Barbie’s Comments (group member since Aug 15, 2012)

Barbie’s comments from the P.T. Macias Q and A group.

Suzanne wrote: "You can find out more about me via these links. Still working on the blog. Hope to release it soon!

My FB Author Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suzanne...



Amazon: h..."


Liked both your book2 and author page2. I didn't see any tags. You should put those in. I learned they help people find your book.
Mine are http://www.amazon.com/Portrait-of-Our...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portrait-of-O...
http://www.amazon.com/Martha-Emms/e/B...
Could you please tag these 2 tags-' husband addicted porn' and 'real life romance' under See All 19tags... in tag area
Thank you, Barbie (Martha Emms)

Steve wrote: "Facebook link.
http://www.facebook.com/Stevechristie...

Blog http://stevechristieauthor.blogspot.c...

Publishers launch details
http://ringwoodpublishing.com/good-de......"

Liked 7 and tagged on Amazon!

I still need to figure out and learn about blogs and get a website done but all will come in time :) Here's my info:

Amazon: http: //www.amazon.com/Portrait-of-Our-Marria...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portrait-of-O...
Amazon Author: http://www.amazon.com/MarthaEmms/e/B0...
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Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/portr...
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Portra...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/barbiesway
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/11...
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/barbiesway1/

Tiffany wrote: "Barbie,
I have heard from several authors that it is impossible to catch everything... I hired someone too and although I know she is very professional my novel is 360 pages... there is bound to b..."

Thank you!

P.T. wrote: "Hi Barbie,
Wow, I had the same experience. I also had a professional copy editor for my 1st novel. I was a little disappointed. We have the faith in their ability to edit our work. I thought mine w..."

Thank you. Blessings and good luck with your book also. It is very disturbing, you want your book to go out clean. I cried all night about it. Thankfully all can be fixed but for any readers who've read it already I hope they were more attached to the story than saying I found an error.

I am a very visual thinker. I can be somewhere and hear or see things and a story will visually pop in my head. Like I'm watching it on TV or a movie. I have a long list of ideas that I haven't got to yet. Too many ideas and not enough me or time, LOL.
The idea for my first book came from watching an Oprah show. The show was about men who were addicted to porn. After watching the show I thought that the men looked so normal. Well, that night I dreamed a movie. In the movie a woman, the wife was looking at pictures on a picture display device and reminiscing about past events in her life. Through her memories she revisits how her husbands mild interest in porn becomes an obsession that is affecting their life.
I actually started off writing it as a screenplay. My youngest son was an actor then and after reading so many scripts and dreaming it as a movie I thought that's what I should do. Much easier said than done. Anyway, I changed to a book. I also received input from other women to use in my story.
I enjoy joining writing groups and doing prompts with a group. It's great to practice letting it flow and writing quickly. I have three other important stories I would like to get done. One utilizes some of my experience of being in a coma, one is a mystery, and another one is a family story. Mostly though I am still humbly learning lessons on this book.
I hired a professional editor and proof reader through a book services company for my book and I put my confidence in them. Recently, while proof reading the hard copy from CreateSpace I found several errors. It was like someone shot me. I had had a friend proof and then them. I am feeling heartbroken. I know it will and can be corrected soon but still I wanted it be perfect. Has anyone ever experienced this?

I finished Forever and a Day a while back. It was fun. I enjoy the way she weaves a story together and her characters but it did not make my favorite list of her books though.

I'm reading Forever and a Day by Jill Shalvis and then The Search by Nora Roberts. I'm trying to fit that in between final steps to get my book out and deal with a hectic family life.