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May22

The Writing Muse has unpacked her suitcase!

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The Writing Muse has moved into the spare room. She’s unpacked her case and greets me on my return from my morning walk, with ideas, thoughts and perfect words. I’m spending as much time as I can attempting to take her perfect words, and create a novel with them. ‘Lowri’s Forest’ is appearing on my screen, still in first draft, but 43k words to the good.

I’m struggling to write anything else, so I’ve started TFFFM – The First Fabulous Five Minutes. Join me on my riverbank to hear five minutes from the beginning of all my novels, in the order I wrote them.

The first one is Destiny of Angels, the first book in the Lilith Trilogy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaYuNYOG8YY

Here’s a few reviews to give you a taste of what to expect….

Engrossing – “I loved this book. I don’t want to spoil the plot but I’ll just say that it’s totally different from anything else I’ve read. The character descriptions are so good, I could totally imagine what they all looked like and I particularly liked Jenny and her family. I couldn’t put this down and read it in two days. Hope we don’t have to wait too long for the next one:-)”

 

Unusual story, excellent read – “I really enjoyed this book. I wasn’t sure what to expect but without giving too much away, it’s a revenge/ redemption story with a spiritual twist, where the mundane and the mystical intertwine. Looking forward to the sequel.”

 

Fantastic! – “Angel meets up with old friends and acquaintances at a school reunion, she’s changed since school and not only is she stunningly beautiful, her success stands out!
Wendy Steele’s characters are wonderful, her tale gripping as she takes you to a world of ritual and suspense, the best revenge is to succeed against all odds. I bought this book on Kindle and in paperback IT’S THAT GOOD!”

 

Magnificent, fantastic, enlightening – “I loved Destiny of Angels. It was a captivating read from page 1. Touches on friendship, love, struggle, power, control, achievement issues. Wonderful read for someone going through a life-changing experience. I was absorbed by the plot and the pace of the story was spot-on. Great balance of suspense and romance. Wendy Steele has a refreshing style of writing and I will be definitely reading the next instalment in the Lilith trilogy. Recommended read!”

Check out all my novels and stories on my Amazon author page https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wendy-Steele/e/B007VZ1P06

and for my friends and readers across the pond https://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Steele/e/B007VZ1P06

I do hope you enjoy my videos. Please like and subscribe to my channel and ding the bell to be notified of new content. Stay safe out there. Sending new moon blessings to you all

May21

When the muse takes me

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Planning and writing began on The Flowerpot Witch in September 2017 but since January 2018, I’ve been totally immersed in Lizzie Martin’s third story.

Writing the first ten chapters last year was a breeze …before I had a crisis of confidence. The writing was easy because I was following on from the previous book, The Orphan Witch, giving readers time to acclimatize themselves in Lizzie’s world, but that wasn’t what the book was about. I needed The Flowerpot Witch to begin with flowerpots! Since stopping smoking on 21st January, I sleep for four hours and then wake, sometimes only to drop off to sleep again but usually to stay awake for at least an hour. This is the time when the muse takes me.

Over two nights, a new chapter one and an inspired idea put The Flowerpot Witch back on track and I’ve been knuckling down ever since, focussing on brewing up a storm about this book before launch day on 21st June.

My sleepless nights are now a constant source of time with the muse. Her idea to persuade me to concentrate on writing was magic. I can focus on writing a cracking story while amazing women who excel in other fields like formatting, cover design, editing and marketing, form a supportive team around me and the books. I’ll introduce you to them over the following weeks.

The muse inspires my dance teaching too, helping me trust my abilities and style.

In Ibiza last week, holidaying with my daughter, out of the blue came a crazy idea…revisit the first novel you wrote, all 100k words of it, and write THIS story instead. From two o’clock in the morning, plot lines and subplots wound their way around my brain and characters played out scenes in my head. At four o’clock I had to get up and write them down.

The muse will not be denied. Once The Flowerpot Witch is formatted, checked and done ready for reviewers and bloggers, I will be revisiting Hubble Bubble.

Live the chaos. Be ready for when the muse takes you.