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Re: Web of Lies

Maria Savva — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:31:25 -0000

lol :)

Re: Web of Lies

Darcia Helle — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:22:45 -0000

Sylvia, I imagine you can relate to some of the story, even though the situation and details are different.

Re: Web of Lies

Sylvia Massara — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:01:48 -0000

Thank you, Darcia. Am reading Sarah's first book now. Very interesting!

Re: Secrets In The Making

Darcia Helle — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:40:21 -0000

I appreciate everyone's responses - but now I'm no less confused! I might have to put the two of them in a hat and just pick one. :)

Re: Secrets In The Making

RJ — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:50:37 -0000

I like the second one, Darcia. Best of luck with the launch.

Re: Secrets In The Making

Joel Kirkpatrick — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:34:01 -0000

The second. The catch is the phrase "When it all comes crumbling down". That has a lot of power in it. At least, more than "Samantha's past comes full circle".

I like the form you have here. Tags and hooks. It's cool.

Re: Secrets In The Making

Ensignwv — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:54:04 -0000

ok, bad editing job there.
I wrote You come back here, and I would be more than happy to work for you. Once I added If, and doesn't work anymore lol

Re: Secrets In The Making

Barbara — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:52:19 -0000

If you come back here, and I would be more than happy to work for you!

Re: Secrets In The Making

Jason McIntyre — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:44:34 -0000

The first!

Re: Secrets In The Making

Maria Savva — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:31:14 -0000

I really like the way you have titles and then a sentence, it makes it all the more suspenseful :) Both are great blurbs, but I prefer the second one, and I like Barbara's version as well :) I'm looking forward to read this too!

Re: Secrets In The Making

Darcia Helle — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:03:32 -0000

Thanks, Ao!

Re: Secrets In The Making

AO Bibliophile — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:19:30 -0000

i love the 2nd one but for the Secrets part, i prefer the 1st one.

Re: Secrets In The Making

Darcia Helle — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:03:13 -0000

Thanks, Marissa!

I might have to give Barbara a job!

Re: Secrets In The Making

Marissafarrar — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:56:33 -0000

I like the one the first commenter put together, with a mixture of the two! Good job. It certainly captured my attention!

Re: Secrets In The Making

Darcia Helle — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:05:48 -0000

Thanks, Barbara! I'm shooting for late summer.

Re: Secrets In The Making

Ensignwv — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:19:25 -0000

oooohhh, love the first line!
ok, my opinion....
SURVIVAL
Samantha’s monsters aren’t under the bed; they’re the people she calls Mom and Dad.
ESCAPE
She makes it out alive, her sanity barely intact.
LIES
She creates a new past that manages to fool everyone, including herself.
HOPE
A life filled with love and security teeters on its base of lies.
SECRETS
Samantha’s past comes full circle. When it all comes crumbling down, will Samantha make it out alive?
I can't wait to read this one!!!!!!!!!!!get those little fingers moving :)

Re: Web of Lies

Darcia Helle — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:19:53 -0000

Steal away, Sylvia!

Re: Web of Lies

Sylvia Massara — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:28:59 -0000

Thank you, Sarah. I'll be sure to check out your book and I'm sure Darcia won't mind if I have you over as a guest on my blog, Sylvia Says. At the moment the blog's been hot, hot, hot with all kinds of stories of abuse. It's interesting how this is coming into my life time and again. I think it's trying to tell me something :-)

Darcia, do you mind if I steal your guest for another blogpost?

Sylvia Massara
Novelist and blog
owner of Sylvia
Says

Re: Web of Lies

Sylvia Massara — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:25:27 -0000

Thank you, Darcia. Yes, I used to think I could change my first "bad boy" husband, but I was wrong! I loved him so much and I thought that was enough to change things. How little did I know.

Sylvia Massara
Novelist and blog
owner of Sylvia
Says

Re: Web of Lies

Darcia Helle — Sat, 12 May 2012 08:28:04 -0000

Sylvia, I thought of your situation while I was reading Sarah's book. It's interesting how, while the details are unique, the story feels the same. And what is it with us women that we like those bad boys? I always thought I could 'fix' mine if I just loved him enough. Right!

I'm glad you're both in better places in your lives!

Re: Web of Lies

Sarah Tate — Sat, 12 May 2012 07:27:56 -0000

Thanks Sylvia. It sounds a though we have a lot in common, as I was always previously attracted to 'bad boys' as well. Since writing the books and studying the psychology behind it all, I've become much more aware of why I was 'perfect game' for this type of predator at that stage of my life. I think once you become aware of this, you can really move forward and accept that what happened wasn't your fault.
I'm glad to hear you're on the road to recovery, both emotionally and physically!
Best wishes Sarah x

Re: Web of Lies

Sylvia Massara — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:08:46 -0000

Sarah and Darcia, I read this blogpost and broke into goosebumps. The whole story of Sarah brought back memories of my own marriage to a nacissist and all the abuse I put up with from him; and all the time that we were married I felt responsible and blamed myself for the reason we broke up. It is only now, over a year after the breakup, that I have begun to recognise that it was never my fault!

The problem with meeting this kind of abuser is that at first the signs are so subtle that they are often difficult to spot, especially through the rose-coloured glasses that love seems to put on us, not matter how misguided our love is.

I keep asking myself why I attracted such a disturbed individual into my life and the answer still escapes me. I know I always felt the need for security; security in a relationship and security in life, and I always attracted "the bad boys"; but my last marriage was the worst of all because this insidious character - my evil ex - didn't come across as the usual bad boy I was attracted to. He was so different that I was lulled into a false sense of security and I was truly sucked in. At least, with the bad boys, I could see it coming.

I am forever grateful that I found the strength to confront him (which led to the breakup) despite a 3 year illness, which I am still battling, and financial issues. Interestingly, since I broke up with him (or rather since I gave him the "opening" to dump me for a bimbo) my body has begun to heal, slowly but surely. My emotions still need healing, but I know I will get there one day.

Sarah, I applaud you for having the courage to write about your experience. I often thought about writing about mine too but couldn't bring myself to relive the pain; instead, I turned to fiction and lived through my various protagonists.

Well done, girls!

Sylvia Massara

Novelist and blog
owner of Sylvia
Says

Re: Web of Lies

Sarah Tate — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:13:03 -0000

Thanks Maria!
I do get a lot of Thank You Emails from people who the book has helped. It makes it all worthwhile. I hope you enjoy them!

Re: Web of Lies

Darcia Helle — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:58:54 -0000

Consider it payback, Maria. :)

Re: Web of Lies

Maria Savva — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:24 -0000

A very interesting interview, Darcia and Sarah. I've always been interested in psychology, so your books are definitely going on my to-read list! Sarah, you come across as a very strong woman, and I'm sure it must have been very difficult for you being stuck in that type of relationship. I think your book has the potential to help other women (or men) who may be in similar positions, and may not realise what the problem is. I'm looking forward to reading it. Your new novels also sound intriguing. Darcia... my to-read list is now completely out of control and I'm going to blame you! ;)