February 16, 2013
February 11, 2013
February 05, 2013
February 01, 2013
January 28, 2013
Nataha Larry Interview of me for Panoptemitry
http://www.natashalarrybooks.com/interview-with-author-sarah-baethge/
Here's an interview about my new book, Panoptemitry.
Here's an interview about my new book, Panoptemitry.
January 25, 2013
A spoken interview about my writing
I'm going to be radio-interviewed today by the great people at WebbWeaver Books at 2:00pm CST.
You can catch the interview then or later directly at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/webbweaverbooks/2013/01/25/webbweaver-books-proudly-presents-author-sarah-baethge
January 09, 2013
January 08, 2013
Authors Can Get Ideas From Some Pretty Strange Places! (by Lauren Klever, author of 'The Secret Watchers'
Authors Can Get Ideas From
Some Pretty Strange Places!
By Lauren Klever
Sometimes ideas jump from the shadows, taking you completely
by surprise. As I work on books four and
five of my five book series, I’ve found that although some ideas are planned,
many are not. I believe most authors observe
the world around them with intense interest.
Beware - anything you say or do may end up in one of our books! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said, “Wait.
Stop.
Say that again!” To which, those
who know me well roll their eyes. I often
find a place for these bits within the existing story. I write, I read what I wrote and then I revise
adding the new ingredients like a chef adds spice to a favorite dish.
Sometimes things don’t go that way at all. Once in a while a fanciful whim taps you on
the shoulder or smacks you over the head.
I’ve had lightening strike, so to speak, while I was writing. I’ve had an idea pop into my head and
completely change the direction of a scene or even a major part of the story. I liken this to a riptide of thought. It is almost like the characters are speaking
to me and in a way... they are. I’ve
grown to love them and feel like they are friends. I want to stay true to them and their own
personal story within the context of the greater story, so on occasion, I allow
them to carry me away.
Many scenes grow from bouncing ideas around with my friends
and family. Wherever I go, I always take
a notebook, so when ideas strike, I can capture them. One of these moments happened while at my
son’s cross country meet. As my friend
and I watched our boys compete we became swept up in the idea of having my
protagonist, Owen, be on the cross country team and formulated what would
happen if, in the middle of a competition, he came across a villain he was not
yet ready to handle. I’ve got to tell
you, ideas were flying faster than I could write. I even had to call her after the meet to
double check my rapid scribbles and finish some thoughts. The time spent collaboratively thinking is
some of the most fun I’ve had writing this series. If you’re looking to be inspired, take a
vague idea, sit down with someone you trust and hash it out. You may be surprised at what jumps from the
shadows for you to crystallize into a wonderful and amazing new piece!
Lauren Klever is the author of The Secret Watchers
series. Book one, Visions, is available
now and book two, Whispers, is due to release in February of 2013. She is a K-12 educator, volunteer and
parent. Lauren can be found at any of
the following places...
Website and blog: http://thesecretwatchers.com
Facebook, Author Fan Page:
http://facebook.com/authorLaurenKlever
Facebook, The Secret Watchers Fan Page: http://facebook.com/OwenRyerseries
Twitter: @SecretWatchers
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/LaurenKlever
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/kleverl/
Email: laurenwrites@thesecretwatchers.com
Come check out the new guest post of mine about Panoptemitry
here it is: http://frellathon.com/2013/01/08/author-sarah-baethge-guest-post/
It describes the prison world of Gilnar in my book Panoptemitry.
It describes the prison world of Gilnar in my book Panoptemitry.
December 28, 2012
Book Announcement :P
This would be the longest piece I've ever written at just under 62,000 words. If you like bizarre sci-fi spacey fantasy, this might just interest you. If you review books and think you might like to review this, drop me a line and we'll see about getting you a copy. (You don't need a fancy review page, Amazon lets anyone review.)
I wrote this book because the great people at http://www.iwritereadrate.com offered to pay for me to get an MSS-editing report from Cornerstones Literary Consultancy for my first draft. (I'd be happy to get your review on their page too :) they just require that you actually buy the book from them first)
If you're still undecided the first 2.5 chapters are free wherever it's sold and on its Goodreads page.
I'm pretty sure you can get to it all from the official release page, but if you've any questions, just leave a note here or contact me through one of my social networks.
My work here is done~
Enjoy!
-Sarah Baethge
December 12, 2012
Big Book Blog Tour - The Speed of Darkness
The Speed of Darkness was the title of a short novel I wrote a couple of years ago. I just have fun with how I can make things happen in this story and on a whim worked out some notes that could let me expand it into a 5-6 book series. At the moment I have a very early draft of what would make sense as the prequel to what I have already written. (I've taken down the original with plans to fix what others have complained about it along with just about doubling the its story to serve as my third book.)
