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Changing The Title! Yikes!

August 23, 2010 Leave a Comment

So, along with writing a great story, comes along with deciding on a clever title.  You want something to catch the reader’s eye, something that shouts, “READ ME!”  The title does or doesn’t have to be really related to the story, though I prefer it to.  I like titles that foreshadow, sometimes up until the end of the last page!  Do you prefer one word titles, or multiple?  For me, I’m really not picky, but I do admit that I choose books with an interesting title, and yes, sometimes cover.  (I know, a bad thing, right?)

When I titled my book “Second Thoughts of the Sexless Fiancée,” it was about a woman who is engaged to a man who won’t have sex with her (we find out in chapter two that he’s gay), and she begins to have second thoughts about being with another man, only because she wants to live a little before being committed to anyone.

Some of these experiences have happened in my life, only on way different levels, and not said or done exactly, but in some ways, I have felt how my main Heroine has felt, but now thanks to my husband who is improving himself, he’s also improving us, which in the end, means that my characters are improving too.

And…now, I guess I should come up with a new title!  Oh, this is going to be difficult!

Filed Under: Isabella Tagged With: Chick-Lit, Isabella, Writing

I Write Chick-Lit Because…

August 21, 2010 Leave a Comment

Before I explain why I want to be a Chick-Lit writer, let me give you the definition.  According to http://www.dictionary.com, Chick-Lit is “a genre of fiction concentrating on young working women and their emotional lives.

I’ve read several genres of books — mystery, biographies, non-fiction, YA, romance, and of course, the sub-genre of romance, Chick-Lit.  I don’t really remember my first “woman’s fiction” as they sometimes call it, but the earliest I do remember is reading “Bad Boys,” by the late Olivia Goldsmith.  Right away, I could relate to the Heroine, on more levels than one.  It was an easy read, fun, and I was sad when the book ended.  (Just maybe, like her book “The First Wives’ Club,” it will be turned into a movie).  After I read “Bad Boys,” I was on a hunt to find other similar books.  At the time though, Chick-Lit was only slowly emerging, so it was difficult to find good authors, but when I finally did, I found two — Emily Giffin and Jennifer Weiner.  I have come to love these two amazing writers, and find myself lost in their stories.  I think that their styles are very much alike, though very distinct in their own ways: Emily Giffin’s stories are the books with the happy ending…and everything ends how you want it to.  With Jennifer Weiner’s stories, there is still the happy ending, but I feel that at the end, her books send some sort of message.

Now, onto why I write Chick-Lit…Have you ever just wanted to write you “biography” or re-write your early/mid adult life, but not want anyone to know that it’s your story?  As a woman in my late twenties, I’m writing a story, Second Thoughts of the Sexless Fiancée. In some parts, certain instances and feelings are written. Another reason I’m writing Chick-Lit is because I’m writing what I know…life in my twenties/thirties.

I would love to entertain readers of all ages, and have them enjoy my stories.

My goal is to write a bestseller Chick-Lit and have it be turned into a movie…wish me luck!

Filed Under: Isabella Tagged With: Chick-Lit, Isabella, Random, Writing

RELEASE BLITZ: “The Best Moments” by Elena Monroe

August 29, 0019 Leave a Comment




Title: The Best Moments
Series: The Amherst Sinners #2
Author: Elena Monroe
Genre: Bully Romance
Release Date: August 20, 2019



Blurb

SAINT
College turned out to be my first everything.
Love.
Sex.
Heartbreak.
Betrayal.
Giving up and running home wasn’t an option.
My life was stained by absentee parents, a night of regret still haunting me, and living so controlled I barely felt anything, but white knuckles before I met Oliver. 
Least he was a stain I wore proudly.
One pretty face made me feel everything.
For that, all I wanted was to save Oliver from his past more than myself.
Isn’t that what unconditional love is?

SINNER
College was supposed to be my second chance.
I was working on my third.
I broke her heart in record time.
Everyone leaves and no one ever comes back. I knew that best. Even Layla.
The guilt of another regret weighted too heavy. So heavy, I invited my demons back in to soften the blow.
I added more mistakes to my bad reputation.
Everyone was right about me.
It was never my demons, she was never the cure, and I’m simply a pretty face with an ugly past.


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Elena Monroe grew up in Florida scribbling down stories from a very young age. These stories were really just wavy lines filling the paper, but she knew each word, each emotion, each character’s name, and there was no tricking her into forgetting what each line signified. Just like her unconventional way of writing as a toddler Elena is setting her own rules and just telling stories.

Much like her debut novel, The Best Years, life certainly imitated art. Transplanting from the South to the East Coast, Elena currently lives in Connecticut with her soon to be husband, reformed bad boy.

Find her on her social media through Twitter at @elenamonroe, Instagram at @elenamonroewrites, Facebook at @elenamonroewrites, and more!


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