Hi, lovelies! It
gives me great pleasure today to host Kate Hill and her new book, “Mysti and
Starr”! For other stops on her
Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of
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giveaway!
Mysti and Starr
by Kate Hill
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GENRE: Paranormal Romance
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BLURB:
A
blazing trail only he can see leads demon hunting biker Starr Johanson to his
destined mate. A blessing placed on her family’s ancestral land summons Mysti
Wild to the cabin where she’ll meet the man fated to share her life.
Each
fears the other will be frightened by magic they don’t understand, but they
quickly learn to trust each other, because no one can resist the person they
were born to love.
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EXCERPT ONE:
Starr
slipped and tumbled down a rocky, leaf-strewn decline. For several seconds he
could only grunt and try to roll with the fall. He landed on his stomach, the
wind momentarily knocked out of him. He tasted blood and spat a mouthful while
pushing himself to his hands and knees. From what he could tell, he had cuts
and bruises, but no breaks.
Blinded
by rain and wind, he glanced around, dazed. He started climbing up the slippery
incline, but fell again. Maybe it was an optical illusion, but he thought a
path led off to his left. Starr tried to calm his mind and listen for guidance.
Instinct told him to try the path, illusion or not, and he had long ago learned
to listen to his instincts.
He
took a step and his ankle nearly buckled.
Great.
He
pushed forward as quickly and carefully as he could with a sprained ankle.
Something
too warm for rain trickled down the back of his neck. He swiped it and looked
at his bloodstained hand. Rain pelted it, diluting the blood. Dragging his hand
along his denim-clad thigh, he limped on.
Squinting
through the storm, he noticed a clearing in the distance, surrounding a lake or
bay.
“Hey!”
That
wasn’t a spirit voice, but human.
“Hey,
you! Dude!”
Starr
turned and saw a woman approaching. She wore a yellow fisherman-style raincoat
and hat that left half her face in shadow.
She
approached and Starr hobbled toward her.
“Hi,”
he said. When she tilted her amber gaze to his, Starr’s heart skipped a beat.
He
smiled faintly.
So
she’s why I’m here.
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GUEST POST:
Five Ways to Deal with Rejection as a Writer
Rejection is Part of Life, but It doesn’t Have to be Negative
1.) The
first thing I remember about rejection is that it’s part of everyone’s life.
When you think about writers, rejection automatically comes to mind, but in
just about every job, people experience rejection. It might be a sales person
who gets dozens of refusals per day before someone buys a product. It might be
a worker who applies for a higher position and is passed over. All kinds of
people deal with rejection on a daily basis, so having a story rejected isn’t
any different than that.
2.)
The next step for me in dealing with rejection is to allow myself to feel angry
or disappointed. I don’t always feel that way, or sometimes I experience
stronger versions of those emotions than at other times. For me, I need to feel
it and get over it. Usually it doesn’t last long at all. It’s particularly easy
to get over when I’m leaning toward self-publishing a story. At times like
that, rejection can even be a relief.
3.)
Once you no longer have strong feelings about the rejection, see if you can
pull something positive from it. Sometimes people are nice enough to take the
time to tell you why they rejected a story. Most of the time you’ll notice that
you get different reasons for the same story being rejected. That’s because
it’s the editor’s or agent’s personal opinion. What works for one person might
not work for another. Just because someone has an opinion about your story
doesn’t mean it’s right. For example, there’s a novel I shopped around last
year that got several rejections with feedback. One listed changes and gave me
the option of resubmitting if I made the changes. One of those changes seemed
reasonable, and I have since made some adjustments. The other changes made no
sense at all to me and I had no intention of making them, so while it was nice
to know I could resubmit, the company wouldn’t be a good fit for me. Whether
you apply suggestions made in a rejection slip or not, it’s always nice to know
that someone took the time out of their busy day to offer you advice.
4.)
Realize you have other options. You can always submit your story to someone
else, or if it’s one you feel strongly about, you can publish it yourself. Some
stories I’m more willing to adjust or compromise with a publisher. Others I
have a clear vision of how I want it to be and I’m not willing to change characters’
personalities or certain storylines to please someone else. Way back in the day
when I first started submitting work, it was considered a bad thing to
self-publish. Nowadays it’s not only common, but some indie authors can do as
well as some traditionally published writers. I have always had unconventional
taste and ideas, so my books and characters might appeal to a smaller
readership, but that’s okay. I love that so many indie books are out there now.
I don’t believe that limited ideas, themes, and character types are a good
thing. Traditionally published books are great, but it’s just as important that
indie books that are less profitable but more unusual are also available for
people who want to read them.
5.)
This is probably the most important step of all when dealing with rejection.
KEEP WRITING!!! Sorry to shout, but you need to keep writing. Keep telling the
stories you want to read and creating characters you love. No one can please
everyone, but if you like something, there’s got to be someone else out there
who likes it, too. Write for yourself and for those who are looking for a story
like the one you’ve written. If you love to write, rejection won’t stop you!
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AUTHOR BIO:
Kate Hill is a
vegetarian New Englander who started writing over twenty years ago for
pleasure. Since 1996, she has sold over one hundred short stories, novellas,
and novels.
She
prefers to blend genres, and she loves horror and a happily ever after, so her
books can be a bit unusual. If you're looking for romance with witches, aliens,
vampires, angels, demons, shapeshifters and more, there's a good chance you'll
find something to your taste in her backlist.
When
she's not working on her books, Kate enjoys reading, working out, and watching
horror movies. She also writes under the name Saloni Quinby.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
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a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Kate ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
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