4 women, 4 books, 4 lives changed through friendship
Showing posts with label Reunion Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reunion Book. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Launch week for TYING THE KNOT!
We are excited for the official release of TYING THE KNOT! This is the 9th and final book in The Newport Ladies Book Club series. We hope you'll love it!
We have a fabulous rafflecopter available for one week only!
You'll be entered to win an $100 Amazon gift card and the complete E-book set of the award-winning Timeless Romance Anthology series, which includes romance novellas by all of us.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Prizes include $100 Amazon gift card:
And 5 people will win the complete E-book set of the Timeless Romance Anthology series:
You can purchase the Kindle or Paperback version here. Also available at Deseretbook.com and Barnes & Noble.
Monday, April 21, 2014
COVER REVEAL: Tying the Knot
Coming Summer 2014!
Add to your Goodreads List!
We are excited to announce the 9th and final book in The Newport Ladies Book Club series. If you are amazed, we are just a little amazed as well. This book was written in answer to many of our readers who wanted more of Daisy's and Paige's stories, along with a few of the other ladies. Tying the Knot takes place after all of the other novels in the timeline. All eight of the women are in this novel, and the chapters have alternating points of view from each of the women. We wrote this book in round-robin style, which is why all of our names are on the cover. We spent a day plotting the story, then passed on the manuscript as we finished each chapter. The next author would read from the beginning, editing as she went, then write her next chapter, then pass it to the next person.
Add to your Goodreads List!
We are excited to announce the 9th and final book in The Newport Ladies Book Club series. If you are amazed, we are just a little amazed as well. This book was written in answer to many of our readers who wanted more of Daisy's and Paige's stories, along with a few of the other ladies. Tying the Knot takes place after all of the other novels in the timeline. All eight of the women are in this novel, and the chapters have alternating points of view from each of the women. We wrote this book in round-robin style, which is why all of our names are on the cover. We spent a day plotting the story, then passed on the manuscript as we finished each chapter. The next author would read from the beginning, editing as she went, then write her next chapter, then pass it to the next person.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Cover Reveal: Ilana's Wish
We're only about eight weeks away from the release of Ilana's Wish, the final stand-alone novel in the series!
Here's the cover:
I can hardly believe we made it this far. It's been both a very long and very short journey, as so many things in life are. Most of all, this series has been a blessing for me.
After Ilana's Wish, only one more book awaits: Reunion, which, as we've mentioned before, was co-written by all four of us, round-robin style. It's been officially submitted, and if all goes as planned, readers will finally get to see what happens to all eight women and where they end up. We've had readers asking, especially those without everything wrapping up in a tidy bow at the end of their books like Paige and Daisy. I'm pleased with how Reunion turned out, and I think readers will be happy with it too
Remember, Victoria's Promise is in stores and available on Kindle now, and Ilana's Wish will be released in April!
Here's the cover:
I can hardly believe we made it this far. It's been both a very long and very short journey, as so many things in life are. Most of all, this series has been a blessing for me.
After Ilana's Wish, only one more book awaits: Reunion, which, as we've mentioned before, was co-written by all four of us, round-robin style. It's been officially submitted, and if all goes as planned, readers will finally get to see what happens to all eight women and where they end up. We've had readers asking, especially those without everything wrapping up in a tidy bow at the end of their books like Paige and Daisy. I'm pleased with how Reunion turned out, and I think readers will be happy with it too
Remember, Victoria's Promise is in stores and available on Kindle now, and Ilana's Wish will be released in April!
Thursday, January 23, 2014
REUNION book is turned in!
After months of round-robin writing and editing, we have turned in the REUNION book to our publisher.
Reunion is the final installment of the Newport Ladies Book Club. After hearing from our readers and reviewers that they wanted more about Paige's story and Daisy's story, we decided to write a final volume.
We are hoping for a summer 2014 release. We'll keep you posted!
Reunion is the final installment of the Newport Ladies Book Club. After hearing from our readers and reviewers that they wanted more about Paige's story and Daisy's story, we decided to write a final volume.
We are hoping for a summer 2014 release. We'll keep you posted!
Monday, May 20, 2013
Writing Round Robin
by Annette Lyon
If there's anything that writing something a extensive as the Newport Ladies Book Club has taught the four of us, it's how to write differently. We've set aside our typical ways of writing and plotting and learned from each other as we've come up entirely new ways of writing as we've collaborated on the series.
