Quick Brown Fox- A Very Cool Writing Workshop

I just finished a one day workshop with Brian Henry, former editor, writer and current writing teacher in Toronto. It was great! For lack of a more colorfully descriptive word. (and yes, I get the irony!) The title was Writing And Editing....totally up my alley being over 3/4 of the way through my second revisions. we had the opportunity to do some stream of thought writing; something I usually balk at because the subject matter is usually uninteresting enough it's reminiscent of those dreaded English class assignments in school. But we used this fortune cookie technique which by the end of it had stimulated 4 full pages of writing in half an hour and enough idea seedlings to make it another must write book.

Now, if I can just get through the revision and move on to write books 2 & 3....maybe I'll have to write something else concurrently, because patience is SO not one of my virtues. How about you? Do you write several things simultaneously or are you a monogamous to your story until finished before beginning a new one???

Book Trailer for FIRE AND ICE

I love Savvy Authors website! There is without a  doubt enough information available there through their multitude of workshops and classes to never have to pick up another how-to writing book again. of course if you're like me with a voracious appetite for reading and writing, you will. Still, this site is invaluable to any would-be wanna-be and soon-to-be published author and even those who are already published. Seriously, it's golden! And if you get the opportunity check out Lori Wilde's class. She's a N.Y. Times best selling author who teaches and mentors you on your way to becoming a N.Y. Times Best Selling Author. Well, at least that's my intention while taking her class.





I took a workshop on making a book trailer (it's all the rage these days.) So for me this was like candy, dipped in chocolate...I love LOve LOVE anything to do with visuals. And now for your 2 minutes of viewing pleasure here are the results of that class. It was taught by Kris Tualla who critiques book trailers on youtube and offer suggestions on way to improve.

I welcome your comments. And stay tuned for the book that inspired it all!

Enjoy!!! (and turn up your speakers)

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FIRE AND ICE 

genre: ya urban fantasy romance

Agent Pitch Contest

Agent Pitch Contest

So, sometimes in life synchronistic events happen. After a lightening bolt-type of session with my fabulous coach on stepping out and daring to be bold, and owning my success, I got this email about an agent pitch contest. What a cool concept! So when the universe knocks at the door, the question is will you answer? I had to shout a resounding YES and sent in my pitch, post haste! Here are the detail in case you hear the same knock.

Rachel Rossano's Words: Agent Pitch Contest!! 

Super agent Ammi-Joan Paquette has so kindly offered to host a pitch contest - our first, but definitely not last - on YAtopia. ...

rachel-rossano.blogspot.com/2011/03/agent-pitch-contest.html

Bonne Chance!!!

Shad - Keep Shining

So as I mentioned back in December, or was it November....anyway, I had the thrill of being in a music video with my Mom & my 2 nieces. Well, the video has been released, and since I think it's really fabulous I'm sharing it here. Shad (the artist) is amazing and the song rocks. Listen to the lyrics....they are truly inspired.

On Writing

It's hard to believe a new year is already well under way. It's February and yet it still feels like the first of January to me. Must be all of the snow. This wintry weather has been the perfect opportunity to work on my writing, both my fairy sculpting book for Search Press Publishing and my fiction novel, which at looooong last is finally complete, short of some polishing. Log line, back cover blurb and synopsis to follow!!

I highly recommend to anyone interested in writing (why everyone should be interested in writing is a subject for another day :)) the services, resources and workshops at Savvy Authors. It is a fantastic community and the help and knowledge I gain here is priceless. There is an infinite pool of wisdom available to all who ask, and the courses are top notch and taught by talented professional in the industry. So needless to say, I've been getting my fill and more on those. And now, I'm off to tend to the voices in my head that never seem to leave me alone...something only a writer can lay claim to without fear of being commited to a mental health facility.

Happy writing!!!

Creating Magic

I've probably posted with this same title before...can't remember, but there is such power in it that I use it often. Life is a series of magical moments. and in between the magic, you may temporarily not see the next magical moment throught the purple haze of the last. It's during those times, you may be fooled into thinking that the magic isn't happening or that you've lost it. But rest assured it's always there, jsut waiting for the haze to dissipate so you can fully enjoy and admire the next magical moment. I am in awe and gratitude for the richness and blessings bestowed upon me and my life and for the incredible way the illusions of both time and magic play out in my experiences!

My New Life Coach

In keeping with my magical December, I began working with a new life coach. I am a firm believer of workign with someone to help you get to where you want to go in life. I've worked with several at different times in my life mainly for my business. But I have had the incredible opportunity to work with Michael Duhaney, who is the first coach I've worked with who so succinctly unites what's going on inside with what's happening outside, and how to bridge the two in order to move towards success. Sound complicated? Really it's not. And working with him has been such a blast. I highly recommend it to everyone...giving yourself the gift of coaching in any or all areas of your life. It leads to a bigger, brighter, happier, wealthier, more excited, expanded version of you! What' not to love about it!?!

 

Michael Duhaney Coaching