Ragamuffin Burney Breaking In

Gina Holmes has a great interview of our ragamuffin diva, Claudia Burney over at her Breaking In: The Journey of a First Novel Blog. RD talks about the journey of her debut mystery series and the release of the first title, Murder, Mayhem & a Fine Man set for a July 2006 release date.

An excerpt from the interview...

Gina: Is there a particularly difficult set back that you’ve gone through in your writing career you are willing to share?

Claudia: Shame stole years from me. I didn’t feel worthy to write for Jesus. I thought I had to be the perfect, white, homeschooling pastor’s wife who writes prairie romances. I was doomed from the start because I’m not white, if I wrote what I knew, or my own history, I’d have had to put slaves on the prairie, and that would have changed the flavor completely. Beyond that, I didn’t fit the profile I’d imagined a Christian writer to be. Grace liberated me. God used me being a ragamuffin diva to open up my writing for him. I ended up with my book deal in less than a year. It was amazing to watch God show off.

Dee

The Halo's Eve Project: NaNoWriMo

This month I planned to host the Halo's Eve Project for Christian fiction writers, who want to complete their novels. Today I remembered that next month is National Novel Writing Month! So the Project will begin then, to work in conjunction with this project.

What is National Novel Writing Month: NaNoWriMo

Nanowrimo's goal is for you to write one novel in one month. The project hosts a forum where you can sign up and track your WIP.

How will the Halo's Eve Project work alongside nanowrimo?

I've participated in the NANOWRIMO project the past two years. So what you can do here at Christian Fiction is:

1. Sign up for NaNoWriMo at its website, then come back here and link us to your project.
2. Use our Halo's Eve Project Message Board to the right to discuss your writing, ask questions as they relate to christian fiction
3. Meet other christian fiction authors here who are trying to do what you are doing
4. Become online critique buddies
5. Come here for 31 days to see writing techniques, author interviews, and my own take on this project. I plan to work on a don't gag(a christian Christmas romance--Quarterback Queen.)

What do I do this month?
1. Prepare your story. Think about it. Outline it. You can post your outline questions, synopsis, whatever, here at the discussion board. Start brainstorming

What say you? Please comment and let me know if you are going to do the NaNoWriMo.

Dee