Madeline Freeman

Hello! I'm author Madeline Freeman. Welcome to my online domain! If you love YA books with elements of the paranormal and romance, then you're in the right place. Thanks for stopping by! Fee...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2014/08/welcome.html

Right now, I'm facing down doing some revisions to Episode 5 of SHIFTED, which means I want to do anything but. One of my least favorite things is cutting out words I've written and replacing the...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2014/02/things-i-do-when-i-supposed-to-be.html

January has been good to me, my friends. Or maybe I've been good to it. I'm not sure which. What I do know is I'm producing more words more quickly than I ever have before (except maybe back in ...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2014/01/works-in-progress-and-other-mysterious.html

Full disclosure: I am writing this when I should be working on my WIP. What else is new, right? Well, there are a couple exciting developments in the life and times of yours truly. First, last ...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2014/01/something-old-something-new.html

Well, first of all, I'm watching The X-Files. For this, I blame my friend Mary: I went to her house a couple weeks ago and watched the first X-Files movie (Fight the Future). After watching that,...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2014/01/january-of-all-things.html

I just did it. I validated my word count on the NaNo website (two, actually: the regular one and the Young Writers Program site, since I did NaNo with my Creative Writing kids this year). Let m...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2013/11/winning-and-art-of-awesomeness.html

So, some big changes in my life right now. I'm pretty excited, actually.  My day job is as a teacher. This year, though, teaching has been tougher than usual. So, here's the change: I'm about t...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2013/11/changes-on-horizon.html

Yesterday was the last day of the first quarter at school. What should I be doing right now? I should be assessing narratives and finalizing grades. What am I doing? Well, that's clear, isn't it?...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2013/11/nano-and-procrastination.html

By the way, I've decided to change the cover for "Shifted." Now that I succeeded at the "challenge" of getting everything done in 8 hours, I can go back and tweak things. I've changed several gra...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2013/09/new-cover.html

On Monday, Joe Konrath posted the 8 Hour Ebook Challenge . The idea, basically, is to write, format, create the cover art for, and publish something in an 8 hour period. The purpose? To write fo...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2013/08/8-hour-ebook-challenge.html

So, I'm to the point in the drafting process where I feel like I've written most of what needs to be written. I know there are holes, I know that little things (and big things) still need to be a...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2013/07/excitement.html

And now, for something completely different! Today, I've decided to let you get a glimpse at the (wo)man behind the curtain, as it were. So, voila! Video blog today, chickens!! So now, her...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2013/07/3000-words-and-vistaprint-groupons.html

I'm not really one for making New Year's resolutions. It seems that any time I've done so, they've fallen by the wayside by the end of January. In fact, the whole concept of January being the b...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2013/01/resolutions-schmesolutions.html

Frankly, it's been a long time coming. Last year, I was convinced that I'd have the whole Naturals trilogy written and published by year's end. Alas, that didn't happen. But, finally, Seeking ...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2012/08/finally-book-two.html

Well, I'm pleased to say that Seeking is nearly ready for publication. I'm giving it one last read-through (or, rather, listen-through) to catch errors I might otherwise miss (I'm only on chapte...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2012/08/plotting.html

A couple weeks ago, I finished the first draft of Seeking. It's rough, and I know it, but I've gotten some really good notes on it. There's always room for improvement, and I'm glad I have peop...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2012/07/edits-and-revisions.html

So, the last two days have been excellent for writing I'm going back to work starting Tuesday. (Back to work for three weeks before summer vacation. A little ridiculous, but it's actually okay ...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2012/05/epic-win.html

I've written 1,046 words today. That's more than I've written in some time. In fact, I can't actually remember the last time I've written that many words in a day. (Not that that means anything; ...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2012/05/productivity.html

The first week of May is usually my favorite week of the year for one main reason: that's when the lilacs are in bloom. This year, since it's been unusually warm and I've barely seen a hint of wi...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2012/04/lilacs-are-almost-in-bloom.html

Well, my computer's finally working again, which means I've got access to Seeking again. Here's the problem: I'm having trouble getting back into the groove of writing. While I've been away fr...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2011/10/back-in-saddle-almost.html

So, yeah. My laptop died a few weeks ago. It was working just fine one evening; I was running a virus scan. I left it running as I was getting ready for bed, and Brian, nice guy that he is, clo...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2011/09/hiatus.html

So, my brain's always working. Brian can fall asleep within seconds of his head hitting the pillow and he's surprised that I can't. But my brain needs time to wind down. Within moments of waking ...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2011/08/plans.html

So, last night at around 10 pm, I finally submitted Awaking for publication for Amazon (Kindle), Barnes and Noble (Nook), and Smashwords (multiple platforms). It's already available on Smashwords...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2011/08/and-so-it-begins.html

I've gotten the edits back on Awaking, and I've had the proof copy for quite some time. My goals for today are to get through the proof copy, make the edits to the appropriate documents, and subm...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2011/08/for-real-now.html

Well, let's just say I'm close...so close... My first book, Awaking, is so close to being published. I've received the proof copy of the physical version. I should really read through it to mak...

https://www.madelinefreeman.net/2011/07/so-close.html