Vows & the Vagabond, Book 4 of the Gypsy Road Series

Vows & the Vagabond, Book 4 of the Gypsy Road Series
Author: Karen Wiesner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1329066782

Rod, JoJo, Jon and Blackie-four gypsies on a solitary road...until love throws a fork in their paths. They both want what they can't have-each other. Blackie Scarpacchio has had hard lessons kicked in him from birth, leaving him cynical and afraid to trust in love. Lori Gordon has loved Blackie all her life. After one stolen night together, he'd torn her soul in two when he admitted their relationship was based on vows he'd made to her father. Five years later, she's come home to discover that absence has made her heart grow fonder. Blackie doesn't know how to deal with his own unresolved feelings. But when Lori starts receiving threats, his protectiveness thrusts him into constant contact...and reborn needs.

Flesh & Blood, Book 2 of the Gypsy Road Series

Flesh & Blood, Book 2 of the Gypsy Road Series
Author: Karen Wiesner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1329066677

Rod, JoJo, Jon and Blackie-four gypsies on a solitary road...until love throws a fork in their paths. After risking her heart once and learning to regret it, JoJo Summers finds it necessary to live her life as a paper doll. No emotions, no danger and no pain. Randy Briggs is the one man who can change her mind. His only ace in the hole is that she underestimates the power of love. Just when JoJo takes the first step in risking her heart to Randy, her past comes back to haunt her, in flesh and blood...and then her heart isn't the only thing she's in danger of losing.

Leather & Lace, Book 1 of the Gypsy Road Series

Leather & Lace, Book 1 of the Gypsy Road Series
Author: Karen Wiesner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1329066510

Rod, JoJo, Jon and Blackie-four gypsies on a solitary road...until love throws a fork in their paths. Can a rogue find love with the girl next door? Not if his ex-girlfriends have any say in it! Bethany Briggs is a wallflower who's always looked for love in the wrong places. Rod Summers is notorious for the string of broken hearted girlfriends he's left behind. Even when she sees a teddy bear beneath his wild exterior, she isn't sure she can trust her heart. But this shy girl-next-door is about to prove that the pattern for leather and lace can be tailor-made.

First Draft Outline

First Draft Outline
Author: Karen S. Wiesner
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2022-12-27
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1922548359

Finish an outline so complete it reads like a first draft! Say goodbye to writing and rewriting with no results. Starting--and finishing--your story has never been easier. First Draft Outline provides you with a sure-fire system to reduce time-intensive rewrites and avoid writing detours. Award-winning author Karen S. Wiesner's method shows you how to create an outline so detailed and complete that it actually doubles as your first draft. Flexible and customizable, this revolutionary system can be modified to fit any writer's approach and style. Plus, comprehensive and interactive worksheets make the process seem less like work and more like fun. This invaluable resource also includes: -Itemized and flexible schedules to keep you focused each and every day -Detailed worksheets to guide you through the outlining process -Completed sample worksheets inspired by best-selling books -Tips for outlining projects already in development -Brainstorming techniques to keep you motivated -Goal sheets for getting--and keeping--your career on track Many aspiring and experienced writers toss out hundreds of pages (and waste valuable time) before they have a workable first draft of a story. You don't have to fall into this category anymore. With First Draft Outline, you'll have all the tools you need to write your masterpiece!

Fire & Ice, Book 3 of the Gypsy Road Series

Fire & Ice, Book 3 of the Gypsy Road Series
Author: Karen Wiesner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1329066723

Rod, JoJo, Jon and Blackie-four gypsies on a solitary road...until love throws a fork in their paths. Jon Rushing has finally found the answer to a lifetime of misplaced guilt and misery. Tracey Scott is unlike anyone Jon has ever met before. She's completely open and honest, ever true to her own heart-and determined to have a baby, ASAP. Even as Jon vows to be everything she'll ever need and Tracey sets her heart on him, the past rears its ugly head. What Tracey wants most of all is the one thing Jon can't give her...unless he can find a way to go back in time and reverse the damage.

Adventures in Amethyst Series Anthology (Books 1-4)

Adventures in Amethyst Series Anthology (Books 1-4)
Author: Karen Wiesner
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2014
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1925191087

