Tip Tuesday is hosted by Joseph Conrad
"Every novelist must begin by creating for himself a world, great or little, in which he can honestly believe"
Believability is created when the social, human and physical world glints with realism and the details are consistent and dynamic.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
"Every novelist must begin by creating for himself a world, great or little, in which he can honestly believe"
Believability is created when the social, human and physical world glints with realism and the details are consistent and dynamic.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
I am rereading SEPTIMUS HEAP BOOK 1: Magyk by Angie Sage
THIS, FROM THE BACK OF THE JACKET, GIVES A FLAVOUR OF THE BOOK:
DomDaniel has a plan. A member of the Heap family is a Major Obstacle to this plan. Major Obstacles don't tend to live for long... but then, you haven't met the Heaps. Or one Heap in particular. Let the Magyk, Mayhem and most incredible chase begin.
page 186 lines 16 to 20
There was one room downstairs; at one end was a huge open fireplace with a pile of gently smouldering logs still glowing on the hot stone hearth. Nicko and Boy 412 were fast asleep on the rug in front of the fire, each wrapped warmly in one of Aunt Zelda's patchwork quilts.
I am rereading SEPTIMUS HEAP BOOK 1: Magyk by Angie Sage
THIS, FROM THE BACK OF THE JACKET, GIVES A FLAVOUR OF THE BOOK:
DomDaniel has a plan. A member of the Heap family is a Major Obstacle to this plan. Major Obstacles don't tend to live for long... but then, you haven't met the Heaps. Or one Heap in particular. Let the Magyk, Mayhem and most incredible chase begin.
page 186 lines 16 to 20
There was one room downstairs; at one end was a huge open fireplace with a pile of gently smouldering logs still glowing on the hot stone hearth. Nicko and Boy 412 were fast asleep on the rug in front of the fire, each wrapped warmly in one of Aunt Zelda's patchwork quilts.
I am still addicted to the YA LitChat Pitch Slam. I've been reading and rereading the pitches in the light of the agent feedback with fascination.
The agents:
have been generously giving their time to respond to the the pitches. The feedback has been insightful.
I still can't get the conflict arc into six sentences using only 5 to 6 lines of writing but I have been having fun trying ;)
DO YOU HAVE A METHOD - OR A MAGYK SPELL - YOU USE TO CONDENSE YOUR CONFLICTS INTO SIX SENTENCES?
I keep meaning to pick up this one--I see the books in the series all over the place. Great teaser!
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