Monday, November 26, 2012

The Next Big Thing

Hello everyone, hope everyones holiday was lovely. Mine was, as always. I was tagged in this survey by the incredible Author Toy Davis, and if you would like me to tag you in this please send me an email at xoheatherannee@gmail.com!


What is your working title of your book?
Freshman Fangs, book one in the Teenage Vampire series.

Where did the idea come from for the book?
Highschool and vampires. Being an avid vampire fan, and twi-hard, I took my loves and combined them together, as a girls journey through high school as a newborn vampire.

What genre does your book fall under?
YA Fantasy
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?  
Abigail Breslin as Kristy
AJ Michalka as Kenzie
Kiersten Storms as Kayla
Miley Cyrus as Jessica
Josh Hutcherson as Deryk
Aly Michalka as Allison

What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?  
What would you do if you were now a member of the undead, about to enter your high school career as a Freshman? Isn't high school hard enough, without having to deal with blood lust?

Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
This will probably be a self-published work.

How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
Actually, I am still working on it, going on 4 months.

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
It is being compared to twilight.

Who or what inspired you to write this book?
I work at a movie theater, so I see a lot of teenagers constantly. They were my biggest inspiration.

What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest? 
Bullying, being as that is a big topic in todays society. 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving

I might not be able to get on to post much tomorrow, we are heading to Dominic's parents house for Thanksgiving and every year I wake up to watch the Parade on TV. I can't believe its Thanksgiving already! Before you know it -- it will be Christmas, then New Years when my baby boy turns 2!! I can't believe how fast these last 2 years have gone.

What I am thankful for this year: my kids, my daughter especially in how well she is doing in school, my fiancee, my writing...

What are you thankful for??

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

First IEP Meetings

This morning I had my daughters' first ever IEP meeting, where I met with all her therapists and psychologists  and teachers at her school to see where she was academically. Let's just say Anna is doing AMAZING. They want to put her in regular ed classes for 1/2 to an hour a day, which is awesome. If you didn't know, my daughter has autism, and with her only being in school for 2 months, this is amazing news!

We also peeked in on her while she was in library. She listens to directions very well, and was the only student to go get her books and sit down quietly. I am so proud of her!!

I know she is going to do well, my goal for her is to be in regular classes full time in the future. I hope she can, she is so smart. Within two months she learned how to draw faces and cats, spell her name, etc. Stuff she never knew how to before, it is a relief to see her advancing so soon.

That is all for now, oh yeah and I now have a goodreads author page! Go check it out ;)
Goodreads

Monday, November 19, 2012

Indiegogo Fundraiser!

I am hosting a fundraiser for the FF release!
This is going towards to pay my cover artist, as well as buying some awesome swag to give away.
Please take a moment to check it out and possibly share the link on your pages and blogs!

Freshman Fangs Release Fundraiser!

It's been awhile

So sorry for my lack of updates. Work and writing makes for less then no time to update my blog. I promise to keep up with my blogger now, though, and update much more often!

Freshman Fangs is about 50% done and I am hoping to crank out at least 5 chapters today. I am shooting for a 20k word goal right now, maybe more, but that is what I want right this moment!

I have to go finish getting my daughter ready for school so I will update more later, toodles!