Please join me in welcoming Jody Vitek as our guest Rose today. Jody will be drawing two lucky readers to receive an eBook of Florida Heat. Thanks, Jody!
I’d like to thank The Roses for
letting this water lily pop in for a visit. I’m so excited to announce the
release of my third book, Texas Two Step,
by Melange Books. Texas Two Step is a
follow-up to my debut release Florida
Heat. You first met Chad and Chloe in Florida, but now you get to read
their story. This is a stand-alone book and has nothing to do with dancing.
My journey to publication for
this book wasn’t my usual trek. Generally, I write at my own pace and submit
the book to my publisher when it’s finished, but this time I was looking for a
little help to pick up my slow writing pace. I wanted another book released by
the end of 2015, so I contacted my publisher, Nancy, to see what it would take
to light the fire under my butt.
The fire quickly turned into a
bonfire and the panic set in.
Nancy had an opening available
for a late November 2014 release in their new Satin Romance line. She asked if
she should send a contract.
Holy Smokes!
I’d never written under pressure
before. Although I had some of the story written, the completed manuscript
would need to be turned in by August first to be released at the slated time. Could
I finish a manuscript worthy to send to the editor within the
next ... how many months? I had four and a half months to finish writing the
book.
Contract signed, it was time to
look at how I was going to actually finish by the deadline. I took my goal word
count of 60,000 and subtracted the number of words I already had written. Then
I printed the next four months of our family’s calendar and crossed out days I
could not write, including weekends, and counted the number of days, for two out
of the four months, I planned on as writing days. I took the word count
number I needed to achieve, divided by the number of days devoted to writing
and I had to write a minimum of 500 words per writing day. The other two months
would be devoted to editing time to polish the manuscript. I could do this! My
minimum daily word count was basically two pages.
Although
the story had been started and I basically knew how it was going to end, I
didn’t have the ‘in-betweens’ planned out. So I brainstormed the remainder of
the book and got to work on writing. The story took off and I was exceeding my
daily word count by the hundreds. Having rewards, such as delicious chocolates,
for meeting daily goals helps. The manuscript was completed, turned into Nancy
ahead of schedule and Texas Two Step
is scheduled to release on November 6.
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Bio
Born and raised in Minnesota,
Jody has remained close to home living with her husband of twenty plus years,
three children and a cat named Holly. Growing up, she enjoyed reading V.C.
Andrews’ the Dollanganger series, starting with Flowers in the Attic,
S.E. Hinton, and Stephen King to name a few. Today her tastes run across
the board in fiction and non-fiction, in all genres.
She has traveled throughout
the United States, to the Bahamas and Cancun, Mexico. Between watching her
son’s soccer games, maintaining one of the many scrapbook albums, gardening and
being the COO of the Vitek household, she writes contemporary romances.
Contacts and Links
Website: www.jodyvitek.com
Email: info@jodyvitek.com
Twitter: @JodyVitek
Buy Links for Florida Heat:
Amazon Melange Books Barnes and Noble
Watch for the Florida Heat special from Oct. 25 through Nov. 1 - $3.99 at Amazon, B&N and Smashwords.
Buy Links for Florida Heat:
Amazon Melange Books Barnes and Noble
Watch for the Florida Heat special from Oct. 25 through Nov. 1 - $3.99 at Amazon, B&N and Smashwords.
Texas Two Step Blurb
Old family ties broken, childhood pain healed and true love
revealed—one step at a time.
One phone call sends Chad Rogers
back to the one place he’s been avoiding—home. Being at his mother’s side after
she was shot, he faces the younger brother who tormented him during childhood
and his ex-lover, Chloe Atwood. The reality of his feelings for her is stronger
than ever and he confesses his love to Chloe.
Chloe Atwood is engaged to marry
a family childhood friend. Chad Rogers steps back into her world, spinning it
off its axis. His presence has her seeing her fiancé in a different light,
leaving her to question their future life together. (Check Jody's Web site for where you can get Texas Two Step on November 6)
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