Special Guest Wendy Paine Miller on the perk of a novella

Happy Monday, all!

I'm so pleased to have one of THE nicest and MOST thought-provoking bloggers I know here today:
Wendy Paine Miller.

**Commit her name to your memory because she is going places and you can say I saw her here on my blog first. **
 

Time in a Book—Why I Wrote a Novella for Women

What’s one thing women would say they’d love more of? Besides shoes, of course.

Time.

So that’s exactly what I’m giving women with my debut novella, THE DISAPPEARING KEY.

How’s that you say? My novella (releasing as an e-book early October 2013) is half the length of a novel, but it consists of all the depth and book club conversation-worthiness you’d find in a full-length novel.

What inspired me to craft a novella?

I’ve heard a certain phrase one too many times while attending my local book clubs. “I didn’t have time to get through the whole book.”

Real Simple managing editor Kristin van Ogtrop admits, “There is a startling connection between scheduling free time and happiness…”

Some related stats relating to women and time:

§  49 percent of women say they do not have enough free time.

§  Women who set aside regular free time are ultimately more satisfied with their lives – 50 percent report being satisfied versus 41 percent of those who regularly postpone their free time.

 (resource: http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/real-simple-women-and-time-survey_b55552)

I’m a huge advocate of women securing free time—time to read and do things we enjoy most.

 Do you schedule your free time?

 

Thanks, Wendy!
I'll admit that I have been enjoying novellas more and more because of the time factor thing.

Here is a little bit about Wendy's book coming out next month:

 

Blurb for THE DISAPPEARING KEY:

Gabrielle Bivane never expected parenting a teenager would be this hard, but she never expected stillborn Oriana to live to see fourteen, either. The night of Oriana's birth, Gabrielle and her husband Roy fused their genetic and engineering geniuses to bring back all that was lost to them—at a cost.

The secret must be kept.

Oriana Bivane senses she’s not like the other girls her age, but the time has come for her to change all that. She’s tired of secrets, but does she confide in the wrong person?

The life-giving key, suddenly missing, must be found.

 

Here is a little bit about Wendy:

BIO: Wendy is a native New Englander who feels most alive when she’s laughing, reading, writing or taking risks. She’s authored nine novels and is currently writing what she hopes will be your future book club pick. Her work has been published in numerous anthologies and online sites. Wendy lives with her husband and their three girls in a home bursting with imagination and hilarity.

She’s represented by Rachelle Gardner of Books & Such Literary Agency.

Website: http://thoughtsthatmove.blogspot.com/

  

 

Thanks again for stopping by, Wendy, and many happy sales for your book!

 So how about it, readers, do you schedule your free time?