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Book Series!
I just signed a contract with Soul Mate Publishing for a second book. I’m very excited to announce my series: The Trouble with Men. Book 1: The Trouble with Snowmen (August 2015) Book 2: The Trouble with Scarecrows (TBA) I am also in the brainstorming (prewriting) stage of a third book. Love and Laughter, Dorlana
Here’s what THE TROUBLE WITH SNOWMEN is all about …
Hi Friends, I’m excited to share my book blurb for my upcoming romantic comedy, THE TROUBLE WITH SNOWMEN. Snowmen drift into your life like they were sent from above. The relationship is great, rolls right along, and builds. Everything seems perfect … until a little heat is introduced. Then they melt, leaving only their hat, their …
Writer’s Playlist
Here’s a fun list of songs for all you “Crazy” writers out there. It’s difficult to know when to stop editing but eventually you have to “Let it Go.” Just remember “The Waiting is the Hardest Part.” And “It’s a Long Way to the top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)“. Whatever you do, “Don’t Stop …
Fairy Tale Short Story Inspired by “Jorinda and Joringel”
Quiet on the Nightingale Fairy Tale inspired (Jorinda and Joringel) short story from Dorlana’s collection Supernatural Fairy Tales Before climbing aboard the Nightingale, a 60-foot yacht, Jake listened for a second to make sure its owner, Richard King, slept. From the cockpit, Jake climbed the stairs to the upper aft deck, and with little effort, he opened the glass …
Two Years of my Writing Journey
It seems crazy but it’s been a little over two years since I started this blog. My first blog was aimed mostly towards using fairy tales as inspiration for stories, but when I started this blog I wanted it to be more about my adventures in writing as a whole – which doesn’t always include fairy …
I Forgot to “Save the Cat”
After getting comments back on my work-in-progress from a critique partner, it was clear that she hated my main character to the core. Of course, I defended my reasons as to why I had given her a Scrooge personality. For one, she is actually the antagonist in the first book so I had to stay true …
Passage to Queen Mesentia – chapter excerpt – Ben’s Story
The memories of what had happened in the park faded a little more with each passing minute. Now that they sat in a normal setting—no darkness, no guns being pointed at them, and their lives no longer in danger—thinking Ben an actual vampire seemed absurd. Wade had no doubt that Ben believed it; he had …
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