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I have a sneak peek inside and Angelina is a guest today, giving us some writing tips. I also have my review of The Eyes of Love.
And a giveaway!!
THE EYES OF LOVE
By
Angelina Rose
BLURB:
After a tragic loss five years ago, Sally Overby becomes an Attorney in Atlanta. She convinces herself that all she’ll ever need again is her young son, David, and her life as an attorney. Until one day, Colin Dean barges back into her life and promptly blows her safe world apart, driving her crazy as only a guy she’d had a “school girl crush” on can.
Sally is wary to love deeply. Only, with every loving look Colin gives her plus every sweet kiss, as the attraction between them sparks, she can’t help but wonder if she’s met the one she should be with. And although Colin didn’t realize his life was going to change so quickly, amazingly, he isn’t the least bit interested in fighting that change. Instead, he’s gearing up for a different fight altogether. The one for Sally’s heart.
Will Colin be able to convince her that’s it safe to love him… and that forever isn’t really out of reach?
The Eyes of Love is a novella… so you can enjoy it in just one day!
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Please welcome Angelina Rose!
Writing tips
Two Important Writing Tips: Pull Readers In and Write What You Know
Of course, writing is a highly personal craft and everyone does it differently, but these two tips are probably the most common, so let’s spend a little time discussing the best way to implement them.
How many times have you picked up a book and started it, only to put it down within the first few minutes? You really don’t want the book in question to be yours do you? You know your story is good, but if it begins with something along the lines of, “Ellie sighed and got out of bed. She’d had a full night’s sleep but she was still so tired. As she got dressed she thought of everything she had to do that day. Cleaning, laundry and grocery shopping…” Guess what? Ellie isn’t the only one who’s tired. I’m practically asleep just from the first few sentences! Punch up the beginning by adding dialog or some form of action to pull the reader in. For example: “I know, I know,” Ellie muttered as she slapped the snooze button. “I’m getting there.” Her dog Jasper looked at her from the foot of the bed with concerned eyes and she sighed. “Don’t look at me like that. It’s not your fault 8 hours doesn’t seem to be enough anymore.” See the difference? It’s a little easier to connect with her as a character when you’re not exhausted from a laundry list of complaints.
Now that you’re off and running with your strong beginning, you should implement the second tip right? You should write what you know! Well…maybe. If you want to write your autobiography then you don’t need to tweak this tip at all. Other subjects can be learned with the proper amount of research, so that isn’t really a problem either. However, if you want to write a ten-book long fantasy series about a race of moth-people this tip presents a problem, right? It actually applies more than you think. As the creator of the world in your story, you are the only one who truly knows it. You just have to make sure the laws of your world remain consistent in all of the books in your series. For example, if one of the things you know is the moth-people can’t get wet, make sure to remember that and avoid swimming scenes in later books.
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A glimpse inside The Eyes of Love:
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“Hi there. I’m Gracie…” the waitress said as she put down a napkin and some silverware.
“Gracie. It’s me. Sally Overby,” she said grinning.
Gracie stopped in her tracks and squinted her eyes. “Sally? I can’t believe it! You’re stunning, honey!” she said reaching down and hugging her. “What are you doing in town?”
“Reunion. And to see Momma, of course.”
“I can’t get over how beautiful you are!”
“Thanks.”
“You were always a sweetheart of a person, but now your outside matches your inside.”
“That’s a nice way to look at it.”
“So, what have you been up to?”
“Let’s see… Became an attorney, got married, had a son, became a widow…”
“Oh, Sally, I’m so sorry! I remember that now. Your Momma told me a few years back. You’re still single?”
“Yep. But I have a date to the reunion tomorrow night, so I guess I’m officially back on the dating circuit now,” Sally said giggling.
“Date? Who with?”
“Colin Dean.”
Gracie started fanning herself. “Oh, girl, you scored on that one, huh?”
“I did. He’s a wonderful guy.”
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My Review
Sally was the ugly duckling in highschool, always bullied. One girl was more vicious than the others and made her life a living hell.
But highschool doesn’t last forever, and Sally went on to college, getting her degree, passing the bar, and becoming a lawyer.
On top of that, she fell in love, got married, and had a son.
Now, it’s been five years since she lost her husband to an accident and she’s a single mother, just like her own mother was.
When the invitation to her class reunion arrives, she figures, why not. This ugly duckling has become a swan and it’s time to preen.
I’m sure you’ve been to at least one class reunion. It’s always fun to reunite with old friends and see how everyone has changed. Especially that sweetheart you had a crush on.
I think that was the most enjoyable part of The Eyes of Love. Well, except for when Sally runs into her old nemesis.
The newly kindled romance is endearing and the face off between Sally and the wicked witch of highschool is very satisfying. Those years of bullying toughened her up and I liked how Sallie handled herself.
She’s tough but soft, courageous yet vulnerable. Someone you’d want in your corner.
This is a fun, heart-warming tale that’ll have you cheering for the good guys, and booing the bad ones.
4 Stars
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Angelina Rose
Angelina Rose has wanted to write ever since she could hold a pencil. The first daughter of immigrant parents, Angelina had her head buried in books, lost in a world of heroes, heroines and exotic places.
It was a shocking experience that jump-started Angelina’s author career.
“I awoke in the ICU… I had been unconscious for several days,” Angelina says.
In 2010, Angelina had a long stint in hospital following her involvement in a motor vehicle accident: the longest time off work (as a Registered Nurse), she’d ever had in her life!
It was then she took up pen and paper and started to write again, just as she had done when she was a child. She wrote four short fiction stories for young adults, entered them in several competitions, and managed to win three first prizes!
After happily dipping her toes into writing those short fiction stories for young adults, Angelina has now authored four books in a new “Mill Creek Crossing Romance” series… contemporary romance intended for adults.
The “Starting Over Series” is another contemporary romance series she wrote about a subject she knows well… nurses and their love life. At a recent reunion of her graduating class, she could not help but notice how the same girls would group together and laugh, chat, and even shed some tears over their lives since graduating. Many of the girls had divorced… so Angelina thought “what if a group of the nurses came up with a plan to meet in two years and have a new love story to share?” Then the first story in the series was born.
There is always a story running around in her head. A man with thick dark hair, gray-blue eyes, with an engaging smile and a quick wit… or a girl crying over a broken relationship. She finds herself talking to these characters during her day: when she’s doing dishes, or bathing babies at the hospital. These characters crop up on days at the beach or on walks through the neighborhood. This is how the stories start to grow.
Angelina’s mother was an author, so Angelina grew up with a love of words and stories. If she wasn’t writing a short story about something that took her fancy, her head was buried in books… reading, reading, reading, as her brother constantly told her…
When she’s not spending time with her goodlooking man, or quality time with her laptop, she’s working at the hospital, hanging out with her family and friends, or walking her two dogs around the neighborhood. Angelina spends as much time as she can traveling, then coming home and including some of those adventures in her stories.
Angelina really loves to hear from her readers and she invites you to connect with her on Facebook as she interacts daily with her readers there!
Buy Link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Eyes-of-Love-ebook/dp/B00CRM1Q4I
Facebook: https://facebook.com/angelinaroseromanceauthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoseRomanceBook
Website: http://AngelinaRoseRomance.com
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/angelinaroseromance
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