New Personal Blog

Good morning! If you found this 'read only' blog interesting, you might want to pop over to my new personal blog at my authorly main site.  Here's the link- The Kimber An Blog

SUGAR RUSH to be Published

http://enduringromance.blogspot.com/2010/07/kimber-ans-sugar-rush-to-be-published.html

Kimber An Has Moved

This blog is read-only now.  Please visit my new blog-
http://kimberansblog.blogspot.com/
I was getting tired of this look and wanted something more Alaskan.  I'm posting there exclusively now.

New Blog to Replace This One

Good morning, Blog Buddies!  After, what, four years, I think, I've gotten bored with this blog and am creating a new, personal playground blog.  I'll be working on it and moving over there in the coming days or weeks, depending on when I have time to work on it.  I decided to go with a more Alaskan feeling blog because it seems like people ask me about my home state the most.  I think it's looking pretty!  Pop on over and check it out.
http://kimberansblog.blogspot.com/

Sizzling Hot Freakin' Psychos, Part Deux

French psychaitrists make it official on Darth Vader.
http://screenrant.com/darth-vaders-professional-diagnosis-mikee-63555/
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Authors and assorted storytellers, take note.  If you want a rivoting villain, you gotta know your stuff.

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And, like I always say, if you're villain's gonna be a freakin' psycho, why not make him hot? 

Makes life so much more complicated for the Heroine, you know.

SUGAR RUSH on Authonomy

HarperCollins has a website for discovering new authors called Authonomy and I've uploaded the first 10,000 words of SUGAR RUSH.  I think you need to register if you want to Back the story.  The top five books Backed by the end of the month go to the Editors' Desk.  Here's the link-
http://www.authonomy.com/ViewBook.aspx?bookid=22192
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Meanwhile, I'm back to re-formatting the Full for another request.  It seems most editors and agents have their preferences and sometimes it takes time to fulfill those before requested pages go out.

SUGAR RUSH Requests

It must be the economy.  With MANIC KNIGHT, I had truckloads of requests.  With SUGAR RUSH, I have a lot less requests, but most are Fulls.  As Spock would say, "Fascinating."  Here's the A-Teens and their Sugar Rush, just for fun-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EcGVzCNjw

SUGAR RUSH Update

Been tryin' to stay off the computer.  Busy, busy, busy, Alaskans need to make hay while the sun shines because, you know, it doesn't shine for a good part of the year.  Anyway, I needed to get back on to get another SUGAR RUSH Full request out.  I always celebrate every Full because it means there is some merit to the story, even if it never achieves publication.  Here's the A-Teens to help celebrate- 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EcGVzCNjw
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And, oh, I like this one too- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAsy90arb4
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And this one by Celine Dion helped out a lot too-  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saalGKY7ifU
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And at the urging of my STAR WARS obsessed son, I will then direct you to this one- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLktyfisweI
and the most awesome lightsaber battle ever-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ6ZZCrB2vs
Because, let's face it, Anakin was hot, you know, before he got fried.
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But, you stay cool, 'kay?

Copernicus Reburied with Honors

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_poland_copernicus_reburied
Better late than never.  Good job, Poland.

The Lord of the Rings and the Power of Four

Okay, so I killed my hands (Tendonitis) last week going over SUGAR RUSH with a metaphoric fine tooth comb before sending it out because of several requests for pages, both Partials and Fulls.  To think, I'd just whined to Tia, I think it was, about how I wasn't getting any requests, except one, and then I get a bunch all at once!  By the way, Tia just signed with Carina Press, Harlequin's new digital imprint.  Yeah, Tia!
http://www.tianevitt.com/weblog
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So, I was going over SUGAR RUSH and it brought to mind something Jacqueline Lichtenberg taught me.
http://editingcircle.blogspot.com/   As writers, we tend to internalize elements from favorite stories.
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Well, I've always written in Threes, thanks to STAR TREK (Kirk, Spock, McCoy,) STAR WARS (Han, Leia, Luke,) and LORD OF THE RINGS (Frodo, Sam, Gollum.)  I didn't know why I did this until I asked Jacqueline.  It's the Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis thing.  I've blogged about this before.
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Anyway, I've got the Power of Three in SUGAR RUSH.  I've got Adrian, Ophelia, and Martin.  They're the Hero, Heroine, and Villain, respectively.  Their dynamic is similar to Frodo, Sam, and Gollum, come to think of it, except that Martin is the central Big Bad and Ophelia knows it.  Oh, and Martin is a sizzling hottie!  I've enjoyed how sizzling hot villains make life so complicated for heroines, but that's another post.
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When I was writing SUGAR RUSH, I realized I was coming up with a protagonists' dynamic like in the movie, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, and so, for fun, I reference that movie several times.  Just like that story, I've got the dashing Pirate, the beautiful Princess, a Witty Spaniard (actually, the heroine's twin sister,) and the Loveable Powerhouse.
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So, I was going over SUGAR RUSH and realized the PRINCESS BRIDE isn't the only story with the Power of Four which I love.  In THE LORD OF THE RINGS, we also see it in the four hobbits, four best friends getting together and heading off on an adventure which none of them truly comprehend.  Their strength resides in their love and loyalty for each other, which grows into courage, laying down their lives to defend each other.  Awesome.
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Oh, I know I'll never be as great as Tolkien, but it is interesting to look back on a story I've created and see how other great stories have impacted me as a writer.  It's just another reason why a
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writer ought to be a reader as well.

Done with SUGAR RUSH Full

Geez, I hate micro-polish-edits!  Okay, that's it.  I am having me a really big bar of dark chocolate and a Weird Al music video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw

Tia to Publish First Fiction Story

http://enduringromance.blogspot.com/2010/05/fellow-book-reviewer-tia-to-publish.html
Way to go, Tia!

SUGAR RUSH Keeps Kimber An Busy

In the Protagonists' Cafe deep inside Kimber An's twisted imagination, she's tapping on her computer. 
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Angelica, heroine of MANIC KNIGHT stands nearby with the two new recruits, Kian and Ariel, the hero and heroine of PAPER MOON. 
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"It's our turn."  Kian grumps.
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Adrian and Ophelia, hero and heroine of SUGAR RUSH, dance nearby.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EcGVzCNjw&feature=PlayList&p=16E2A8D9D33B8813&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1
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"Their success is your success," says Angelica.  "If they achieve publication, your chances of doing the same are magnified by about a billion.  She just got in requests for Fulls, back to back."

It's All in My Head

Trying to stay off the computer as much as possible these days to spare my Tendonitis-stricken hands.  However, story creation continues in my head while I unload the dishwasher and wipe boogery noses.  This is always a challenging stage for me because I have so many stories in my head that it's difficult to force my attention on just one.  But, I do my darnedest and this is why it *seems* like I write stories fast.  A lot of writers work things out on the computer or on paper from start to finish, but I don't have the time.  So, I do as much of it in my head as I can first.