The second set of books (about Shannon, Victoria, Ilana, and Ruby), are already written, and as Josi mentioned recently, some this set will have some changes, including titles that are more than the characters' names.
We're now in the stage of drafting the long-promised reunion book, which has been a total blast . . . in yet a totally different way.
Picture this: The reunion book (as yet untitled), will be written by all four series authors. And it will feature all eight book club members, showing where they've traveled since we last saw them, and where they end up.
All in one book.
(Daunting, no? A little bit!)
I know that with Daisy and Paige not ending all tied up in pretty bows, readers are eager to learn where they end up. I have a feeling that when readers see the next set of books, they'll have similar questions about some of the other characters, too.
Because the reunion book is totally different than the series itself, we needed a new way of working on it.
We started out by meeting together one day and hammering out an outline that included the entire arc for each character and how the different characters interact and influence each other. The challenge: Finding a way to resolve all eight stories in a short space in a way that will feel organic and satisfying rather than overwhelming and chaotic to the reader.
By the end of that first day, we'd taken a ton of notes, and, I think, had a solid game plan for creating an awesome final volume.
Up next came actually writing the book, which is in progress but moving right along. The master file began with Heather as she began the book with a chapter about Athena. Then she passed it on to the next person, and the next, and the next, round-robin style. Each writer edits and comments on the chapters that came before to help polish them up and maintain consistency in timeline and plot, and then they move forward with drafting the next chapter of their character's story before passing the file on to the author in charge of the next chapter's main character.
Each chapter begins with the name of the character it focuses on, and those chapters are written by the same authors of the original books about those characters. (So I write the chapters about Paige and Ilana, and Josi writes about Daisy and Shannon, and so on.)
By the time we're done with the round-robin drafting phase, we should have a solid book that's already been revised on some level three or four times.
It's so much fun to be working on these stories, especially after looking back over the years and seeing what a long way this project has come, from a germ of an idea back in 2008 to a series that will have nine total volumes.
I am continually amazed at what we've accomplished working as a team, and with the reunion book, we're once again writing something unique in a way totally new to us.
I'm excited for the end product, and I'm positive readers will come away happy with where their favorite characters ended up!
If there's anything that writing something a extensive as the Newport Ladies Book Club has taught the four of us, it's how to write differently. We've set aside our typical ways of writing and plotting and learned from each other as we've come up entirely new ways of writing as we've collaborated on the series.
The second set of books (about Shannon, Victoria, Ilana, and Ruby), are already written, and as Josi mentioned recently, some this set will have some changes, including titles that are more than the characters' names.
We're now in the stage of drafting the long-promised reunion book, which has been a total blast . . . in yet a totally different way.
Picture this: The reunion book (as yet untitled), will be written by all four series authors. And it will feature all eight book club members, showing where they've traveled since we last saw them, and where they end up.
All in one book.
(Daunting, no? A little bit!)
I know that with Daisy and Paige not ending all tied up in pretty bows, readers are eager to learn where they end up. I have a feeling that when readers see the next set of books, they'll have similar questions about some of the other characters, too.
Because the reunion book is totally different than the series itself, we needed a new way of working on it.
We started out by meeting together one day and hammering out an outline that included the entire arc for each character and how the different characters interact and influence each other. The challenge: Finding a way to resolve all eight stories in a short space in a way that will feel organic and satisfying rather than overwhelming and chaotic to the reader.
By the end of that first day, we'd taken a ton of notes, and, I think, had a solid game plan for creating an awesome final volume.
Up next came actually writing the book, which is in progress but moving right along. The master file began with Heather as she began the book with a chapter about Athena. Then she passed it on to the next person, and the next, and the next, round-robin style. Each writer edits and comments on the chapters that came before to help polish them up and maintain consistency in timeline and plot, and then they move forward with drafting the next chapter of their character's story before passing the file on to the author in charge of the next chapter's main character.
Each chapter begins with the name of the character it focuses on, and those chapters are written by the same authors of the original books about those characters. (So I write the chapters about Paige and Ilana, and Josi writes about Daisy and Shannon, and so on.)
By the time we're done with the round-robin drafting phase, we should have a solid book that's already been revised on some level three or four times.
It's so much fun to be working on these stories, especially after looking back over the years and seeing what a long way this project has come, from a germ of an idea back in 2008 to a series that will have nine total volumes.
I am continually amazed at what we've accomplished working as a team, and with the reunion book, we're once again writing something unique in a way totally new to us.
I'm excited for the end product, and I'm positive readers will come away happy with where their favorite characters ended up!
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