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Alex proves inspirational

posted 13 years ago by eggie29
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This board is really quiet lately. I still lurk around to see if there's anything worth discussing with other people. I've been a frequent visitor on this board for years. I can't remember exactly how long. Some of you veterans on this board may remember back in 2009 I posted about an Alex fanfiction I wrote called "The Howling Heart". It was hosted on FictionPress and I shared it here with Alex's fans. It was actually an original fiction, adult paranormal romance inspired by Alex and I wrote the hero Riley in his likeness. The story tested well with readers. Last summer, one of my readers enjoyed it so much, she mailed the manuscript to Alex's agent Thor Bradwell in LA...from Switzerland! Well, 2 years later, the story is offline and I'm trying to get it published as a book. I've had 2 offers from e-publishers, but I rejected them because I didn't agree with some things. I'm currently waiting for responses from 2 traditional publishers, and waiting for another to reopen submissions. In the meantime, I have 10 chapters available to read for free on my website. For those who know me from back in the day, then you know I'm an author.

Here's a short synopsis of The Howling Heart:

Paige Donovan is an ambitious college graduate who dreams of making it to the top of the corporate ladder. She's climbing fast when she's given the promotion of a lifetime at a prestigious fashion magazine in New York City. Her bright future comes to an unexpected halt after news of her father's premature death. She inherits his old cabin in the Colorado Rockies where she visited as a child, and just when she thinks her luck couldn't get any worse, she has a serious car accident in the mountains. Battered and bruised, she awakens in the small, remote community of Black River and is soon engulfed in the fantastical world of the Varulv...wolves descended from 12th century Scandinavia that have been granted the ability to appear human by Máni, the Norse god of the moon, and Freyja, the Norse goddess of love. Paige is desperate to return home, but she never expects to fall in love with her rescuer Riley Gray, a handsome young werewolf from England who offers her an alternate future...and his heart.

If you're interested in reading 10 chapters of the story, you can send me a PM, or if you already know my website, you can download the PDF there.

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[–] Chris451 13 years ago

Hmmm. That story sounds strangely familiar to me.

[–] eggie29 13 years ago

Yep, it's still alive. Amazing, isn't it? After I took it down, it was going to collect dust on my hard drive, but one of my readers made me breathe life into it again.

[–] eggie29 13 years ago

I'm bumping this thread because the FULL story is now available for download. The link to the PDF is from an Alex fangroup on deviantART.

http://only-alex-pettyfer.deviantart.com/journal/The-Howling-Heart-283 510951

I'm still waiting for one publisher to make a decision. They're my last hope at getting it published as a book. I should hear from them by the end of April, or June at the latest.

Oh, I forgot to mention, there's a really good fanvideo on YouTube. The creator is a very nice young woman named Tiffany who lives in Australia. She used movie clips of Alex to portray Riley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbgfa-n2xZo&context=C34bd135ADOEgsT oPDskJr2eVqz0OQq4XtkVJ_B31o

[–] eggie29 13 years ago

I didn't see the point of making another thread just to announce my Alex-inspired novel "The Howling Heart" won't be getting published. So...one last bump for this thread. The publisher I was waiting for closed their doors a couple months ago. There goes my dream of a film adaptation with Alex. Yeah, like that would ever happen. Don't mind me, I tend to dream big. Anyway, it's not all bad. One reader liked my story so much, she created a role-play on Tumblr inspired by my novel and Alex is one of the FC's (face claims). See, Alex inspired me and I inspired someone else. It's like a chain of inspiration.

http://wildhearts-rp.tumblr.com/plot

[–] eggie29 13 years ago

Oh, believe me...I tried a lot of publishers who accept unsolicited manuscripts. And agents too! I did have two e-publishers that were interested but I declined their offers. One wanted me to change characteristics about my werewolves which I refuse to do, and the other had a lame contract. But all I wanted was to get it published. A film version w/ Alex was just me dreaming again. I've already quit trying to get it published because I think 67 rejections is enough.