1) What am I working on?
Due for release next week, my latest story is a contemporary romance with suspense The Nightclub. Here
is the blurb:
Trying to make a living for her teenage sister and herself, Laura Hamilton accepts a job offer as a hostess at an infamous nightclub. As she struggles to survive in a world of sex, drugs and corruption, she certainly doesn't expect to find her own knight in shining armour in the club's owner, Julian. But will he really save her from a future as a fallen woman? And is he involved in the criminal organisation that threatens not only her sister's life, but will change her own fate forever?
2) How does my work differ from others of its genre?
Like Stacy, I've published in a variety of genres, contemporary romance, romantic suspense, a psychological thriller and a modern ghost story. I've even co-written a short science fiction story with my darling son. All my stories involve people facing a dramatic emotional journey, which I try to make as realistic as possible to allow my readers to identify with them. Although I like to include emotional or sexual tension, I don't write erotica and consider my romances to be 'clean'. The Nightclub probably goes one step further than the rest, and I'll leave it to my readers to decide if that's a step too far.
3) Why do I write what I do?
4) How my writing process works
I used to need to have the whole story mapped out in my head before I began writing, but nowadays I've been known to sit at my computer with only the sketchiest of ideas and let the story evolve according to its own whimsy. I wrote my best-seller Wishful Thinking that way. It's great fun as it allows stories to evolve organically. When I'm not writing, my brain is still swamped with ideas. I have packs of pens and Post-It notes in every room in my house so I can grab one and scribble down ideas as they come to me. I stick all these into an exercise book on my desk that I use for jotting down relevant names, places, dates, any details likely to recur throughout the story. Once I've finished with each sticky note, it goes in the bin—nice and tidy—though believe me, I'm anything but a tidy worker!
Do be sure to catch the two great writers nominated to continue the hop next week—just click on their names to take you to their blogs:
Misty Beller was raised on
a farm in South Carolina, so her Southern roots run deep, as does her love for
Christian novels. Misty is a semi-finalist in the American Christian Fiction
Writers 2014 Genesis Contest in the Historical Romance category, and is looking
forward to the upcoming release of her debut Historical Romance novel by Prism
Book Group.
professional by day, at night she loves to write romances about elven warriors of deadly beauty, capable of making a woman die from sheer pleasure - or stories to awaken the deepest, most secret fantasies of her readers.
2 comments:
I really relate to your style of writing. I used to think that I had to have the entire story mapped out beforehand, but what I've found is that the story tends to unfold as I write it. Unfortunately, this is a recent revelation!
Thanks for your comment msmarha. My experience is that even if a story is pre-mapped, it changes as you write it. Characters just don't always do what they're expected ;)
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