Category Archives: Theresa Milstein
Theresa Milstein: Lessons from Lenny Lee
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/10/lessons-from-lenny-lee.html
October 20, 2012 at 07:16AM
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“It is less painful to learn in youth
than to be ignorant in age”
Proverb
teach me than I could ever hope to teach them. While I pull from past
experiences and feelings in my writing, my everyday life is consumed by adult
worries, joys, and obligations.
my blog. I’ve learned much from
the few years I’ve known him.
to contact an author I admired, let alone start collaborations with other
writers. And since the Internet
didn’t exist when I was his age (man, I’m old), writers weren’t as accessible
as we are now. Lenny Lee not only
writes, but critiques other writers’ manuscripts. He’s part of the writing
community!
age, it also never occurred to me I could be a writer. I thought people were just brilliant at
it. If not, then I had no right to pursue it. Didn’t know there was a whole craft to learn for everyone. See, he’s smarter than me. He actually finds out how this whole
writing thing works. And does it!
writers.
Internet hadn’t even been invented). When I started a blog 3 years ago, I
didn’t think I had much writing advice to offer the world. Lenny not only
learns about the craft of writing, but also shares his wisdom with others. He
has written excellent posts on writing. I’ve learned from reading his
blog.
Actually, read the archives, and you can find out. I’m sure Lenny Lee has down days too, but his blog is all
advice and encouragement.
writer. Read Lenny Lee’s blog and
it’s all VOICE. His personality
shines on his blog. I bet it’s the
same for his fiction.
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him a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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Happy Birthday, Lenny Lee!
were touched with fire. It was
given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate
thing.”
Theresa Milstein: Writer Wednesday
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/10/writer-wednesday.html
October 17, 2012 at 06:11AM
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Theresa Milstein: Mental Stamina
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/10/mental-stamina.html
October 08, 2012 at 08:06AM
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Theresa Milstein: Talking Toddlers and Tiaras
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/10/talking-toddlers-and-tiaras.html
October 01, 2012 at 06:21AM
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I’m at Chandara Writes blog
talking Toddlers and Tiaras.
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Theresa Milstein: My Moment
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-moment.html
September 28, 2012 at 07:52PM
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vaudeville to opera, piano bar and street corner, hotel suite and beauty
pageant, From Stage Door Shadows is a backstage pass to where dreams of fame,
fortune and fulfillment live and die in a heartbeat.
Door Shadows
piece “My Moment” is the one about beauty pageants gone wrong(er)!)
parameters/inspiration for the stories is below:
for the shadowed recesses of stages large and small in From Stage Door Shadows,
a speculative fiction homage to the darkness just beyond the limelight of the
entertainment industry.
stories re-introduce the women Benny Taupin wrote about and Elton John sang
about: blue jean baby, LA lady, the band’s seamstress, the music man’s wife and
the girl dancing in the sand, along with a stellar cast of musicians, singers,
thespians, fans, managers, dancers, DJs, magicians, talent show contestants,
stars and has-beens.
was “Looking on she sings the songs”.
stories for a limited time!
Australia, which means it has already started in the US and UK!) we’ll roll out
all 25 stories for free, for 48 hours, as part of our continued commitment to
provide stories at multiple price points. If you stop in to read, please leave
the authors a comment.
your list?
info!
Book Depository, which is listing the book for $12.97
formats are $4.95.
my mini-blog tour:
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“My Moment”
the writer
her short story in From Stage Door Shadows here, while I’ll tackle the question “What the heck is speculative
fiction?” on her blog.
short story in From Stage Door Shadows,
while I’ll guest post about Inspiration Part II for “My Moment” on her
blog. Because it’s Halloween, I’ll
tackle the dark side of my story.
Theresa Milstein: Off Track
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/09/off-track_22.html
September 22, 2012 at 09:30PM
Theresa Milstein: Writing a Series
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/09/writing-series.html
September 18, 2012 at 05:41AM
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of Haven) has hijacked my blog to offer advice about writing a series.
learned from writing a series.
wrote Paradise 21 with reckless abandon and no idea if it would be a stand
alone, a novella, a short story, or a novel. When I finished it, I knew more of
the story had to be told, so I started writing other books. BUT, and this is a
big but, it would have saved me time if I knew where I wanted the series to go.
I spent countless hours thinking about this before writing Haven 6. I needed to
tie in all the books and make the series arc epic, and it was hard- let me tell
you. Next time, I’m writing the series arc BEFORE I start that first book. Even
if it’s just a general direction or idea.
enough to keep around for two more books. I learned this the hard way,
too. In Paradise 21, I hatched a whole new race of flying bird
creatures at the end thinking I’d never have to develop that thread. But, in
Haven 6, I’m using the same planet hundreds of years later, so I had to come up
with an evolved culture from those hatched on the planet in the first book.
