I have re-released the Holiday Series – The Complete River Bend Trilogy – on Amazon this year, but only until Christmas. The three novel set of YA novels including One Frosty Christmas, The Great Pumpkin Ride, and A Filly Called Easter, are FREE for Kindle Unlimited subscribers worldwide.
Love the ones you’re with….Merry Christmas to all
Laura Hesse
I am truly enjoying the videos and podcasts in the GS2 – Genre Summit for budding screenwriters and film students. It was fascinating listening to Uwe Boll, the director of In the Name of the King with Jason Statham, discuss directing, filming and what it takes to distribute a film internationally. So far some of my other favorite interviews have been with Writer/Directors Mike Hurst and Jeff Allard who have been very candid about what it takes to succeed in the business, what to expect, and the pitfalls. Jeff Allard (Texas Chainsaw Massacre – The Beginning) shared some great information about book adaptations and securing the rights to older films to produce a re-release.
The overall take that I took away from the videos so far is:
Thanks to all involved.
Since I’ve taken a trip to the dark side and penned a horror screenplay and since it is making its rounds in LA, I thought I’d sign up for the Second Annual Genre Summit and get some advice from industry professionals on the genre. If you are interested in writing horror, this might be of interest to you: http://www.genresummit.com/
Laura and “Pumpkin Sally”
I am tickled pink, or maybe orange, that The Great Pumpkin Ride has been featured on Kindle Boards in the new book discovery section. http://kboards.blogspot.ca/ Woot! Woot! Let’s hear it for my old Pumpkin Sally who enjoyed her first appearance in print in this book, adding many laughs to the kids unforgettable adventures.
Buy any one e-book of One Frosty Christmas, The Great Pumpkin Ride, A Filly Called Easter, or Independence by December 22, 2016 and receive a free e-book of your choice.
Just tell us where you purchased your e-book and which e-book you purchased and we will send you a FREE copy of the next novel in the Holiday Series!
Defying Hope:
The school of hard love is taken to the next level when a renegade nun chains hooker/ junkie, Hope Sanderson, to a steel girder inside a derelict building in the hopes of helping her break her habit.
Sometimes you need to leap off a cliff, not for the view, but to see how far down the ground really is. Then again, I’ve always liked Monty Python’s line: “And now for something completely different.”
That’s what I did during the re-writing of the horror/thriller screenplay for Defying Hope. I broke down my own barriers and took a leap into the dark side.
Defying Hope is one of the darkest stories that I’ve ever written. Blew my mind really. The re-write was tough as I had to take the screenplay down to its basic story line, characters, and dialogue. The re-write resulted in a faster moving story line with four locations instead of fifteen, more action, and some new revelations about the characters. It is a pretty cool feeling when the characters come to life and take over the story.
And now…back to the writing of Valentino.
It is time to refresh my book covers in the Holiday Series. It’s been a big job. Now, for the inside jackets and story lines. Life as an independent author means you wear a lot of hats. You will also see that the title of “Two Independents” is changing to “Independence.”
Why the changes? In the writing of the screenplays, I added some scenes from the back-stories that I had for the characters. I liked them so much that I am including some of the scenes in the novels. With the re-writes come a new design. When the re-writes are complete, these covers will appear on my website and sales platforms.
Laura Hesse
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It took me about a week to work out the beat sheet for “Whisper” to the point that I was happy with the story line that had developed, and another two weeks to write out the 40 scenes that will make up the screenplay.
By using the scene cards and the beat sheet, I was able to write the first 15 pages of the script in an hour.
This is quite a dramatic change for me and I like it. Instead of letting the story and characters develop as I write the first draft, I have a plan in place. I like it. I believe that my stories will have better structure, more conflict, and less meandering in the story line, because of it.
Running L Productions 