Summer Book Reading Giveaway

Hello dear readers. I don't see how I can follow up after Linda's great post on writing cozy mysteries. My life has been a roller coaster ride the last couple of months so please bear with my short post. I haven't even been able to focus to write any. I hope to get back on it soon. I've started a new series - the Skye Southerland Cozy Mystery Series. I sent the first book to an acquisitions editor I know and after waiting for a couple of months (seemed like forever) I got a reply. I need to do more editing and then she wants me to resubmit. I figure that is better than a flat-out no.

She mostly wanted me to work on Deep POV. What is deep pov you ask? Me too:) I've heard the term now for several years, but haven't gotten a good gripe on it yet. I'm going to research everything I can get my hands on and try to learn how to do this technique. This is what I found as an explanation of what deep pov is.

What is Deep POV?

* Deep POV is being so far into the head and emotions of your character that you write in her voice instead of your own. 
This goes beyond adding the occasional direct, italicized thought to the point where the narrative itself takes on the personality of the POV character. It puts the reader in the character's head instead of relying solely on action and dialog to determine the character's motives and opinions.

I'll keep you up-to-date on my progress and maybe even give some examples when I master this. In the meantime I'll have another book (book four) coming out in the fall in my Trixie Montgomery Cozy Mystery Series. The title is "Chilled in Chattanooga." I'm excited and anxious to hold it in my hands.

I'd like to offer a box-of-books giveaway for summer reading - even though summer is almost over:) Just leave a comment below (and your email address so we can notify you) and tell me something you've done fun this summer.  Maybe by the next time I post I'll have more about deep pov I can share. Have a wonderful rest of the summer!

Deborah Malone’s first novel Death in Dahlonega, finaled in the American Christian Fiction Writer’s Category Five writing contest! Deborah was also nominated for 2011 and 2012 Georgia Author of the year in Novel category. She has worked as a freelance writer and photographer, for the historic magazine “Georgia Backroads” since 2001.  She has had many articles and photographs published, and her writing is featured in “Tales of the Rails,” edited by Olin Jackson, as well as the “Christian Communicator.” She is a member of the Georgia Writer’s Association, Christian Author’s Guild, Advanced Writers and Speaker’s Association and the American Christian Fiction Writers.