, which I couldn't do on Microsoft Publisher. I did finally end up using Microsoft Publisher for all the text because I know the program better. Then, to add any additional effects, I used <a href="https://pixlr.com/express/"><b>Pixlr Express</b></a>. Because I have many more books I want to upload this year, I wanted to keep my costs low, and the images are really not that expensive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way, I have to give props to Susan Kaye Quinn, whose book the <i>Indie Author Survival Guide</i>, has been an incredible resource. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks, Susan! </span></b><br />
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So excited! Almost finished with first half of book! </h4>
My advice to anyone who writes. Don't wait for the muse to strike in order to write. Just write, even if it's horrible. Even if it's only 500 words at a time. I've been averaging 500 words a night after being a teacher all day, a mother all afternoon and most of the evening. If I can do it, so can you!<br />
<br />Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-59134466924108997112013-02-26T01:04:00.002-05:002013-02-26T01:04:21.482-05:00Pinterest for Dreaming Dangerously<span style="font-size: large;">I've created a new Pinterest for <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Dangerously-Children-Psi-Book/dp/1477632395/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1361858290&sr=8-2&keywords=Dreaming+Dangerously">DREAMING DANGEROUSLY</a></i>.</span><br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;">Free Souls</b> by Susan Kaye Quinn
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(Book Three of the Mindjack Trilogy)<b> </b><i>Now Available!</i></div>
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<b>When your mind is a weapon, freedom comes at a price.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Four months have passed since Kira left home to join Julian’s Jacker Freedom Alliance, but the hole in her heart still whistles empty where her boyfriend Raf used to be. She fills it with weapons training, JFA patrols, and an obsessive hunt for FBI agent Kestrel, ignoring Julian’s worries about her safety and repeated attempts to recruit her for his revolutionary chat-casts. When anti-jacker politician Vellus surrounds Jackertown with the National Guard, Kira discovers there’s more to Julian’s concerns than she knew, but she’s forced to take on a mission that neither want and that might be her last: assassinating Senator Vellus before he can snuff out Julian’s revolution and the jackers she’s come to love.</div>
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All of the Mindjack stories are available on <a href="http://bit.ly/SKQonAmazon">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/SKQonAmazon">Barnes&Noble</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/SusanonKobo">Kobo</a>, and<a href="http://bit.ly/SKQoniBookstore"> iTunes</a>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Early Praise for <i>Free Souls</i></span>
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"<i>Free Souls</i> starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Like a mash-up of all your favorite science-fiction adventures from Star Wars to The Legend of Korra, it blends nonstop action, nail-biting escapes, and great romance. I absolutely loved it! A great series conclusion—a must-read."</div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.5pt;">“Susan did it again. <i>Free Souls</i> was WOW! I expected Kira to step up to her role as heroine but not like this. Surprises kept coming until the very end which tied up more loose ends than I knew existed. Warning: Don't start reading until you have time to finish. I didn't want to put <i>Free Souls</i> down for a second. It's that kind of book.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Interview</span></i></b>
Susan's over at <a href="http://amyandthepen.wordpress.com/">Amy Saunder's blog today</a> (12.14.12), answering questions about how she came up with the mages' abilities, what kind of mage she would be, and all about her future works.
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Digital Box Set</span></i></b>
Since <i>Free Souls</i> is out, there is now a <a href="http://bit.ly/SKQonAmazon">Digital Box Set of the Mindjack Trilogy</a> for those of you who want the whole series!