Amethyst, WI is a small, peaceful town on a pristine lake with an active tourist season in summer. When the air turns chill, the area is transformed into a ghost town with only a handful of lifers who stay. Amethyst is bursting with mystery, romance, and jealousy all-year-round. ADVENTURES IN AMETHYST SERIES is a collection of the first 4 novellas in the series, including A Rose for Romeo (Book 1), Revenge in Amethyst (Book 2), Reckless Rose (Book 3), Christmas in Amethyst (Book 4). Book 1: A Rose for Romeo What happens when a nationally renowned sex therapist and author begins to abhor every aspect of her successful occupation? She falls in love, of course. Dr. Melina Rose is sick of sex and has spent her life avoiding intimacy in her personal life. After abandoning everything she's worked all her life for, she returns to her hometown only to discover that everything has changed--except her crush on her sister's old boyfriend Scott "Romeo" Romero. Book 2: Revenge in Amethyst After abandoning her career as a renowned sex therapist, Melina Rose has returned to her hometown and fallen in love with Scott Romero. Scott and Melina are ecstatically expecting a baby and planning their wedding. But someone driven by jealousy wants to see Melina's dream-life crash down. A former patient who'd revealed his disturbing fantasies only to Melina is prepared to do anything in order to keep his secrets safe. Book 3: Reckless Rose Even bad girls need love... When Reece Childs rolls back into Amethyst to stay, Lona Rose realizes her reckless crush on the older brother of a former beau is still waging hot and heavy. But how to prevent the rumors and mistakes of her past from ruining the start of something wonderful? Reece has just the plan to head off the rumor mill...and make this reckless rose his own forever. Book 4: Christmas in Amethyst Eager to make it up to her son's many disappointments in the past year, single mom Sheila Mason takes a shift at the restaurant she works on Christmas Day in order to buy Dev a puppy. When a creepy customer follows her on the deserted road from the restaurant to her home in Amethyst, her holidays go from bad to worse.

Peaceful Pilgrims Series, Book 4: Hearts Ablaze

Peaceful Pilgrims Series, Book 4: Hearts Ablaze
Author: Karen Wiesner
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2023-11-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1922548529

Peaceful Pilgrims Series is set in Karen Wiesner's fictional town of Peaceful, Wisconsin, a small community with old-fashioned values and friendly people you'll want to get to know and visit often. Sometimes trying to have it all with no quarter given means losing what matters most... Riley Levi works hard toward success as a flight attendant and longs for love to set her heart ablaze. In order to speed up the timetable of her career aspirations, she takes an ill-advised shortcut that could have lasting ramifications. Riley's husband, Liam "Blaze" Blazel, lives in their hometown of Peaceful, Wisconsin, serving as a police officer. Blaze and Riley married six months ago. He believes marriage means a husband and wife live together, sleep together every night, and eventually raise a family together. The last thing Riley needs is to be in a committed relationship with a man who wants to ground her. Perhaps the most damning thing of all is that they love each other passionately. There's simply no happy medium that could make this thing work...

Leather and Lace/Flesh and Blood

Leather and Lace/Flesh and Blood
Author: Karen Wiesner
Publisher: Hard Shell Word Factory
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2001-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 075990605X

Leather & Lace: Can a rogue find love with the girl next door? Not if his ex-girlfriends have any say in it! Bethany Briggs is a wallflower who's always looked for love in the wrong places. Rod Summers is notorious for the string of broken hearted girlfriends he's left behind. Even when she sees a teddy bear beneath his wild exterior, she isn't sure she can trust her heart. But this shy girl-next-door is about to prove that the pattern for leather and lace can be tailor-made... Flesh & Blood: After risking her heart once and learning to regret it, JoJo Summers finds it necessary to live her life as a paper doll. No emotions, no danger and no pain. Randy Briggs is the one man who can change her mind, if he can just break down ten years' worth of her defenses. Getting through to JoJo means uncovering the demons in his own past. But Randy believes in true love and intends to make JoJo a believer too. His only ace in the hole is that she underestimates the power of love. Just when JoJo takes the first step in risking her heart to Randy, her past comes back to haunt her, in flesh and blood. . .and then her heart isn't the only thing she's in danger of losing.

CPR for Dead or Lifeless Fiction: A Writer's Guide to Deep and Multifaceted Development and Progression of Characters, Plots, and Relationships

CPR for Dead or Lifeless Fiction: A Writer's Guide to Deep and Multifaceted Development and Progression of Characters, Plots, and Relationships
Author: Karen S. Wiesner
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2020-08-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1925574857

Characters: Do your characters have no obvious signs of life, nothing that gives them unique personality, perspective, and passion? Plots: Are plots and conflicts created spur of the moment with no set up, build up, curiosity, or tension? Relationships: Are your characters merely going through the motions with each other? All of these and more are signs of dead or lifeless stories. The three core elements of story--Characters, Plots, and Relationships (CPR)--need to be developed three dimensionally. To truly be living, characters aren't simply existing and going through the motions. They possess fully developed external and internal conflicts. They're interacting in dynamic, realistic, and believable relationships. They have multidimensional character attributes that give them both vitality and voice. Finally, they're engaged in what makes life worthwhile with definable goals and motivations. This resource teaches writers how to identify dead or lifeless characters, plots, and relationships; establish proper setup; plant the seeds early with in-depth sketches; and pinpoint weak areas in CPR development. The only one-stop, everything-you-need-to-know 9-1-1 for deep, multifaceted Character, Plot, and Relationship development!