Lynda Kaye Frazier, USA Today Best Selling Author

The opening page, and blurb from my novel. Book cover made by a critique partner. (Victoria your great) Love to see my name in print, can't wait for my first contract!      An explosion ricocheted behind Jason’s eyes as the pressure mounted in his head. The rush of panic consumed him as he struggled to move. He tried to swallow but his throat burned from the flames that engulfed his lungs.    He needed to breathe but he could not, shit .   He strained to hear the muffled voices, but the pounding in his ears erased all hope. His head started to spin and he succumbed to the realization, this was it, the end, he won .   The flames were dampening and his heartbeat slowed. As the drums subsided, the voices became clearer.      “Give it to him now you son of a bitch. What were you thinking? We still need him.”      A split second release had Jason sucking in a breath of much needed air. Stabbing pains sho...

It has been a very long month, and I can honestly say, I survived. When I signed up for the workshop, Editpalooza, they said to kiss your family goodbye, and hope someone else knew how to cook and clean because you will have no time for it. Well they were right. By the time I finished my day job, and then rushed home to get online, do assignments and critiques, my day was done. I was in this pattern for 30 days and I just want to say, it was exhausting, but worth every minute. This workshop taught me how to look at my novel through a publisher’s viewpoint. I learned how to critique myself, and boy was that an eye opener. I learned how to start at the beginning with a read through. Polish my opening, develop my characters, analyze my story line, develop my scenes and wow them with a great ending, and that was all in the first two weeks. Then it was time for my second read through. Well I had so many changes to my two main characters, that I just finished my second read through and...