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Mindjack Origins Collection</span></i></b>
Want more Julian? Wondering how Sasha's ability really works? Looking for EXCLUSIVE DELETED SCENES from <i>Free Souls</i>? This collection of novellas, scenes, and other goodies is for those craving a bit more of the characters and drama of the Mindjack series.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Mind Games </i>(Raf's story)</span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Handler</i> (Julian's story)</span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Scribe </i>(Sasha's story)</span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>TWO EXCLUSIVE DELETED SCENES</b> from <i>Free Souls </i></span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">(published nowhere else!)</span>
<b style="font-size: x-large;">PLUS</b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Mindjack flash fiction, an (imaginary) conversation between Raf and Julian, and other goodies for readers who want just a little bit more of Kira, Julian, Raf, and the Mindjack crew.</span>
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Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-65288520858260084322012-11-29T22:27:00.000-05:002012-11-29T22:28:04.769-05:00NaNoWrimo Winner! I just finished my Na No Wri Mo, 50,000 word challenge for Book 3, When Dreams Will Come! Yeah!!<br />
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<br />Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-86416689384607552292012-11-04T09:57:00.001-05:002012-11-04T09:58:29.041-05:00National Novel Writing Month 2012I'm participating in the National Novel Writing Project for book number three, tentatively entitled <i>What Dreams Will Come</i> of the Children of the Psi series. It has really helped me to focus and get writing.<br />
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<br />Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-26984097416156455982012-07-17T00:24:00.004-04:002012-07-17T19:16:14.996-04:00My First Book Store Signing at Booksamillion!I had a wonderful day with Jeremy and Josh and the rest of the staff at Booksamillion in Port Richey. I loved interacting with the public, and it was fun talking to potential readers, many of whom bought a book or two of mine. Lots of fun and I sold around 28 books in about two hours. (Even though I was there for three, one hour was very dead - between 1 and 2pm).<br />
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<b>1. Get to the store earlier.</b> I was early, but I should have been there an hour and a half earlier. First, to scope out the store, and maybe even tell a few people about my book. Second, to meet ALL of the staff and tell them about the book. Third, some people I knew showed early, and I missed them.</div>
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<b>2. Meeting the staff -</b> they need to know what's going on and what the book is about so they can sell it when I'm no longer there. If they know me, they are more likely to tell people about my books. I know several of the staff members said they were going to read them, but that might have just been a nice courtesy to say to me. I really, really hope they do!</div>
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<b>3. Even elderly men and women will buy YA. </b>I had several curious people ask me about my books, and even though they felt the books were not right for them, they bought them anyway for their grandchildren.</div>
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<b>4. A smile and a kind word goes a long way.</b> Even if no one is going to buy your books, you never know when they might talk to someone else about you or your books. I turned several conversations into sales, just by talking to people about how I indie published and giving them my blog address and email. I also had an enlightening conversation with a veteran of the Korean War after I thanked him for his service. (He kept me company between 1 and 2 pm when there was hardly anyone in the store.)</div>
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<b>FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DREAMING DANGEROUSLY, CHECK OUT THIS BLOG TOUR:</b><br />
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<b>Here are the Blog Tour Sites, even though the tour is over, these lovely ladies do a wonderful job with their blogs, and I hope to give them even more exposure for their sites as well as have the actual pages to find the interviews, reviews and blurbs they created for Dreaming Dangerously.</b><br />
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<li><b style="background-color: white;">Lisseth's blurb at Read-A-holicZ: </b><a href="http://read-a-holicz.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-tour-dreaming-dangerously-by.html" style="background-color: white;">http://read-a-holicz.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-tour-dreaming-dangerously-by.html</a></li>
<li><b>Marissa's reivew at For the Love of Film and Novels:</b>
<a href="http://www.fortheloveoffilmandnovels.com/2012/06/review-dreaming-dangerously-by-kathleen.html">http://www.fortheloveoffilmandnovels.com/2012/06/review-dreaming-dangerously-by-kathleen.html</a></li>
<li><b>Cierra's interview at The Book Lover's Report:
</b><a href="http://thebookloversreport.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-tour-stop-dreaming-dangerously-by.html">http://thebookloversreport.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-tour-stop-dreaming-dangerously-by.html</a></li>
<li><b>Christy's Author Guest Post at Captivated Reading Blog:</b>
<a href="http://www.captivatedreading.com/2012/06/blog-tour-giveaway-dreaming-dangerously.html">http://www.captivatedreading.com/2012/06/blog-tour-giveaway-dreaming-dangerously.html</a></li>
<li><b>Jill's Review at Little Hyuts Blog: </b>
<a href="http://littlehyuts.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-tour-stop-dreaming-dangerously.html">http://littlehyuts.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-tour-stop-dreaming-dangerously.html</a></li>
<li><b>Shane's Review at Itching for Books:</b> <a href="http://itchingforbooks.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-tourdreaming-dangerously-by.html">http://itchingforbooks.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-tourdreaming-dangerously-by.html</a>
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<li><b>Tobi's Guest Post at Forget the Housework I'm Reading: </b>
<a href="http://forgetthehouseworkimreading.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-dreaming-dangerously-by-kathleen.html">http://forgetthehouseworkimreading.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-dreaming-dangerously-by-kathleen.html</a></li>
<li>Nicole NEVER submitted her review.</li>
<li><b>Lisseth's Interview at Read-A-holicZ:</b>
<a href="http://read-a-holicz.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-tour-interview-giveaway-with.html">http://read-a-holicz.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-tour-interview-giveaway-with.html</a></li>
<li><b>Tobi's Review at Forget the Housework I'm Reading: </b><a href="http://forgetthehouseworkimreading.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-dreaming-dangerously-by-kathleen.html">http://forgetthehouseworkimreading.blogspot.com/2012/06/review-dreaming-dangerously-by-kathleen.html</a>
