Lisette Brodey Archives ⋆ Be the Cat https://bethecatblog.com/tag/lisette-brodey/ random musings of stories and life Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:46:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://bethecatblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-MalachiteIcon-32x32.png Lisette Brodey Archives ⋆ Be the Cat https://bethecatblog.com/tag/lisette-brodey/ 32 32 5279163 WIP – Writer’s Blog Challenge https://bethecatblog.com/2014/09/wip-writers-blog-challenge/ https://bethecatblog.com/2014/09/wip-writers-blog-challenge/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:00:16 +0000 https://bethecatblog.com/?p=2936 Fellow cub and agency mate, Jake A. Strife challenged me to post some lines from my current WIP (Work In Progress). It has taken me a few days to get to the challenge because last week I was on vacation, and had a writer get together to attend once home, followed by marching orders to switch gears from my agent, ... Read More

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]]> ChallengeFellow cub and agency mate, Jake A. Strife challenged me to post some lines from my current WIP (Work In Progress). It has taken me a few days to get to the challenge because last week I was on vacation, and had a writer get together to attend once home, followed by marching orders to switch gears from my agent, Italia Gandolfo.

Jake, in addition to writing Sci-Fi, horror, and dabbling in fantasy, is a gamer and a character artist, so hop on over to his blog and check out his work. To check out his writing, go over to Wattpad and read the stories he posts there. Here are the challenge rules:

  1. Provide the link back to the post by the person who nominated you.
  2. Write a little about your work-in-progress.
  3. Give the first sentences of the first three chapters of your current WIP.
  4. Nominate four other writers for the challenge.

So let’s get down to it… a few days ago this post would have been about another WIP, but as I said, marching orders changed and I had another revision round to do on Timmy and the Golden Lion Tamarin. This is the first book in The Guardian Angel Animal Series aimed at children 5-8 years in age and will be published by True North Publishing in Spring of 2015. The major theme for the first book in the series is bullying and how Timmy, with the help of his Golden Lion Tamarin, deals with it. Book 2 in the series will shortly be in progress. 🙂

Now for the lines:

Chapter One — Afraid and Alone

     By the time the alarm clock went off, eight-year-old Timmy Hawkins had dressed and gathered his books together. Not because he looked forward to his new school … but because he hated it. After a near-sleepless night, Monday morning arrived, as it always did.

Chapter Two — The Welcoming Committee

     Zeke always rushed to be the first kid off the bus, meeting friends who waited for him. Together they formed a “welcoming committee” to greet their victims as the rest of the kids got off the bus. Zeke and his friends called themselves “The Mighty Minions,” and they made life miserable for nearly every kid in school.

Chapter Three — The Creature in the Backyard

     Another week blurred by with each school day beginning and ending the same way—being bullied by Zeke. And every day his mom asked Timmy whether he made any friends and he had to face her disappointment when he answered no. Not one single kid in school could be friends with him or even say a kind word.

My nominations are as follows and I’m including their Facebook pages, so give them a Like:

  • Jess Capelle — Jess Capelle Facebook
  • Lisette Brodey — Lisette Brodey Facebook
  • Danielle Bannister — Danielle Bannister Facebook
  • Jamie DeBree — Jamie DeBree Facebook

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    ]]> https://bethecatblog.com/2014/09/wip-writers-blog-challenge/feed/ 2 2936 Winners of the Tattered Blog Tour https://bethecatblog.com/2011/12/winners-of-the-tattered-blog-tour/ https://bethecatblog.com/2011/12/winners-of-the-tattered-blog-tour/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:02:35 +0000 https://bethecatblog.com/?p=2214 I had a blast on the Tattered tour, and I think those who made it through all of the stops had a great time too. But now it has come to an end. After the holidays, I'm going to come up with some more promotional things to help get the word out about Tattered, but until then, I hope you visit all the stops, even though the prizes are gone and learn more about Katie McCabe and other characters in Tattered!!

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    ]]>     I had a blast on the Tattered tour, and I think those who made it through all of the stops had a great time too. But now it has come to an end. After the holidays, I’m going to come up with some more promotional things to help get the word out about Tattered, but until then, I hope you visit all the stops, even though the prizes are gone and learn more about Katie McCabe and other characters in Tattered!!

    Now it’s time to announce the winners of the prizes along with the winner of the grand prize, the Kindle Fire.

    And now the moment you’ve been waiting for… the winner of the Kindle Fire!

    ELLIE M.

    Congratulations Ellie!! It was a pleasure to have you on the tour and have you get to know Katie McCabe and the other characters in Tattered!

    And for validation, all winners were selected with the help of Random.org. Below is the Kindle Fire selection list.

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    ]]>     https://bethecatblog.com/2011/12/winners-of-the-tattered-blog-tour/feed/ 6 2214     Tattered Blog Tour https://bethecatblog.com/2011/12/tattered-blog-tour/ https://bethecatblog.com/2011/12/tattered-blog-tour/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:01:12 +0000 https://bethecatblog.com/?p=2069 The time has FINALLY come for me to get Tattered off my hard drive and send it on its way into the world. I am very excited about this for a few reasons. One -- I don't care what book it is, DONE is a beautiful word.

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    ]]>     eBooks, Free Books, and a grand prize of a Kindle Fire.

