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What I am up to

What I am up to

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I am still on cloud nine about this news, and I cannot believe it has taken me this long to post it on here: I WILL BE ATTENDING GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL AS PART OF THEIR MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING (FICTION)! It has been a long road to get here, and I feel so blessed to be able to say that I have taken the next step towards my dreams.

In other news, I accidentally showered my laptop with flavored water this past week. On the one hand, it smelled like yummy strawberry lemonade but, on the other hand, it didn’t work after that. It took three days to figure out a solution that involved me showing up for tech support only to have my laptop turn back on all by itself just after the guy told me my laptop was probably a goner. Yes, I am the tiger mom of laptops over here. Hey, whatever it takes to motivate my laptop to work again!

So now I am back to working on novel #3 which falls into the category of women’s fiction (along with novel #2 which is still progressing towards its final version). Currently I am about three fourths of the way through it and hope to have a completed first draft in just a few weeks!

 

Facing the Tide, Kyle, What I am up to

Le Update. (What I am up to lately)

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After hitting roughly 32,000 words on my next novel, I hit a sort of writer’s block with my project. I realized I needed some space from it to really think about how I wanted to go about the rest of the book. So, I have set that novel aside for now and….

I HAVE STARTED A NEW NOVEL.

Okay, it’s not really an entirely new novel. I started this one while I was on break from college and set it aside once it was time to go back to school. Now that I have been out of school for a while, I find myself thinking more about this novel then the one I had been working on. Now seemed like a good of time as any to switch. Currently, I am at just over 14,000 words into my first draft. Let’s see where this third novel takes me.

AS FOR BOOK #2…

It’s in beta reader mode. My mother wants it to be in “Mother-read-me mode,” but that comes later. Patience, Mom, it’s headed your way soon. I’m really excited about how this book turned out, although I am a little skeptical about some of the details. I might want to change a few things around, but I’m counting on my beta readers to let me know if that’s necessary or if I am just looking for reasons to hold onto my novel longer. We’ll see. What you should know is that it is a chic lit novel that will make you sad, happy, and (most importantly) laugh out loud (well, hopefully).

IN THE MEANTIME

Poems and various other writings are being posted on this blog. If you have the time, take a look around and feel free to let me know what you think! I love feedback.

AND THE SHAMELESS PLUG

My debut novel, Facing the Tide, is now available in both print (on Amazon) and eBook formats (on Amazon kindle, Barnes and Noble nook, Apple iBooks, Smashwords, and more).

Thank you all for your support!

Kyle

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What I am up to (outside of being snowed in)

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Facing the Tide Freebie Drawing

1). Hosting a giveaway of my first novel, Facing the Tide! First you’re hearing about this giveaway? Fret not: there is still time to enter. The drawing for a FREE, SIGNED PAPERBACK COPY of my book will be held on February 15, 2014, and entering couldn’t be easier. Just like my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/kylefreelanderwriter . It really is that simple. Best of luck to you all!

2). Wowing the world with my beautiful singing talents. WOWING.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpXDFx1NZ7g

3). Okay, those weren’t my beautiful singing skills but rather a video my younger sister, Chandler, helped create for a contest. Like it? Help a girl out by voting for her video at https://www.projected.com/contests/24-words-of-renewal

(I find it’s quickest if you search her name rather than having to scroll through all the videos)

4). My third novel is just over 20,000 words long now, putting me a little behind on my goal but I wasn’t really counting on life getting in the way of my writing. Sometimes I forget that life happens all around me, even when I’m busy typing away on the computer. I have high hopes to catch back up over the next couple of days. Especially if the whole being snowed in thing continues. Yuck.

5). Drinking coffee and procrastinating. Yup, sounds about write…I mean, right.

Hope you all are having a fabulous day and if (like me) you are snowed in and looking for something to do, feel free to curl up in a comfy chair with a nice, big mug of hot chocolate and read my book! Just 99 cents for the eBook edition. Yes, another shameless plug.

Stay warm out there!

<3 Kyle