Charlotte Cauldron and the Prince of Nevermore

One of my favorite things to do is read. I love books. I've often had the feeling that I've fallen into a book and actually spend time with my favorite characters. Now that my daughter is old enough to share my passion for great characters and stories, we've been reading a lot of middle grade fiction (she's not quite at the reading level to read them herself).

As it happens, a friend's husband is an author. And, as I aspire to someday publish my own work, it's very exciting to know a published author!

John Lance has written a very clever adventure story. Charlotte Cauldron loves her hero Prince Peter and his friends so much that she actually falls into their story, and of course, she saves the day! Who wouldn't love to do that!?! A female heroine who saves the day, a wonderfully evil bad guy, and K's favorite character - a will o' wisp named Frizzleroot: a perfect recipe for a really cool adventure! I also loved a couple of cool inside jokes related to character names and places!

John's book is published by Sam's Dot Publishing and is available at http://www.genremall.com/samsdotpublishing.htm.

Rewriting already

My wonderful critique group has given me some hard-to-hear feedback about my pov (point of view) and voice.

I'm working in third person, and while I feel comfortable with that, I want to get closer. So, I'm researching and experimenting with "Close third pov" -- more details, more senses, more showing instead of telling. Which I knew, but need to be better at doing!

Thank you, ladies! My new versions of Chapter 1 & 2 (and now, 3) are much better, and I couldn't have gotten there without you! I'm sure they still need heavy editing, but the story is really starting to shape up. If only I knew how it ended...

Update on first book

I'm over 20K on my novel, but that's not the cool news...

My editor for the astrology book I worked on earlier in the spring asked for an author bio and a head shot! I'm feeling like a real author here, though I won't start practicing my autograph just yet...I want to see it in print first!

See below for my "official" head shot. Here's my author bio...

Kristine Carlson Asselin is a Sagittarius from X, where she lives with her daughter (a Capricorn) and husband (a Libra). As teens, she and her friends rarely passed up a chance to read their horoscopes and compare notes about potential futures. While technically a Fire Sign, she always felt that her fate was more in line with the Earth Signs!

Kristine’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Golfer Girl Magazine, Fandangle Magazine, and Storybox Library Online. This is her second project for Capstone Press.

I didn't want to post my state on the site, suffice it to say that I don't live in X.

Novel update

Hey all -

I'm almost to 18,000 words - I'm aiming for 30K, but I'm still not entirely sure what my word count should be.

I'd had some great suggestions from friends and crit partners -- this will certainly be a group effort if (ahem, when) it gets finished.