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Well, this is rather good timing!

I just received my proof copy of "Perfectly Frank," my third book, today. This should be listed on Amazon sometime within the next week.

I've posted a couple of excerpts from it in this forum before -- so maybe I'll post something from the 4th book next....!

Congratulations Lex! Maybe you can tell us what drove you to writing "Perfectly Frank" and what did you learn new from the experience of writing it.

I think I died and went to Heaven...My stories will be on their way

Frank was a supporting character in my first book. Not much was revealed about him there, but there was something about the character I liked, so I used him in several of the short stories in the second book.

In the last story of the second book, a woman discovers a strange alien technological device in her back yard. She inadvertently activates it, and it starts causing her to relive long-buried memories from her past, ultimately resulting in a memory that occurred before she was born. I don't want to spoil the ending, but it ties into the storyline of the first book.

Frank turns out to be the person who takes the device off her hands.

Which leads into the new book. Frank's agency now has the device, and they need to test it. So he gets to make the decision about who will do the actual testing. It all gets a little weird....

Now that is awesome! Thanks writer_gurl for creating a new home for us writers. Keep it interesting here for us!

It is a great storyline. Now does your novels have to be bought in sequence to be understandable, or can one pick up the third book and still receive a good story without having questions.

I know of one writer that actually talks about one main character throughout the series of books he has written, yet one can pick up any book and it provides a good story without having to start with the first book of the series to understand everything.

I think it's important that each book should be able to stand on its own, storywise. Not everyone is going to read them all, or read them in numerical order --

To deal with that, I've provided some basic background information in books two and three to cover the backstory.

So, I think it helps to read them all, in that you get the complete picture, but it isn't absolutely essential.

When everything was brought into the new house and night came, Tristan was awakened by a noise. But when he opened his eyes, the dark room was still and silent.
He gazed around in confusion, wondering what had awakened him so suddenly. The moon cast shadows on the semi packed boxes that were shoved in a corner. Suddenly there was movement there and Tristan leaned forward to see what it was.
A girl came out of the shadows, behind the boxes, gasping and shaking. She had dark hair like him and same eyes when she reluctantly looked up at him. he lifted himself from the bed and stepped closer to her, ever so slowly.
" Are you alright?"​ he whispered. he took a step closer still until he saw those familiar eyes and pale alabaster skin.
She cringed back from him, as though afraid, and then forced a trembling smile. But her eyes, large and haunted, betrayed her. She was muddy and soaking wet, trembling uncontrollab​ly. Then she wrapped her chilled fingers around his arms and gasped desperately,​ " Tristan...Tr​istan, help me!"
Sitting up with a jolt, he looked around the room, confused. he looked toward the boxes and he had mixed emotions when he didn't find the girl hiding behind them. he was relieved she wasn't suffering and ice cold, but disappointed​ that she wasn't real.
Tristan remembered that the girl had touched his skin and hurried to the bathroom, flicking on the switch. he looked down at his arms and whimpered when he saw faint fingerprints​ imprinted on them.......

That is relieving to know! Where can one buy a book of yours? How much do they cost and is there any chance one can get a sign autographed copy if one asks?

Nice story! I like the ending of it! Faint fingerprints on them... makes you wonder who or what??

Keep it coming!

Hmm...well...

When I was a kid..I wrote a lot of little stories and stuff. Did that all the way into High School.

A bad experience made me stop for a long time.

For around ten years ( if not more ) I had this idea bouncing around in my head. I knew it would be the beginning of something but I didn't know exactly what.

I was telling a writer friend of mine about the idea and she convinced me to get it written out. It wound up being about 900 words. Then...it sat, directionless for over a year.

I pulled up the file a few weeks ago while I was listening to music, and I realized that I had a direction for it to go.

Lex has been kind enough to give me his insight and constructive criticism on the story I have been working on.

A interesting story JustAGuy2112. I am sorry for the bad experiences, but it looks like you are back writing again. Congratulations.

Perhaps to make this Workshop interesting you would like to share a chapter or two for others to enjoy.

If anything welcome to the club!

I actually started a thread with the story in it. I have something like 30 chapters done in the thread ( I am currently on chapter 40 in real time ).

If it's ok...I'll just link to it there.

http://mingle2.com/topic/show/238738

As of now, it doesn't have a title. If anyone reads it and has a title idea, I'd be more than happy to hear it...lol

Of course it is okay. This is your Workshop! You can do whatever in it.

Wow 40 chapters is really good! You have been really busy.

I am too scared to post any of my writings.

Oh come on! We will criticize it, throw rotten tomatoes on it, and then scrape it into the trash can!

Just joking

I am sure it will be fun to see the reactions to the story. I posted a chapter once and not a single reply to it from anyone! I am sure you can beat that!

Here is the question for the day.

What is your favorite word? Give a definition with the word and explain why it is your favorite all time word. If you have more then one word then don't hesitate to add them.

Vocabulary is something every writer needs to build on. Wouldn't you agree?

Actually..until tonight it had been about 3 weeks since I worked on the story. lol