Fangirl Review

Cat Mann rated a book 5 of 5 stars Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell read in June, 2015

Fangirl was intriguing. Rainbow Rowell is a clever girl. She has a kind of subtle genius in her writing that makes me jealous. He writing is honest and her characters are all wonderfully accurate. The story is character-driven and to me, it had a slo Fangirl was intriguing. Rainbow Rowell is a clever girl. She has a kind of subtle genius in her writing that makes me jealous. He writing is honest and her characters are all wonderfully accurate. The story is character-driven and to me, it had a slow start. It wasn’t until I met all the characters and learned to appreciate them that I was hooked on the story. With a lot of character-driven books, the ending can be anti-climactic as there isn’t much of a resolve but rather all the loose ends are tied up nicely in pretty pink bows. Rowell created two universes in one book- the World of Mages and the World of Cath. Smart Lady, smart book, good read. I enjoy Rowell's writing style and cannot wait to read more. She's made a fan out of me.

quickie

Working... Kind of. Writing - in my head (does that still count?) I have plans to do more. Some plans are solid and some more like in a Jell-O kind of state but still good (red Jell-O in the shape of stars) 
I have a "to do" list that I can share to prove my good intentions.
1. Start finishing book 4.
2. Bother my editor and my beta reader and ask that they beat me up until I am black and blue and feel like an idiot for ever thinking I could write anything - my name included.
3. Share reviews I have written on books recently read - which I will start to do in posts on this blog, but you can always find my reviews on goodreads and you can keep up with everything I am reading on FB and on my instagram account -itsmecatmann.
4. I am working on a sort of "How To" for writers on getting started with the process, cover art, editing, beta readers, books, sites, publishing, blogs, bloggers and reviews - everything I used  to learn the craft of self publishing and the secrets I've learned along the way. Will post on blog.
5. Share  unedited writing laps and short stories on blog.  - I like to keep my worlds all to myself and I doubt that will ever help me go anywhere - so I'll start here - on the internet and possibly on wattpad.   I lack courage and tune - but lack for nothing in the excuses department.

Thanks to those of you who have stuck with me and the world of Ari and Ava.   I am happy that this upcoming book will be the end of them for a while or maybe even forever. I am excited to publish A Forsaken Fate and very ready to start the next chapter of my writing profile.  I have a lot of ideas and I cannot wait to see them come out on paper.

More soon.

As many of you know, I sat down one evening in March of 2012 to write a book.  My intentions were to never speak… not to utter a single word about my endeavor. A private person on many levels, my plan was to write a story formulated just for my likes alone. This would be a story that only I would enjoy. My characters would be written with flaws and my storyline certainly would not be perfect. That was the beauty of my secret. I would have no one to judge me.

Three books later, a mound of support, love and encouragement, I sit here in the quiet moments – the sort of limbo of my book word – and I wait. A Promised Fate will be published on December 30^th.  The novel has gone out to a large handful of readers for their unbiased critiques and assessment of my writing skills and storytelling talents.  A fog of nervous energy surrounds me.  What if they don’t like it? What if I am a disappointment? What if my readers find out that I am not good enough? Esteem is such a fickle thing.

It is with this doubt in myself that I say, that I remind myself – who cares? 

The point is that I did it. This is my bucket list, not my life. In the end, I still did this just  for me. I will always be my hardest, meanest critic. I will beat myself up over the choice of one word in chapter four. I will wake myself up at night because I forgot to mention one last time how much Ari really does love Ava.  I know that in the weeks and months to come, my reviews will trickle in and every time a new review posts to my book an excited, scared buzz courses through my veins. This is a thrill. A painful, sort of pleasure ride – do they like me?

My goal was to write a book this year. I did it. I love it. I like me. The peace that I have given myself on a job well done is the satisfaction I wanted. Everything else is just words.

I am making the official announcement that A Promised Fate, book 3 in The Beautiful Fate Series will be released Tuesday, December 30th!  Pre-order will be available at Amazon.com.

"Love is a kind of silly thing.  Rarely rational, often coming at the wrong time and often directed at the wrong person -- but a feeling so undeniable and so powerful that bending to the other’s needs and giving yourself to that person is the only option."

-Cat Mann

A Promised Fate

“Intimacy with her is like nothing else in the world; it is a drug, shared on her terms only, and I am dangerously addicted.”

-Cat Mann

A Promised Fate

Teaser # 2

Something was happening. I could feel the change, the pressure of panic deep inside my chest.  The anxiety was so strong that it controlled everything. It orbited and settled like a cloud around my belief that Ava was keeping something from me -- a secret that would inevitably lead to our deaths.