Vicki’s Comments (group member since May 01, 2013)

Vicki’s comments from the Plotting Princesses group.

For avid readers, this is the time of year when we are gifted with great reads!

What are you devouring now?

I have five I can't wait to get to: new Bridget Jones, new Julia Spencer fleming, new Elizabeth George, new Carl Hiassen.

Yeah, Kathy! and it's a great story.

I'm all for hungry. :)

Love this story!

Let's get a list going of all holiday books:

The Great Fruitcake Bake-off by Vicki Batman. To defend her five wins, Samantha Greene, has to find a new entry for The Great Fruitcake Bake-off and teams up with new neighbor, Dixon Roberts, only what they discover is baking a award-winning entry can be complicated, bad guys are plotting to take the crown, and ultimately, first prize isn't just about a ribbon. Buy link is: http://bit.ly/HXeo7h

When I wrote this story, I really didn't think it would sell. There's backstory. My challenge was to make it dribble in correctly and be of interest.

I told a friend and she said, "Oh, it's written Hangover-style."

I went yeah!

Here's too excerpt spots for you to see if I did my job:

http://romancelivesforever.blogspot.c...

http://jillhughey.blogspot.com/2013/0...

I have a free read at Coffeetime Romance: http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/Free...

It will probably be gone in a month!

This is so exciting!

is being held August 10, 2013 at: http://trsparties.com/

lots of giveaways, books, and the piece de resistance--a Nancy Drew clutch

Won't you join us tomorrow?

I just finished Ms. Elizabeth Essex's latest Scandal book. Beautiful!!!

Carole wrote: "I've started Beautiful Ruins. It's wonderful. It's about this man, Pasquale who falls in love with a woman in love with Richard Burton. A great read."

That does sound good, Carole.

I just finished Lifeboat. Incredible.

Hi, Deanette! I wrote an almost very sensual novella in first person. I wrote everything in first person. It is incredibly intimate. The problem is not being able to switch from head to head (or pov character). Everything is told from one person's point of view. This doesn't bother me. It does bother some romance readers who want to know what the hero is thinking.

I read a bunch of mysteries and many are told in first pov. It has never bothered me.

You will have to experiment and see which you like best. Maybe have a beta reader or critique partner read to help you.

If you've submitted to publishers or agents, what are they saying?

Liese wrote: "I haven't read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, but I remember it from a Bugs Bunny cartoon! He's about to be attacked by a pack of dogs and holds a book over his head to throw at them. They stop, turn ar..."

Liese, this is such a good book. I loved it, especially over some NYT books I've read lately.

Liese wrote: "I want to invite you to my Website, where I just uploaded a FREE short story, "Debate with a Vampire." Stop by and get your copy!

http://www.liesesherwoodfabre.com/boo...

Have a good day!

Liese"

Congratulations on the free read!!!

Rayne wrote: "Vicki, you may not have read my bio on my web site, but I was a young girl when I read Betty Smith's A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. This book did it; I knew I had to write. It's now an American classic...."

If I read your bio, I might not have remembered mostly because I remember some things and some not. However, I think it would. It's literary, not a romance. And touches on subjects relevant to today.

I just finished a Tree Grows in Brooklyn and if you have never read this classic, you should. It is beautiful. (and no, the movie doesn't count-lol)

And am finishing up the biography of Georgette Heyer. Lots of quotes from her letters, especially to her agent and publisher (would we do that nowadays???) The best part too is the family photos.

Michelle wrote: "Okay WOW. I'm so behind!!

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the group and thank you for posting all your intros! I'm Michelle Miles, one of the PP gals who has been sorely lacking in posting here. Than..."

You know I'm an avid needlepointer and play mah jongg.

Put up a link here Rayne!

Rayne wrote: "Hope it's not inappropriate to jump in here to tell you my literary novel THE WOODEN CHAIR is now available from all the places where e-books are sold."

Congratulations, Rayne!