Several months ago I wrote a children's book about my daughter and our dog, but the story is told in the perspective of the dog. I decided to write it after going to the library over a period of time and seeing/getting children's books that were poorly written and for the most part didn't make sense. It was like the book they talk about in Elf with Will Ferrell, it is missing 2 pages and they wanted to publish it any ways, these books were like that.
A couple of weeks ago I came across Tate Publishing through a friend of mine who's Mom is a children's book author as well (Connie Randolph; she writes Casper Joe books). I contacted Connie and asked her several questions about Tate Publishing and her experience with them, she replied that she has been very happy with them and hasn't had any problems considering she has had 4 books published with them.
Well I went ahead and sent my manuscript to them, I received the customary email that they will let me know if a couple of weeks about my book and all that jazz. On Monday I receive a call from Tate Publishing saying that they would like to offer me a contract and publish my book, I haven't been this excited about something in a while.
It is a dream come true for me, I honestly never thought it would see the light of day on book shelves in a book store or library.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
50 Shade of Pure Crap
I am an avid reader, I read just about any thing. From great works of literature to new books that are all the rage. I am unbiased in my reading, or I like to think. In my book case you will find westerns, romance, contemporary romance, inspirational, comedy, mystery, drama, historical, non-fiction just to name a few genres.
So being an avid reader the other day I picked up the second book in the 50 Shade of Grey trilogy, so I could see what all the fuss was about. Most books in a trilogy or series you can pick up any book and get an idea of what happened in the previous books, Janet Evanovich is great at this in her Stephanie Plum Number Series (which is at book 18) you can pick any book up and she gives a short background in each book so you can read them out of order. This author not so much, it takes place 3 days after the first book ended. It is poorly written, honestly my 6 year old probably could have written a better book. There was F bomb droppings in places that didn't need a F bomb dropped, the dialogue was short and broken. Granted this book is an erotic romance but to be completely honest I have read better scenes in a dime romance novel.
Why is this poorly written book making a wave I keep wondering. My one sister who is an 8th grade teacher and is a prolific reader like I am, said that poorly written books are making huge waves because so many people do not read anymore. As she stated that the Twilight series is also a poorly written series yet there is a huge following. I haven't read those books mostly because the idea of a vampire sparkling is just wrong especially if Edward is as ugly as the actor who portrayed him is supposed to be.
I am causing waves today and I really don't care.
~Kristen
So being an avid reader the other day I picked up the second book in the 50 Shade of Grey trilogy, so I could see what all the fuss was about. Most books in a trilogy or series you can pick up any book and get an idea of what happened in the previous books, Janet Evanovich is great at this in her Stephanie Plum Number Series (which is at book 18) you can pick any book up and she gives a short background in each book so you can read them out of order. This author not so much, it takes place 3 days after the first book ended. It is poorly written, honestly my 6 year old probably could have written a better book. There was F bomb droppings in places that didn't need a F bomb dropped, the dialogue was short and broken. Granted this book is an erotic romance but to be completely honest I have read better scenes in a dime romance novel.
Why is this poorly written book making a wave I keep wondering. My one sister who is an 8th grade teacher and is a prolific reader like I am, said that poorly written books are making huge waves because so many people do not read anymore. As she stated that the Twilight series is also a poorly written series yet there is a huge following. I haven't read those books mostly because the idea of a vampire sparkling is just wrong especially if Edward is as ugly as the actor who portrayed him is supposed to be.
I am causing waves today and I really don't care.
~Kristen
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