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.
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?
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:
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.
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.
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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.