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<li><b>Suzie at The Bunnie's Review:</b></li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Kathie. Yes, kind of boring. But in middle school I changed the traditional “y” at the end of Kathy to “ie,” so I could put little hearts or stars instead of the dot on the “i” when I signed notes to my friends. I decided to keep that spelling because so many girls were named Kathy back then. It took my husband awhile to catch on. He spells it right now, though.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Did you have a favorite toy as a child?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">If you could travel in a Time Machine would you go back to the past or into the future?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">That’s a tough one. It would be cool to go to the future to see how things turn out, like my kids and grandkids and their kids. To see the technology and whether or not humans can finally learn to treat each other with respect and dignity. However, the past could be cool, too, as long as I could get back to now. If I traveled into the past, it would definitely be medieval France. I love the Middle Ages. Let’s see, broad-shouldered men (who look like Thor) in leather armor, fighting with sharp shiny metal on the backs of galloping horses. I think I’d like to be conquered. (I wrote a steamy medieval romance before I wrote <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Dreaming Dangerously</em>.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">If it’s things and not people, I want to have a transponder (that could signal help), matches or some way to make fire and fresh water. I’m practical. I’d want to stay alive. Of course, I<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">would</em> find ways to write with stone on cave walls or bark or something. I’d probably make a few musical instruments, too.<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"></em></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">I love many, many books. So, to decide on ONE book would be difficult. <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Proverbs</em>. I think everyone should read <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Proverbs</em>. It contains a lot of wisdom, and it doesn’t really matter what religion you follow. Or maybe the <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Psalms</em>. They are beautiful and celebrate life. (Okay, so the little Baptist girl in me is peeking out from behind the pages of her Bible.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Okay, I have a few ideas – here they are: Supermom, Word Woman, Grammar Girl, Electroword, Wordmento, Superteach. Or a combo name like Word Woman Superteach. It’s a bit long. (Note to self: Gotta work on the superhero name.)</span></div>
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I wanted to congratulate those winners from the Dreaming Dangerously Blog Tour and also take the opportunity to thank all of the bloggers who participated in the blog.<br />
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Thank you so much to Celise and Tess for hosting my first virtual blog tour ever!<br />
Also, a big thanks to: Lisseth, Marissa, Cierra, Christy Jill Marie, Suzie, Shane, and Tobi.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">CONGRATULATIONS:</span><br />
Winners of free eBooks:<br />
Denise and one other winner whose email I wouldn't want to give out without his/her permission.<br />
Winner of the Children of the Psi t-shirt: Cierra. As soon as it arrives, I will be shipping it out to you. It's supposed to be here tomorrow. (I won't be ordering from THAT t-shirt company anymore).<br />
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<br />Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-23925952560571673012012-06-12T00:34:00.003-04:002012-06-20T14:42:01.694-04:00Exciting News!<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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for my first Book store book signing!</h2>
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Dreaming Dangerously WILL BE available.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">All paperback books are now available on line at </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">my eStore for $10.95:</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3904267">Dreaming Dangerously</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3842974">Darkness Descends</a></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Winners of the eBook contest are in. I have sent the winners emails asking which book they'd like to receive for a total of nine eBooks given away</span>.<br />
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Congratulations winners!</h3>
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Other exciting news:</h3>
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I'm on a blog tour at Enchanting Book Tours. </h3>
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Here's the link: <a href="http://enchantingbooktours.blogspot.com/">Dreaming Dangerously Blog Tour</a></span></h3>
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<b>For participating in the tour, you can win:</b></div>
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<li><b>One Dreaming Dangerously t-shirt</b></li>
<li><b>one <u>signed </u>copy of <i>Dreaming Dangerously</i> paperback</b></li>
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<li><b>and one <u>signed </u>copy of <i>Darkness Descends </i>paperback!</b></li>
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Total value of contest $50.00 worth of prizes!</h4>
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<br /></div>Kathleen Harschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368865697539041503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697410405007630473.post-32165118899446688112012-05-27T07:09:00.001-04:002012-06-20T12:54:10.681-04:00DREAMING DANGEROUSLY GIVEAWAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One girl with telepathic powers.<br />
One popular guy who discovers her secret and wants to experiment.<br />
Nightmares that start to come true.<br />
Can she learn to trust him before someone dies?<br />
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Dreaming Dangerously is a Young Adult Science Fiction novel, the first in the Children of the Psi series about a group of teens with psychic powers. It's Breakfast Club meets X-Men meets No Ordinary Family.<br />
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<b>If you crave more of books like Hunger Games, Evermore, The Body Finder, Paranormalcy, then you have to read DREAMING DANGEROUSLY.</b><br />
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<b>5 out of 5 Star Reviews:</b><br />
"Captivating." - Chele, Amazon.com<br />
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"I loved this book. It's probably one of the best things I've read in a long time." - C.L.F., Amazon.com<br />
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"This book is amazing, I couldn't put the book down. It definitely kept me guessing and I've felt the pains Cassie felt. Good book! 5 stars! - Louis, Amazon.com<br />
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