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Creative writing teacher, Valerie Storey, has written and sold both fiction and nonfiction. She currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. When she isn't writing, Valerie enjoys reading, drawing, collage, and pottery.
Write and Get Published!
The Essential Guide for New Writers, From Idea to Finished Manuscript by Valerie Storey
Dava Books, 1995. ISBN: 978-0-9643289-0-7.
Trade paperback. 128 pp. $10.95 Now only $5.95!
A complete writer's workshop in just one book! Designed for both beginning and established writers and based on Valerie Storey's popular series of workshops. The book guides writers step-by-step from first draft jitters to submitting a polished piece of writing for publication. The material is presented in a fun and informative progression filled with ideas for brainstorming plus checklists and writing exercises. Chapters include full coverage of characterization, plot, setting, dialogue, and marketing and query letter techniques. Besides end-of-chapter writing assignments, the book concludes with a strong question and answer section.
What authors are saying about The Essential Guide for New Writers:
"I highly recommend your book not only to new writers, but as a valuable writing tool for published writers as well. My copy will stay next to my word processor where I can refer to it often!"
Margaret Evans, Freelance Writer
"This book is a 'must have' for any writer, new or not. With her eye for what editors want, Ms. Storey presents an unflinching look at all aspects of the business--from getting ideas down on paper to coping with rejection AND acceptance. The seven-point-plotting system she explains helps bring her readers' current projects into focus."
Jan McDaniel, author of By Train at Night
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Young Adult Fiction Set in New Zealand:
Better Than Perfect by Valerie Storey
Dava Books, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-9643289-2-1.
Trade paperback. 228 pp. Young adult fiction. $16.95
Can anyone be "better than perfect"? That's the question lonely teenager Elizabeth Haddon struggles to answer when she is sent from England to live with relatives in Auckland, New Zealand. Arriving in the dead of winter, Elizabeth soon falls under the spell of her beautiful, but enigmatic cousin Ravenna who insists the most important thing in life is to "fit in." Elizabeth, who wants only to be accepted by her new family and their affluent social circle, does her best to comply until she starts to see the cracks; cracks that turn into virtual canyons when tragedy strikes. Set in a time before computers, e-mail, or cell phones, Better Than Perfect follows Elizabeth's journey to find her own true place in a world of isolation.
"The language of social climate makes this a story of search, not just the line of least resistance. Elizabeth's clear voice holds all the way through."
Gordon Marlow, author of Vincent's Revenge
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Mystery Fiction Set in Egypt for Young Readers:
The Great Scarab Scam by Valerie Storey
Dava Books, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-9643289-1-4. Trade
paperback. 212 pp. For readers 8-12 yrs. $12.95
Eleven-year-old Lydia Hartley has always dreamed of following in the
footsteps of her archaeologist father. When he is sent to Egypt to
help track down the so-called "scarab scam," an operation dealing in
forged antiquities, Lydia gets the chance of a lifetime to travel along with him. However, once
she's in Egypt, Lydia learns there is much more at stake for both her father and her Egyptian hosts
than mere scarabs, especially for twelve-year-old Sima Malik--and only Lydia knows what to do.
"The Great Scarab Scam is a terrific story. The research is excellent. The characters are convincing. The plot is fast-paced and suspenseful. The conclusion is unexpected. Everything works!"
Barbara Williams, author of Mitzi and the Terrible Tyrannosaurus Rex
"A charming read for pre-teens. The Great Scarab Scam is highly recommended."
Midwest Book Review
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Paranormal Nonfiction:
Unleashed, of Poltergeists and Murder, the Curious Story of Tina Resch by William Roll, Ph.D. and Valerie Storey
Paraview Pocket Books, 2004. ISBN: 0743482948.
Trade paperback. 320 pp. $14.00
When she was just fourteen years old, Tina Resch became the center of the best-documented case of poltergeist activity of the twentieth-century. During the spring of 1984, Tina's home in Ohio was thrown into chaos: appliances turned themselves on without electric current, objects flew through the air, furniture scooted across the floor. Censured endlessly by her adoptive family and thrust into the eye of a media twister thanks to one reporter's photographic evidence, Tina was propelled into a downward spiral that led to an abusive marriage, a divorce, and the birth of a child--all before her twentieth birthday. Three years later she was charged with that child's murder and is now currently serving a life sentence for a crime as controversial, mysterious, and complex as the accused herself--a crime she maintains she did not commit.
Praise for Unleashed:
"Unleashed is a gripping account of that strange, unguarded borderland between mind and matter, where thought and emotion explode onto the physical world in chaotic, unpredictable ways. Unleashed should come with a warning label: MAY FOREVER CHANGE YOUR WORLDVIEW."
Larry Dossey, MD, author of Healing Words
"This horror story encompasses every element in a Stephen King novel--a tragic teenage protagonist, who can cause objects to move with the force of her mind; an assortment of villains, seemingly intent on destroying her; a murdered child--and an ending that makes you want to leap up and scream. But this isn't fiction. I was mesmerized by this story."
Lois Duncan, author of I Know What You Did Last Summer
"From renowned parapsychologist William Roll and Valerie Storey, a most dramatic and well-documented, poltergeist story. Like a terrible fairy tale, an unhappy girl at odds with her harsh foster parents unleashes strange physical powers, and ends up in prison for the murder of her three-year-old child. A riveting account of a mystery gone tragically awry, this is a book readers will not want to put down."
Michael Grosso, Ph.D., author of Experiencing the Next World Now
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