How’s your writing week going? Are you meeting those word count goals?
I’m in my pj’s, hair in a messy bun, and I still have sleep in my eye. However, my house is quiet. Two of my kiddos are still asleep, so now’s the time to get some words on the screen. It doesn’t have to be perfect, because I can edit later.
If you’re limping through the week like me, here’s some Wisdom Wednesday to help you make it through. Today I have fellow Mantle Rock author, Gail Sattler.
Welcome, Gail!
Name: Gail Sattler
Genre: Supernatural adventure
Latest Novel: Mercury Rising
Writing Tip:
My favorite writing tip is to write what you know, and know what you write. This is my favorite tip because nothing ruins reading a book more for me than when I read something stated as a passing fact, and I know it’s wrong. This is as simple as naming an animal, and knowing that kind of animal doesn’t live in that part of the world, or it’s the wrong season for that animal to be there. To be wrong casts doubt on the rest of the book in a subtle way, but when doubt is cast, it’s there. As a writer, the reader must trust what you are saying is correct, so don’t cast doubt.
Very true. If the reader doesn’t trust you, they are not going to finish reading. Perhaps this is why (even though I like to read them) I do not have the desire to write a historical book. The amount of research that is required makes me take a couple of steps back. LOL! However, in any genre, you should always make it believable to the reader, even in the fantasy genre, where we can have that “suspension of disbelief.” You still need for the characters and plot to be believable.
Favorite Writing Tip for New Writers:
Some advice for new writers – join a critique group not only to be critiqued but to do them. You will know from reading that something isn’t working for you. It’s a learning experience to study that part and find out why it’s not working, then even better, to be able to suggest to the writer why it’s not working and what they can do to make it work.
This is one of my favorite tips to see come through here on the blog. Critique groups/writing groups are so important. You have to develop a thick skin and try to remember that the ones critiquing it are only trying to help you, just as you are saying things to only help them become better writers.
Michael wants to save his daughter, but first he’s got to save the world.
Michael and Charlotte meet when Michael is trying to find Ashley, his missing daughter who has fallen into drug abuse, and Charlotte is searching for her son Jon, a brilliant and aspiring young scientist who has also gone missing.
Ashley and Jon should have nothing in common, but after the murder of Jon’s favorite professor, they become ensnared in a tangled web that becomes worse with every new discovery.
When Michael and Charlotte join together to figure what their children have become involved with, they, too, are sucked into a sinkhole for which there are no answers, only more questions.
When all seems lost, will they all recognize the source of strength offered to them, and… will they take it?
Tim and Gail Sattler have been (happily) married for 40 years. In that time Gail has published 43 novels/novellas, and 6 works of non-fiction. Tim and Gail enjoy having recently become empty nesters, and this is their first co-written book.
Thanks for joining us today Gail and reminding us to make sure that our information is correct and we establish that believability with our readers.
Take a moment to check out her newest release, Mercury Rising. Also, connect with Gail on her Facebook page, and website.
Facebok – https://www.facebook.com/gail.sattler.3
*If you are an author and would like to be a guest on Wisdom Wednesday, please email me at erin@mantlerockpublishingllc.com. I have openings available this fall and would love to highlight you and your books!
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