I mainly took it down so I could fix one line I wrote about my character Bart Meyers who will play a major part in the second book. But we can worry about that later- here I'm talking about book one:
Go check out the fun work of the blogger who added me to this chain:
1) What is the working title of your book?
'The Illumination Query'
2) Where did the idea come from for your book?
When I wrote 'The Speed of Darkness' a couple of years ago, I wrote one scene where my fun mad scientist character (who I'm told acts a good deal like me) told a bit about what happened to him in the past, and I couldn't stop just expanding the story in my mind. Eventually I decided that I needed to work that story into a book as well.
3) What genre does your book fall under?
Would you call a book with lab testing on were-wolves fantasy or sci-fi?
4) Which actors would you choose to play in your movie rendition?
Ever since I saw 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog' I can't keep myself from casting Neil Patrick Harris as my Dr. Nigel Hunter.
5) What is the one sentence synopsis of your book?
If they don't even blink an eye when Dr. Hunter suggests experimenting on himself, what exactly are the Eclipse Co. workers willing to do normally?
6) Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
I am interested in finding an agency because I don't really have the inclination to advertize when I could be tinkering on a new story.
7) How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
I'm still working on it and it's currently on the back burner as I finish editing my other book, Panoptemitry.
8) What other books would you compare this story to?
I wrote it as something different, can't really think of what it's like.
9) Who or what inspired you to write the book?
I just kind of enjoy writing, I think I started on it because the story would be fun to make.
10) What else about your book might pique the readers interest?
I've had a couple of people comment on my 'Speed of Darkness' book about how my werewolves aren't quite exactly like any they've seen elsewhere.
Posts coming next week:
Lauren Walker-Klever - http://thesecretwatchers.com
P.I. Barrington - http://thewordmistresses.com/
Jeanette Anderson - http://plus.google.com/100650116437843520516
Sharon L. Norris - http://www.sharonlnorris.com.au/my_blog
Alex Shiffer - http://www.alexschiffer.com/blog.html
December 10, 2012
The Next Big Thing - Panoptemitry
Because I'm about 1/3 done with the final edit for my new book, Panoptemitry, I jumped at the chance to get into a few blog chains to talk about it. There was a bit of confusion (I claim fault here), but I had enough links for two posts in what I thought was 2 different blogging memes before I realized both were part of the same chain. To be fair, when I make my other post on Wednesday, I will describe my other (Speed of Darkness) writing project. So, if you've gotten me the information on how to link to you (before now) don't worry; your link will be in that post.
Already Up:
here is the link of the blogger who invited me:
here is the link of a blogger who posted last month and had some trouble getting links for his chain:
http://grahamsmithwriter.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-next-big-thing-my-turn.html - Graham Smith
1. What is the working title of your book?
'Panoptemitry' - (yes, I had a bit too much fun trying to put together words for a short title :P)
2. Where did the idea come from for the book?
I really wish I knew where book ideas came from, that knowledge would make trying to write a bit easier. I was playing with a few story ideas, filled a folder in my computer with different .doc(s) to try working into a story; but truly, I had just about given up on it and moved the files to my magic 'work on another time' pile when I won a free MSS edit report on a 100,000 word story from http://cornerstones.co.uk/ through IWriteReadRate.com and I decided that this story was my best chance at producing a work of anywhere near that length within a few months.
3. What genre does your book fall under?
It's a Sci-fi/fantasy set in deep space.
4. Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
I almost never imagine real people when reading a book or concocting a story, so I can't really pick someone.
5. What is the one sentence synopsis of your book?
When the growth of technology begins to hold the same powers as religious doctrine has declared divine, does simply recording events become blasphemous?
6. Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
Because iWriteReadRate is an online bookstore for self-published books, I will be publishing this myself.
7. How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
I believe, I wrote it in about 4 months.
8. What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I'd like to say it's like Star Wars without so many freakish aliens.
I don't remember the title for the book it brings to mind...
Books, there were two of them in the series- where the people were all human, or just scientifically advanced humans.
9. Who or what inspired you to write this book?
I spend far too much time on the internet, and was trying to piece together how an interplanetary internet could work.
10. What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
My new idea I had that allowed me to continue the book after giving up was the creation of a powerful god-like being that often possibly lies and gets annoyed with its worshipers as it denies any claims to godhood.
Future Links to the Chain: (I will try to update links to the actual posts when they appear next week)
http://lightninggeorge.blogspot.com - A.George Moye
http://charmainetdavis.blogspot.com/ - Charmain T. Davis
http://about.me/tlloydreilly - T.Lloyd Reily
http://jlmanning.wordpress.com/ - J.L. Manning
http://www.blazemckenna.wordpress.com - Katie Smith
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