They weren’t my favorite race-I wrote them mainly to contrast with the reckless
people on Old Earth-, so it took some thinking to figure out how to make them
interesting in the flesh.
refer to Earth as Old Earth in the first book, then it’s Old Earth for the next
300,000 words if you know what I mean. Make sure you know your word building
and keep to it. I was constantly going back to the first book to make sure
everything was called the same thing. Keep a list!
line works. One of my CP’s pointed out that the arrival of the last ship was
too early. They needed time for Aries to fly to Sahara 354, meet Striker, then
find the wormhole to Refuge (otherwise known as Haven 6 to the people of the Heritage.) This particular colony ship
set out at the same time as Aries’s ship, but it should take them longer to get
to Haven 6 because they didn’t have the same wormhole Striker had found. When I
think about it for too long, my head hurts.
Romantic Science Fiction and Fantasy
Get Swept Away to Other Worlds…
http://www.authoraubrie.com
http://authoraubrie.blogspot.com
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book blurb:
without a lifemate aboard the colonization ship, the Heritage, and she is
determined her less than perfect DNA will not get in the way of finding love.
As the ship nears it’s final destination of Haven 6 after five hundred years of
travel, images of the surface show evidence of intelligent life on a planet
that’s supposed to be uninhabited. Commander Grier assigns Eri to the
exploratory team to spy on the alien society and return with information on how
to defeat them.
When Eri’s team lands, tribes of humans attack and Eri is saved by Striver, the
descendant of a colonist and a pirate from Old Earth’s colonization efforts in
other parts of the galaxy. Striver helps Eri rescue her team and they are drawn
to each other despite their different allegiances. While Striver battles with
trusting Eri, Eri must decide whether to warn him and his people about the
commander’s intentions, or follow orders and complete her mission.
Theresa Milstein: Identity Crisis
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/09/identity-crisis.html
September 15, 2012 at 07:40AM
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her crisis of faith, I was curious about what she had to say. I had my own
questioning of religion. When I
was younger, I converted from Catholicism to Judaism. But my decision didn’t impact my
relationships with family members, friends, or writers. I knew that Ms. Stone’s experience was
more contentious.
home, Sophia believes the only way to have a forever family is by following
church leaders and obediently choosing the right. She goes to the right school,
marries the right man in the right place, and does the right thing by staying
home to raise her children. But when she starts asking questions about grace,
love, and the nature of God, she realizes her spiritual struggles could rip her
family apart. “This book is an incredibly honest portrayal of one person’s
struggle to find God.” ~Pastor John Bradford
with people who think you are broken?
it depends on how important their Mormonism is to their identity. Those who are
capable of accepting my brokenness without trying to fix it are much easier to have
relationships with than those who work extra hard to fix me.
struggles helped you?
cheaper than therapy, and I can attest to that. There’s no time limit on how
long I can type away on my keyboard when I’m having a bad day. I don’t have to
worry about the paper judging me. Plus, it’s helped me to put things in
perspective.
Mormonism affect your view of the religion?
Mormonism with my whole heart, I rationalized away any issues I had by saying
members were human and made mistakes. I believed The Church was as close to
being a perfect institution as anyone was likely to find. God had made it. He
had ordered it. Who was I to question what He had formed?
with the institution. Not with the hearts of members or leaders (who I believe
are honest people acting on faith) but rather with group think. It shuts down a
lot of voices that threaten the status quo. There’s not much tolerance for free
speech where church policy and doctrine are concerned. Speaking against the
leadership is taboo, and there are lots of unwritten rules about not exposing
the flaws of the organization to the outside world. It’s a lot like a
dysfunctional family that way. Loyalty to the church trumps personal
spirituality.
Mormon author friends?
family response—lots of condemnation, lots of avoidance, lots of judgment, and
lots of gratitude. Yes, I know, it seems odd that I’d hear gratitude from LDS
author friends who are faithful in the church. But apparently there are people
who struggle in silence, unable to tell a soul how they feel without losing those
most dear to them. That’s the reason the Disaffected Mormon Underground (DAMU)
exists. It fills a palpable need.
Who should read your book?
understand how religions indoctrinate children, how they can unite and separate
families, how they can bring peace and turmoil at the same time. Anyone who
wants a more personal understanding of how it feels to grow up in a legalistic
religion that values trust and obedience more highly than free thought, or
anyone who wants to understand Mormonism.
my book is factually perfect. It’s not. It is based on my experience, and
everyone’s reality is different. But I stand by my claim that people who leave
Mormonism are often in an isolating place. It’s hard for an orthodox believer
to understand why anyone would leave. It’s hard for those who’ve never been in
a fundamentalist religion to understand why leaving one is such a big deal. To
both these groups, I’d say, “Please read this!” Understanding is vital.
is available as both an ebook and paperback:
Theresa Milstein: Generous Giveaway!