    Everyone is a winner! I’m so happy about the release of Tattered, I’m giving away copies of the first book in the series, Misfit McCabe and everyone can get the ebook version FREE! Here’s how to win:

    1. For the daily prizes on each stop on the tour comment on the post of the day to be entered for the daily prize
    2. To get a free ebook copy of Misfit McCabe:
      • Put together the puzzle and write down the code. Each day will give another part of the coupon code. Please note at the top whether it is for eBook or Print.
      • Once you have collected the entire code, go to Smashwords and purchase Misfit McCabe input the code and download whichever ebook version you need for free.
    3. To get 50% off the print version of Misfit McCabe:
      • Put together the puzzle and write down the code. Each day will give another part of the coupon code. Please note at the top whether it is for eBook or Print.
      • Once you have collected the entire code, go to Griffie World Store and purchase Misfit McCabe input the code and receive 50% off the purchase price.
    4. To win the KINDLE FIRE
      • Support this tour by commenting on each of the daily stops — It’s only 11 days, not even as long as the 12 days of Christmas.
      • And since each of the hosts was nice enough to help me promote my new book, honor their request on their post to follow, subscribe, tweet, etc.
      • And if you’re under 18 and would like to enter, but don’t have Facebook or Twitter, etc. if you have a friend comment on the posts saying that you sent them, we’ll consider that your entry for the Grand Prize. One friend for each stop (and they can enter too and bring all of their friends to the party).

    But enough of that… let’s get down to what this post is about — Tattered!

    What do Sunday afternoon court proceedings, cheerleader tryouts, and a book burning have in common? Katie McCabe is back in action.

    After her nemesis Harvey is found guilty and sentenced to community service, Katie wants to believe her troubles are over, but Harvey won’t rest until he gets revenge. When blackmail rears its ugly head, she’s caught between friends and enemies putting her growing relationship with Tom at stake. Books go up in flames and Katie’s world rains down in tatters.

    Each of the stops along the way will introduce you to the characters you will find in Tattered and Katie is very excited because she will get to do most of the commentary about the people you will meet within the pages. Speaking of which, since today’s puzzle is a picture of Katie, I’d better say a little something about her. Katie is at bottom, a good girl, but she tends to get in a lot of trouble… sometimes through no fault of her own, but usually, she has a hand in it. She is impulsive, has a good sense of humor, is loyal to her friends, and has a good heart. Her main goal? To figure out this thing called life. But you’ll get to know a lot more about her during the tour. Now for the stops:

    **Note** All winners must have a US or Canada mailing address — but comments from all countries are welcome.

    Tour Stops

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    ]]>     https://bethecatblog.com/2011/12/tattered-blog-tour/feed/ 21 2069     The People of 2010 – Part I https://bethecatblog.com/2011/01/the-people-of-2010-part-i/ https://bethecatblog.com/2011/01/the-people-of-2010-part-i/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:07:55 +0000 https://bethecatblog.com/?p=1604 I don't make a secret of the fact that 2010 was a difficult year for me, both on the personal level and a writing level. But with every difficulty something good came as well. And at the end of the old year and beginning of the new, it is natural to reflect on the year before to help set the course for the new year.

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    ]]>     I don’t make a secret of the fact that 2010 was a difficult year for me, both on the personal level and a writing level. But with every difficulty something good came as well. And at the end of the old year and beginning of the new, it is natural to reflect on the year before to help set the course for the new year. This year, because of all of the negative in the last, my focus has been on the good that came to me.

    For me the BEST of 2010 was the people I had the opportunity to meet in person. So these posts (I had to break them up, or they’d go on forever) will focus on the people I knew online, but had the opportunity to meet in person. Meetings which further cemented the friendships already formed.

    I’m going to start with the most recently met and go from there. Last night, the wonderful Kimberly Kinrade and her man, Dmytry Karpov had a New Year’s Eve party for local Twitter friends. An intimate gathering of people, most of whom were meeting in person for the first time. And as I have found in the past, when the people who know each other from Twitter get together, there are no awkward silences, no wondering who this person is and what to say to them, you just jump right in and pick up the conversation.

    At this gathering, I got to meet a few new people who I have now added to my followers list. Starting with Sean Vessey (@SeanOTD) who flew out from Virginia for the party. Well… all right… he flew out to visit relatives, and since he was here was able to attend the party, but I like the first version better. Sean is a quiet, teddy-bear kinda guy, who watches and enjoys (and as writers don’t we all do that from time to time?) A real sweetheart.

    Another first time connection for me was Charles and the talented Lisette Brodey (@LisetteBrodey) who has a couple of books out on Amazon.com, Crooked Moon (general fiction) and Squalor, New Mexico (young adult fiction) which I will add to my reading list. We talked a little about books and more about Twitter and followers, and as always it is a pleasure meeting like-minded people.

    Ranee Dillon (@RaneeDillon), whom I previously met online, is a hoot and a half. She chirpy-chats just like her twitter tweets and she has a delightful laugh. When I think of Ranee, I think of poetry, because she is one in my stream who tweets and retweets poetry, which when you catch as it flits pass is always a day brightener. She is tingly heart-goodness personified.

    And of course, there were the hosts Kimberly Kinrade (@KimberlyKinrade) and Dmytry Karpov (@DmytryKarpov). I met Dmytry online first as he wandered through the Twitterverse getting to know folks. Then he disappeared from my view for a bit and came back full of love for the beautiful Kimberly Kinrade. It was at his suggestion that I started following Kimberly. Their story has been epically tweeted and they have a love blog about their story if you’d like to find out more. Suffice it to say, that although the original plan was for the two of them to be together for a couple weeks prior to the party, Dmytry didn’t actually arrive until yesterday. The two were very happy to be together after their enforced separation.

    2010 was a year of meeting some incredible people. With some the relationship is still new and forming, like those mentioned above, others have become entrenched in my heart. For me, spending 2010 with people I had not met in person before, but knew online was a fitting way to see the year out, because my brightest moments of 2010 were primarily made up of meeting people in real life whom I had made my friends. And while there were others at the party, I have plans to talk about them later in this series.

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