Interview on Indiereads.net

Yay for another interview! I google my book title randomly, and lookie lookie I got cookie!

http://www.indiereads.net/2011/06/03/interview-with-indie-author-rebecca-carlton/

First 250 words Smoke Rising

I don’t blame anyone for how my life started, but I’m less than thrilled by how I’ve been told to live it.

I remember what it was like when I was little, before I knew Conner was my father. The first time he stood up in front of our class in Precademy I felt a connection to him that pulled me in. I was fascinated by his ability to answer any question we had for him and how he’d get so excited when we would mimic something he was working on with us. The excitement faded the day that I noticed our resemblance.

Conner was teaching us a lesson in observing our surroundings and asked us all to look around and find something another person may not have noticed. I caught a glimpse of my own reflection in the window behind him. I sat there, amazed at the exact replica of my eyes on another person. I was an orphan and my twin brother looked nothing like me so I’d never shared a likeness with another person. The similarity made me feel even more connected to Conner and I wanted him to feel the connection as well. When it was my turn I announced my observation with pride.

“Your eyes are just like mine.”

I expected the typical cheerful response from him, but instead his facial expression left me feeling as if I’d disappointed him with a wrong answer. Now I know that I wasn’t supposed to have noticed our resemblance.

Tragic Losses

A friend in the Amazon Forum, Sandy K has recently lost two young adults in her close circle of family and friends. She turned to the Amazon Forum "The Spinning Wheel (3)"  for guidance and support from her friends. I may rant about the Amazon forums and repeatedly claim that I will steer clear of them, but warm and welcoming people like Sandy K pull me back there. I wanted to post this on here for Sandy K and for anyone who has lost friends or family in any of the recent tragedies that have taken place.

In the face of such a tragedy like this, it’s impossible to know where to look to for guidance-for any sense of understanding. We all want to believe that things happen for a reason and that everything is part of a master plan that will reveal itself at times. Then tragedies like these are thrown at us. The only suggestion I can extend to you is what I would want to say to my own family and friends if I were watching them suffer from losing me.

Thank you for loving me enough to feel heartache in my absence. Thank you for loving my family enough to be there with open arms while they are facing the future. Know that I’ll always be with you in spirit and in your memories of the times of the past. When you feel your anger and frustration for what we cannot control in life trying to consume you, let the memories of my smile warm your heart and let the visions of our happiest moments distract you from the pain.

Blog feature today

My third feature on a blog was featured today at Confessions of a Watery Tart. A true honor being featured in Tart land!

Book Trailer for Formula Rx:17

I used a free program on my desktop to construct this video, which let me save it in a lovely HD format.  I decided to use the angle of the character Livia in the book, and her viewpoint of Dalis' capture of her.

Feel free to let me know what you think, I'm hoping to get some feedback.

Here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WISobnMJbUM

Twitter Pitch

Geric, a doctor forced to perform immoral acts, must escape island enslavement before his transgression against his captor becomes known.


Title: Formula Rx-17
Genre: Adult Fiction
Word count: 50,000

Contest where you could win a request for a full manuscript.........interesting enough to give it a try.

In my usual googling frenzy, I happened to come across a reference to a post "Is It Hot In Here Or Is It This Book?".  It turns out Ms. Shelly Watters is hosting a contest to celebrate her 100 blog followers and 500 twitter followers.  One lucky writer can receive a request for a full from Suzie Townsend of Fine Print Literary Management, and several others will get a query critique from Ms. Watters.  So, if you're like me and couldn't talk a blind man into buying a walking stick, but feel confident about your writing, you might want to give this a try.