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/09/generous-giveaway.html
September 10, 2012 at 07:44AM
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YaY!
she set up 3 giveaway categories.
anthology From Stage Door Shadows,
which will feature a short story I wrote, “My Moment”.
09/28.
Theresa Milstein: Recaptured Dreams
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/09/recaptured-dreams.html
September 04, 2012 at 06:06AM
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has great giveaway opportunities for a copy of her ebook and more. Read on:
have kept Xavier Cain from having Sophia Montel. Now twenty-seven, he’s spent
his entire adult life building a fashion empire that could finally prove his
worth to her family. When fate reunites him with Sophia at London’s premiere
fashion show, one problem lodges in Xavier’s path: Sophia doesn’t remember him.
The only obstacle that has kept Sophia from Xavier is a horrific car crash that
erased her memory at seventeen. She’s spent the last ten years fighting to
reclaim a sliver of her past that her mother refuses to help her remember. When
Sophia meets Xavier at the London show, however, all her fantasies come to life
in one night of passion. Discovering he is the missing link, she is determined
to find all the pieces to their love story and her memory.
Xavier wants forever. Sophia wants her memory. If they take this chance,
they’ll have to start over. How far are they willing to go get what they want?
And when the past catches up to them, can they handle the truths it has hidden?
Noble, but you won’t find it on Amazon or Omnific until Sept. 18th.
the rules.
the link to the trailer:
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Message
from Justine:
remember is that I’m going to give a copy of the ebook at EACH blog stop! If
someone leaves a comment on your blog, they are entered. At the end of every
day I’ll do the random number generator thing and pick a winner from your blog.
I’ll need the winning blogger’s email address and all the prizes will be sent
out at the end of the month. On top of that, I’ll be hosting a contest on my
blog for the entire month (remember to link back to it!). I’m going to give
away a signed copy of the book, several other new releases, bookmarks, cool,
random stuff, and gift cards! ALL OF YOU can enter that contest. It will work
just like the others…all you have to do is a leave comment and the winner
will be choosen at the end of the month once all the blog stops have been made.
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Theresa Milstein: Susan and Superstitions
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/08/susan-and-superstitions.html
August 29, 2012 at 08:31AM
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needs. Yet she found time to
critique my manuscript and help me with a school project. And she writes. A lot. Now Susan has published her third book—her
first YA.
ago, and she refuses to believe her mom won’t come back. To make matters worse,
her dad is marrying another woman and her best friend Kyle dumped her for
cheerleader Tiffany Sheldon. But when Ellie meets quirky Alexander and learns
about his map, his quest, and his background, she finally discovers a way to
heal.
Sounds good, right?
Available in ebook at
Amazon and Smashwords for $3.99Also available in paperback through
Create Space.
Theresa Milstein: Olympics and Oracle
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympics-and-oracle.html
August 24, 2012 at 07:08AM
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I’m excited for J.C.
Martin. We belong to the same on-line support group, and I watched her hustle
to find a publisher for this book, so it could be published in time for the
Olympics. Then I cheered when she
received a contract from JT Publishing!
and like murder mysteries, read on:
London gearing up to host the Olympics, the city doesn’t need a serial killer
stalking the streets, but they’ve got one anyway.
Leaving
a trail of brutal and bizarre murders, the police force is no closer to finding
the latest psychopath than Detective Inspector Kurt Lancer is in finding a
solution for his daughter’s disability.
into the pressure cooker of a high profile case, the struggling single parent
is wound tight as he tries to balance care of his own family with the safety of
a growing population of potential victims.
of whom could be his own daughter.
point in every direction as the public relations nightmare grows, and Lancer’s
only answer comes in the form of a single oak leaf left at each crime scene.
Links: Amazon
US | Amazon UK | Barnes & Noble
the Author
Martin is a butt-kicking bookworm: when she isn’t reading or writing, she
teaches martial arts and self-defence to adults and children.
working in pharmaceutical research, then in education as a schoolteacher, she
decided to put the following to good use: one, her 2nd degree black belt in
Wing Chun kung fu; and two, her overwhelming need to write dark mysteries and
gripping thrillers with a psychological slant.
short stories have won various prizes and have been published in several
anthologies. Oracle is her first novel.
and raised in Malaysia, J.C. now lives in south London with her husband and
three dogs.
