Dominique Gibson

HI! Dominique Gibson is back with another post. Today, I have decided to post my review of The Best is Yet to Come by Debbie Macomber. I recently posted a video on this on my TikTok page but I won’t post it on here right now considering I still don’t know how to do that yet. Anyways, I will provide a short review of what the book was about here along with what I thought about the book and my overall review. If you are interested in purchasing this book, you can find this book at online retailers everywhere. Happy Reading!

*SPOILER ALERT* – If you are currently reading the book or if you haven’t read the book yet, I would strongly suggest you read the book first before reading the review. Thank you.

Title: The best is Yet To Come by Debbie Macomber

Genre: Women’s Fiction, romance

Published: 2022-2023 (Different editions such as hardcover, paperback, etc.)

After losing her twin brother in the army, Hope Goodwin moved away to Oceanside, Washington to try and move forward with her life: She has a great life as a high school teacher as she tries to distract herself from the past. But when her landlord asks her to volunteer at the animal shelter, she doesn’t realize just how much her life is about to change because of her choice. While volunteering at the animal shelter, She ends up meeting a dog name Shadow. Shadow is a dog who doesn’t seem like he can connect with anyone because of his aggressive behavior…until he meets Hope.

Seeing Hope and Shadow bond in the animal shelter takes the attention of Cade Lincoln Jr. , a wounded ex-soldier who has problems of his own. After having a tense moment of anger which lands him in to do community service in addition to having therapy to talk about his feelings, he doesn’t want to deal with anyone…just like Shadow. But as the days goes by and he starts to see each other more and more at the shelter, they end up opening up and forming a bond that will truly be tested from the beginning of the novel until the end.

This book also includes a huge subplot that involves her high school students getting into a major scandal that would rock not only the entire high school but the entire town of Oceanside for good.

Overall Rating of the Book: I gave this book five stars. I was really intrigued by both Cade and Hope’s history since they were both similar when it came to the pain of losing a loved one. It was certainly interesting to see how connected they were from the beginning. I also like the deep bond that Hope shared with Shadow when everyone else wanted to give up on him. Finally, I liked the high school subplot twist I didn’t see coming in the book.

So, that is my overall review of this book. Please feel free to come back to my website for more posts, videos, book reviews, and more. Thanks!

Dominique Gibson

Hi! Dominique Gibson is back with another post. So, I was just recently browsing on the internet as usual and I came across something very interesting. There was an article that talked about a scientist who wrote a sci-fi novel using AI (Artificial Intelligence).

Now I have heard of AI trying to come through when it comes to nonfiction but the topic of AI writing a novel is still up for debate. It’s not that I am disturbed by this news when it comes to writing the book, this book won an award on top of it. Even though this took place in another country, this begs the question if AI will continue to grow to other countries and start winning awards around the world as well.

If you want more information about this topic, click on the link below for more information. Happy Holidays!
Dominique Gibson

Link to the article down below:

https://amp.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3245725/chinese-professor-used-ai-write-science-fiction-novel-then-it-won-national-award

Hi! Dominique Gibson is back with another post, this time about bookfunnel. I have been paying a subscription to bookfunnel for a while now, trying my best to figure out what I am going to do with it. I have sent out a couple of short stories to some people the old-fashioned way (email with a PDF) but decided that I wanted to give bookfunnel a try. I have heard that a lot of indie authors swear by it because of them doing landing pages and uploading ebooks and short stories on there to get people to sign up for their newsletters.

The problem? I can’t figure out what to upload on bookfunnel.

As I stated, I have written two short stories based on the characters from the first three books of the Truson S.E.T Series. I have also wrote a holiday novella that features a different hybrid than the ones in the main books. I have also considered whether I want to give Courtney’s Redemption away as a free ebook while keeping the paperback version on Amazon. As you can see, I have come up with many different ideas on how to distribute my stories. I know that I would have to rewrite whatever story I choose to upload on bookfunnel. I just don’t want to rewrite the wrong story or rewrite the story I only feel somewhat passionate about (Only because it’s a short story and NOT a novel).

Decisions, decisions. Even a veteran writer like myself has to go through these things sometimes.

See you soon.

Dominique Gibson

Hi! Happy December! It’s been busy around here, especially with the holidays approaching. I had originally intended to do a different post today, one where I would talk about the latest book I am reading or the latest book I am writing about (Or should say rewriting about), but I decided that I wanted to do a post about my frustration with IngramSpark.

I guess I now understand why people are getting so upset when it comes to Ingramspark. I just recently went on IngramSpark to correct a mistake I had made about two weeks ago. I seemed to be successful when it came to publishing the hardcover copy of An Orman’s Revenge. I even managed to get a few sales on the hardcover edition of the book. However, when I decided to do the paperback version of the same book, I ran into some issues, including trying to change the book cover of the book. Thinking that I would be able to use the same cover for the paperback as I did with the hardcover, I uploaded it to my IngramSpark dashboard and waited.

Unfortunately, my book didn’t upload to IngramSpark. The reason? The margins for the book cover didn’t match for the paperback version of the book. Now, they have stated that they wanted me to do a book cover template to upload the cover. Do I have a problem with this? Not really. I have been experimenting with trying to do the book cover for a while now on Canva. I guess it would be time for me to figure it out and upload it to see what happens.

But I still had a gripe with them because they do not have a feature where you can delete the book and start over, something in which I wanted to do considering the book cover looked terrible. I searched everywhere but yet, I couldn’t find the feature anywhere. With Amazon, I am able to have the option of deleting my book whenever I want. What a difference a book distribution makes.

Oh well, I guess I will have to start back at ground zero when it comes to IngramSpark….after they approve or disapprove my changes.

See you soon.

Dominique Gibson

Hi! I’m back. I haven’t been able to post as often as I should. I had so many ups and downs when it comes to my full-time job (still doing lesson plans, observations, etc.) along with some sort of mysterious sickness going around that the doctors can’t quite put their finger on at the moment. At this time, I am still on the self-editing phrase of Courtney’s Redemption. Although I am trying my best to do this on my own, I am still struggling when it comes to seeing my own work through a different perspective (as an editor) and is still in that phase of ‘Oh my book just sucks’ category. I am now reading chapter eleven and will have two more chapters to go when it comes to taking notes on what I need to improve on in this story. Since it’s been a while since I relied on new self-help books in order to improve my writing skills, I thought it would be a nice opportunity for me to explore some new books when it came to me rewriting the novel. One of those books has been circulating around the internet for a while and it’s something that most indie authors swear by when it comes to writing the first (or tenth) novel.

So, lately I have been reading Save The Cat writes a Novel by Jessica Brody and I will admit that it’s quite interesting. They talk about the beat sheet and what elements you might need in a novel that would make the story more interesting to read. After reading a couple of chapters, I have decided that I am going to follow the instructions and exercises that are in this book and maybe do a blog and a video about the overall progress when it comes to doing the exercises in this book. I don’t know what the final result would be when it comes to this considering my books center on romance and sci-fi but it does give out some examples on the more popular genre books like Twilight and The fault in our Stars. She also goes on to do ‘beat sheets’ on certain books that talks about the beats you would need in your novel to make the reader want more.

I will be sure to keep you guys posted on my updates when it comes to my discovery when it comes to using the Save the Cat book on the fourth book of the Truson S.E.T. Series, Courtney’s Redemption. If you will excuse me, I think I will read and take notes on one more chapter before I call it a night.

Dominique Gibson