tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64703787893353637792011-07-30T12:41:58.698-07:00Debut YA Paranormal Author and Single Mom of Many…Kim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531510535224553406noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470378789335363779.post-33826805358149784462010-05-22T22:10:00.001-07:002010-05-22T22:16:51.006-07:00

TO LAUREN KATE, THE WOMAN I INTENDED TO HATE, …BUT ALAS… CANNOT It's been almost 2 years now since that long, tedious task of submitting queries, partials and fulls in my search for an agent. And while I did eventually find an agent, I recall vividly, one agent who wrote me back within about an hour's time of my submission. WHAT? That rarely happens. He liked my voice and my premise BUT… "had

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Twitter / Book Fetish: : "We just read a ms from Kim Jones called 'Children of the Damned' -- PUBLISHERS you need to check this out!"

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I am not quite sure how the ranking on Authonomy is determined, but I do know that when someone reads your work, the polite thing to do is to read theirs too, and then back it (helping their book to rise in the ranking system-which no one seems to understand exactly how it works & Harper Collins doesn't really explain what it takes to get your book up there in ranking number, but there are

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(UPDATE) February 20, 2010 - see above post regarding temporary removal of sample chapters. So sorry, but I will put them back as soon as I get the new updates/rewrites done. However you can still Google "Kim Jones Children of the Damned" as well as see some of the feedback I received while I was on Authonomy. I miss it so much. Great diversion, great for procrastination too.I have posted the

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I somehow deleted all the kind comments left for me to preview before posting and I cannot find them. But to the people who posted the advice, the "hang-in-theres" and such, thank you from the bottom of my heart! It can be so discouraging. WE know, right?!

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When other authors told me it is a huge waiting game, they weren't kidding! In keeping with my positivity outlook month, ...If you are in a similar situation (looking for an agent/editor/publisher, etc.), stay positive, the economy is messing a lot of things up as the publishing houses are focusing on their authors they KNOW will make them money, taking less risks on the newbies.Never give up. If

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This is my positive post for the week. I decided that despite the fact that the sale has not happened as quickly as I would have liked, it will happen. The hard part is the waiting, any of you out there, awaiting a response from a would-be (fingerscrossed) agent/editor or publisher know exactly what I am talking about. The best thing to do is stay busy.It is hard to remain sane while awaiting my

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Where I Write Scary StuffPinhead (he insisted!)

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Unlike ghosts, demons have never been human nor have they walked on this earth. They are not beings of this reality but sometimes they are brought into our reality. This can only happen if they are invited in (e.g. Ouija Boards). FYI, Ouija Boards – they're no-nos okay? Promise me! There are other ways too, and I am just learning myself (see previous post about descending into the darkness) so

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Just like anyone else who works for a living, writers have deadlines. In fact, it did not take more than a couple weeks of writing full-time instead of going out to work that I realized "hey, this is like a real-guy job" – and it is. But as far as jobs go…ya know? I can't stop this writing thing anyway. I've always said that writing picked me, it stuck its quill into the right side of my brain at

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Testament of Solomon"1. Testament of Solomon, son of David, who was king in Jerusalem, and mastered and controlled all spirits of the air, on the earth, and under the earth. By means of them also he wrought all the transcendent works of the Temple. Telling also of the authorities they wield against men, and by what angels these demons are brought to naught.""5. And it came about through my prayer

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The Book of Enoch (Chapter 6, Verses 1-3)"1) And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto 2) them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men 3) and beget us children." Enoch 1-3http://www.heaven.net.nz/

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THE BANNED BOOKS OF THE BIBLE...(or, there just had to be an interesting story here, right?)A long time ago, a group of religious men were assembled together to decide which ancient religious writings were acceptable for inclusion in a book intended to unite all the religious beliefs in the world, the book was to be known as the Bible. Out of hundreds of religious writings, only a small

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My series, The Fallen Angels Saga, was inspired by a very strange bible verse, one I suspect few people are familiar with. Check it out, Genesis 6:4.“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.” -The Holy Bible, New International VersionThe "sons of God" or

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Even when I was little, all things scary interested me. In grade school at the library, I checked out and re-checked out these giant books of short stories presented by Alfred Hitchcock. That was about as scary as my grade school got material-wise.In 3rd grade, I wrote a story about a demonic puppet that came to life and killed people, including the ventriloquist who spoke for him. (Like that

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For a whole lot of years, I would submit my stuff to agents and publishers and my thoughts were always that I just wasn’t "lucky" enough to break into publishing. In my gut, I knew that the short story or the novel I was submitting was not in top form, but I assumed that the agent or editor at the publishing house I was querying would look past that and see me for the potentially awesome writer I

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So … I should have got this up and running a bit sooner but between teenagers, toddlers and tired, I got a late start. I've already signed with an agent extraordinaire and the book is already in front of the publishers (thanks to my awesome agent) and fingers crossed, a sale will soon be forthcoming AND, prior to my electric being disconnected. Talk about the "starving artist"…no, let's not.My

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