Theresa Milstein: Fifty Shades of Grammar
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/08/fifty-shades-of-grammar.html
August 17, 2012 at 10:13AM
great hair,
Today, Jenny is here
to teach you a little about grammar:
Grammar
Shades of Grey because why would I want to read about something that so
closely mirrors my own life? Gorgeous men buy me cars all the time. I just
signed like my fiftieth sex contract. And I am so sick of private helicopter
rides. But another reason I am boycotting the book is that I heard that upon
its release it was riddled with spelling and grammar errors. Apparently, the
publisher fixed them and re-released the book, but I hold grudges—especially
grammatical ones.
couldn’t find any. So I decided to take quotes from Fifty Shades of Grey and make my own grammar errors. What’s wrong
with these excerpts?
You
have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your Prince.
means that we can all find our own star of Purple
Rain.
He
kisses me, forcing my lips a part with his tongue, taking no prisoners.
appreciate a passionate kiss, but a kiss that “tak[es] no prisoners” seems like
teeth would get chipped.
first comma should be a semicolon.
“The more you submit, the greater my joy
– its a very simple equation.”
“Okay, and what do I get out of this?”
He shrugs and looks almost apologetic.
“Me,” he says simply.
deal ever!
Its should
be it’s.
The comma after me should be after the quotation marks.
My
subconscious is furious, medusa-like in her anger, hair flying, her hands
clenched around her face like Edvard Munchs Scream.
titles of works of art are put in quotation marks, not italicized.
a bit much to include a Greek mythological character and Norwegian Symbolism
painter reference in the same sentence.
more fun, Missed Periods and Other Grammar Scares can be found at:
Theresa Milstein: Go for the Gold!
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/08/go-for-gold.html
August 07, 2012 at 10:32PM
specific athletes, while other times I just want to see the events. But one story made a light bulb go off
in my head. I made a connection
between Olympic hopefuls and writers. While few of us writers can boast the
physical strength and killer-bodies of these athletes, we do have a few things
in common:
winning gold—or at least a bronze medal.
They put off normal jobs, salaries, and lives.
small compensation and a shiny medal to admire? They know the odds.
But many of them keep on going.
contract).
starts (plagiarism).
bronze (small advance, which we don’t make back).
appearing on the New York Times Bestseller List) is the ultimate achievement!
figures)?
writing at a local college)?
talent.
of payoff:
in the Olympics someday. She still
holds the record for Hurdles at her high school. She continued to run in college and won championships.
the final.
felt derailed by her pregnancy. She had twins. She
struggled to lose 50 lbs. She didn’t qualify for the 2008 Olympics.
championships. On 08/06, I watched
Leshinda as her four-year-old twin boys cheered her on in the stands.
Theresa Milstein: Anticipation and Experience
From: Theresa’s Tales of Teaching Tribulations and Typing Teen Texts
http://theresamilstein.blogspot.com/2012/08/anticipation-and-experience.html
August 05, 2012 at 11:25PM
therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the
past or future.”
dog. I remember hearing him,
sequestered in the basement, barking and scratching. My aunt had a French
poodle that jumped when people first came into the room. Imagine 4-year-old me looking at a
large dog with its paws on my shoulders.
When I was 6, a dog chased my friend and me down a driveway. My friend was faster. The dog bit my calf.
she’d tell a giant golden retriever to sit in what she thought was a tough
voice. It didn’t work. If that same dog passed by and knocked
her down, she’d laugh.
2-3 years.”
I told him it would be harder than he thought and that my daughter would do
less than he believed.
we’d moved to a bigger place and she was 10.
list:
training.
husband reminded me that our kids weren’t out of control. We’d have similar expectations.
dog for us. He was a two-year-old
beagle that loved people. We asked
to meet him. We completed adoption
paperwork. We were
interviewed. Because of a
technicality we were told we couldn’t adopt him that day, so we might be better
off not meeting him.
If I’d just been able to take him home, I would’ve had an anxiety
attack. The situation made me (slightly)
regretful instead.
figure out a solution.
disembodied sensation we’d experienced when we took home our son from the
hospital after he was born. We’re in
charge now?!? We don’t know what
we’re doing!
but not because Milo was “bad”. Neither my husband nor I had ever owned a dog
before. My daughter and I read
books to prepare. When I had a question, I’d scour the internet. But it was an adjustment.
poor cat was warming up. A little. I’d boasted how well things were going to a
group of people. They proceeded to explain to me how the dog was being good
because we were in a honeymoon stage. They warned there’d be exuberance and howling.
childbirth or how their kids won’t sleep through the night or behave in
restaurants.
couldn’t back out now because our children would never forgive us and I wished
I could go back a year and say no to getting a dog and how this dog would be
our responsibility when the kids went to college and I missed my cat…
going away. My husband would be in charge of the dog all week. He’d leave the dog all day while he
worked.
tell.
nearly 3 weeks in, Milo is:
things too:
experience.
