http://elizabethalan.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Elizabeth Alan en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:45:20 GMT 2010-01-01T04:45:20Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977266435 I have no idea if this is in the right place or even allowed to be here.  If I've posted where it's not allowed to be then I humbly apologize. Just as a side note about me.  I'm . . . Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:43:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977266435 Elizabeth Alan 2008-02-24T00:43:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977266311 I have no idea if this is in the right place or even allowed to be here.  If I've posted where it's not allowed to be then I humbly apologize. Just as a side note about me.  I'm . . . Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:02:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977266311 Elizabeth Alan 2008-02-23T22:02:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142284 We're thinking of posting excerpts from our debut romantic novel as articles, picking up where chapter one left off in our entry in the romance writer's competition.  What does everyone think . . . Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:00:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977142284 Elizabeth Alan 2007-10-09T18:00:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977111531 As posted yesterday we thought it would be a fun idea to tell you about "us,"  so we first gave you a word from "Elizabeth."  Today we give you A Little Bit About "Alan." . . . Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:54:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977111531 Elizabeth Alan 2007-09-09T15:54:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977110615 As those of you who have read our "blog articles" have learned, Elizabeth Alan is comprised of two people, a female / male co-authoring team.  We thought it might be fun to tell you . . . Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:52:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977110615 Elizabeth Alan 2007-09-08T16:52:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977108605   Now that we had a finished book the dilemma was how do we get it noticed?  We got certain ideas from the publishing house we used but those were just standard ideas that are boxed . . . Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:26:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977108605 Elizabeth Alan 2007-09-06T16:26:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977107823 Morning Coffee had ultimately been self published because it had become painfully obvious that the writing and publishing world is a catch 22.  You can't get into a "big name" publisher . . . Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:58:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977107823 Elizabeth Alan 2007-09-05T22:58:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977106773 Just a short note to say thank you to everyone who has stopped by and read Chapter 1 of our debut novel, Morning Coffee.  For those of you who haven't taken a read yet please do.  It's . . . Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:55:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977106773 Elizabeth Alan 2007-09-04T23:55:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977106488 We finally completed the journey, only to find out the journey had really just begun. We had started the writing process as a short story, had it morph into a novel, finally finished the writing process . . . Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:29:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977106488 Elizabeth Alan 2007-09-04T18:29:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977105408 The actual writing of the book had started in, to the nearest of our collective recollections, Feburary of 2005. The actual first draft, the finished sixty nine original parts, was completed by mid July. . . . Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:10:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977105408 Elizabeth Alan 2007-09-03T17:10:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977104594 During the ongoing process of writing the original draft and putting all the pieces together "Alan" had a lead to a literary agent. A friends son had gotten a book published and was kind . . . Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:34:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977104594 Elizabeth Alan 2007-09-02T18:34:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977103789   Suddenly we found ourselves with what would become the essence of the book. As already noted the original sixty nine individual parts had been shaped and formed into a cohesive twenty seven . . . Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:53:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977103789 Elizabeth Alan 2007-09-01T17:53:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977102884 In the end, after all avenues for the story had been explored and exhausted, "Elizabeth" and "Alan" came to see that they had written sixty nine individual parts. The arduous task . . . Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:45:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977102884 Elizabeth Alan 2007-08-31T16:45:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977102229   As "Alan" wrote the next part of what would eventually morph into Morning Coffee he also edited what "Elizabeth" had sent him and sent it back to her for her approval. "Elizabeth" . . . Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:59:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977102229 Elizabeth Alan 2007-08-30T22:59:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977101184 The Story Continues   The weeks came and went and "Alan" began sharing a few of his song lyrics with "Elizabeth." At some point he then shared a short little scene he had written. . . . Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:47:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977101184 Elizabeth Alan 2007-08-29T22:47:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977100067 The Story Begins We hope you find our story as unique as we do. We met on an internet message board for reality tv in August of 2004. During the course of many online discussions we discovered . . . Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:38:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977100067 Elizabeth Alan 2007-08-28T20:38:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977084082 Katie opened her eyes as the light softly filtered through the cur­tain casting rays of dusty gold on the wooden floor. She looked around her familiar bedroom and saw all the pictures of the kids, . . . Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:20:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977084082 Elizabeth Alan 2007-08-12T23:20:57Z