Celebrations and Motivation

Happy New Year!!!

Tomorrow, I have a much more important post, but today, I just had to stop and say:

THANK YOU!

AND

WOOHOO!

LIFE IS WORTH CELEBRATING!

ANY SMALL SUCCESS IS WORTH A CHEER!

LET'S  STEP INTO THE NEW YEAR AND CELEBRATE EVERY TINY BIT OF LIFE WE HAVE!

I admit, I have a few things to celebrate today.

Madeline Mora-Summonte and I both have stories

in The Best of 2016

at Nail Polish Stories

We won't get paid for this honor, and the journal is a celebration of tiny fiction, but I'm still excited and honored to be included with such great company - Madeline is an exceptional short fiction author.

And, then, there's this fun and awesome video celebrating 2016 with my daughters' team - created by one of the athletes:

My youngest has short, blonde hair and kayaks (two-sided paddle)

My oldest has long hair with blonde ends (usually up in a high messy ponytail) and canoes (one sided paddle).

If you watch, see if you can find them.

THESE ATHLETES INSPIRE ME!
Celebrations help motivate me.

What inspires and motivates you?.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Tara Tyler's Five Reasons to Use Chapter Titles

Please welcome Tara Tyler, guest extraordinaire!

5 Reasons to Write with Chapter Titles

By Tara Tyler

I am a total PLOTTER. I need organization. I also like to name things, people, places, stories, even scenes. So this topic spoke to me… I even gave a few chapter headings from all my books as teasers.

5 Reasons to Use Chapter Titles

1. As a Teaser/Preview - I like to hint what the chapter is about. And the hint lets the reader guess what’s coming
2. For a Character POV - I love how some books, like Game of Thrones, have characters for the chapters so I could look ahead and see when my faves were coming up
3. As a Quick Reference - I use them for myself whether I put them into the novel or not for organization. Like in my YA/Adult series Pop Travel, I have the list (with page numbers of course) so I know where to look for a certain scene or section as needed.
4. To be Quirky & Funny - I have fun coming up with the previews and teasers. I was raised to be punny =D
5. For Creativity - The process of devising them stretches the brain muscles!

As promised, here are some of my faves from my novels…

For my Pop Travel Series, the chapter names are just for me, they're not in the books.
From the middle Pop Travel. As you can see, I started very basic, until I switch series...

Locker

Shocker

Plan

Saffioti & Jones

Library

Miki & Jared

Café

Vivienne

Hitman

Detained

Released

A few from Simulation, can't give too many or they spoil the story!

a new deal

C meets the C

G meets A

C chase

G&A investigate/C Slug

G & A trap

And here's a sneak peek at Disposal, these chapter titles are a little more detailed:

1. Passion in a pill
2. Jimmy's all-nighter
3. Get to work
4. Let's do lunch
5. Is he dead?
6. You can have him
7. Kids, nothing but trouble
8. You want me to what?
9. Torture Chamber
10. Thrill of a lifetime

For my Beast World Series, these chapter titles are totally in the books.

Chapters 1-16 From Broken Branch Falls

1. Careful what you wish for
2. Best laid plans
3. Meet cute
4. Leave the pranking to the pros
5. Punishment fits the crime
6. No pain, no gain
7. Phoenix from ashes
8. Cracking the armor
9. Hiding in the bushes
10. Here's the deal
11. A glimpse of hope
12. Smashed to pieces
13. Powder keg ignited
14. The big deal
15. Plan hatched
16. Werewolves? There wolves

And lastly, the first twelve from Cradle Rock

1. You Can't Live With 'Em
2. Sense of Insecurity
3. Up, Up, and Away
4. Fire It Up
5. Watch Out For That Tree
6. Pit of Despair
7. Gesundheit!
8. Without a Paddle
9. Don't Get Too Cozy
10. Forget Me Not
11. Sticks and Stones
12. Be Our Guest

I hope you had fun reading the chapter headers and maybe they piqued your interest! Thanks Tyrean, for letting me come over and be a part of my release party. I had a great time!

Do you use chapter titles? Give us a teaser!

WELCOME BACK TO THE FOREST!

CRADLE ROCK, Beast World Book Two

by Tara Tyler

Gabe the goblin just saved his town Broken Branch Falls from splitting apart. He also revealed that humans--horrible creatures of myth and legend--may actually be part of their history! But seriously? Nah!

Now Ona, Gabe’s girlfriend, is headed thousands of miles away to Camp Cradle Rock for Spring Break seeking evidence of humans. Gabe knows better than to tell a stubborn ogress she’s crazy, so he’s letting her go and spending the break at the beach like a normal teenage beast. And he’s determined to have a good time without her, whether he likes it or not.

But when Gabe hears Ona went missing, he and his friends set out for the wilds of the west to find her, no matter what dangerous creatures get in his way. Not even humans.

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Tara Tyler has had a hand in everything from waitressing to rocket engineering. After moving all over, she now writes and teaches math in Ohio with her three active boys and Coach Husband. Currently she has two series, Pop Travel (techno-thriller detective capers) and Broken Branch Falls (fantasy adventures). To squeeze in writing, she economizes her time aka the Lazy Housewife. Make every day an adventure!

Talk to me!
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I'm also giving away signed copies of Broken Branch Falls and Cradle Rock, some Beast World swag, and a $20 GC!

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Tyrean's Review: Cradle Rock is an excellently fun MG adventure through a fantastical world of Beasts and those strange mythical creatures, humans. Gabe, Ona, and their friends stumble into a human camp, nearly begin a war, and then . . . well, you have to read to find out! It's hard for me to review this one because I was so caught up in the adventure that I didn't slow down. The characters are fully developed, the world-building is insteresting and full of depth, and the plot rocks!