Sunday, November 2, 2014
Sunday, Talking About My Books Healwoman #MFRWauthor
Healwoman initially was supposed to be a far future of the book Mistress Of The Moons, and I imagine it still is but I'd decided on a completely different story to tell. The story would have been four books in one with four heroines plus the heroine of this book, Norna. She took on a life of her own and wanted her story to be told. Perhaps I will one day write the other four but they won't be in one book unless they're novellas and completely contained stories. Actually I like the hero and heroine of this book but I began to be interested in the villain and wondered if one day I will be able to redeem him. One never knows.
The heroine of Healwoman is misbegotten and seems to have no place when the story begins. She is given by her mother who refuses to acknowledge her to the temple, the last one where women rule, to be a drudge. Norna escapes and meets the hero but though they are attracted and aid each other time passes before they can get together.
In some ways this story is a romance without a happily ever after or even a happy for now. It's a book with perhaps one day there will be a happy ending once the god and goddess stop their battle for the love of the people and learn to live and rule jointly. Maybe another book or four will show this happening.
Shandor, the hero has his own battles to fight, with himself and with the way of the priests of Midran. His father is one of the high priests and he must constantly prove himself and also combat the villain who envies him. He loves Norna but will not confine her to his inner room as those women bound to the priests of Midran must be. He lets her go and the book ends with the knowledge she will bear his son.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Saturday's Blurbs - Featuring books by Tim Smith #MFRWauthor
“The Bundle” (Vic Fallon #1)
Vic Fallon had
little use for the rich and famous when he was a police detective and his
attitude hasn’t changed since he was forced to turn in his badge. When pop
singer Kimberly Daniels returns to her home town of Cleveland to promote her latest album, Vic
reluctantly agrees to be her bodyguard as a favor for a friend. He isn’t told
that she has a death threat hanging over her head, with no shortage of
suspects. The set-up takes a bizarre twist when her stalker shows up and Vic
uncovers a family secret Kimberly would like to keep hidden. Things get more
complex when they develop a strong attraction for each other, in spite of their
different lifestyles. Can Vic ensure Kimberly’s safety until she returns to L.A. ? Will Kimberly
decide to ditch her celebrity life and stay with the rugged ex-cop she’s fallen
for?
“Lido Key” (Vic Fallon
#2)
Vic Fallon
has worked on some strange cases since he left the police force to become a
Private Investigator, but when a former lover asks him to look into a bizarre
blackmail demand, it’s one for his memoirs. Vic hasn’t spoken to Ariel Weston
since his last trip to Siesta Key, Florida
The case
pulls Vic out of his northern Ohio comfort
zone to the Sunshine
State Latina
“The Dirty Blonde” (Vic Fallon #3)
Former cop Vic Fallon is content to live in Sandusky , Ohio Tennessee
looking for her estranged husband who’s avoiding divorce court, Vic is taken in
by her southern charm and agrees to help her. His search brings him in contact
with a local gangster wannabe, a crooked cop and a gambling syndicate. When
another woman shows up claiming to be the missing man’s wife, the case takes a
bizarre turn. Can Vic find the wayward husband before all of his wives catch up
with him? Will his feelings for Amy develop into something more than
professional?
“Warning Shot” (Nick Seven Book 3)
Nick Seven and Felicia Hagens left the CIA for the laidback
ease of the Florida Keys , leaving behind a
life of intrigue. When Nick’s former mentor becomes part of a conspiracy with
international repercussions, Nick breaks his self-imposed exile to stop him.
The case throws Nick and Felicia into a juggernaut of espionage, government
cover-ups and political assassinations. Will they succeed in stopping the plan
in time? Can their relationship survive another unwanted adventure?
“Memories Die Last” (Nick Seven Book 1)
What happens when your life is turned inside out by something from
your past that won’t leave you alone? Former CIA operative Nick Seven finds out
when his peaceful life in The Florida Keys is disrupted by the appearance of an
old nemesis he thought was buried alongside the painful memory of a personal
tragedy. Nick reluctantly gets back into the spy game to settle an old score
and is pleasantly surprised to find himself paired with beautiful Felicia
Hagens, a former co-worker from Barbados Barbados
Bio –
Tim Smith is an award-winning bestselling author whose books range
from romantic mystery/thrillers to contemporary erotic romance. He is also a
freelance photographer. He can often be found in the Florida
Keys , doing research in between parasailing and seeking out the
perfect Mojito. His website is www.timsmithauthor.com.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Friday's Guest - Tim Smith talking about Heroes, Heroines and Villains #MFRWauthor
1 – Do you write a single series or do your fingers flow
over the keys creating tales in many forms? Do your reading choices reflect
your writing choices? Are there genres you wouldn’t attempt?
I’m currently writing for two different series – one
featuring a private eye, the other starring a former CIA spook and his lover.
Both are in the mystery/thriller genre but the Vic Fallon private eye series is
more mystery with a touch of romance. It echoes the work of Raymond Chandler,
Donald E. Westlake and Robert B. Parker. Fallon is like an old school gumshoe
from the 1940’s or 50’s but in a contemporary setting with current themes. I’ve
also published several romantic comedies.
My reading choices definitely reflect my writing choices. I’ve
enjoyed those kinds of stories for years, featuring the tough wisecracking hero
with an eye for the ladies who always takes one on the chin in the name of
love. With this series, I wanted to bring Phillip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Peter
Gunn and Jim Rockford into the 21st century and I think I’ve
succeeded, based on what readers have told me.
As for genres I wouldn’t attempt, I have no interest in
writing vampire, paranormal or shape-shifter romance because I don’t understand
them.
2 – Heroes, heroines, villains. Which are your favorites to
write? Does one of these come easy and why?
I enjoy crafting heroes and heroines but a really colorful
villain can be fun to write. Most of them have a screw loose any way (hence why
they do what they do) and you can go over the top with characters like that, as
long as they get theirs in the end. You typically know what motivates the hero
but sometimes it’s fun to explore the villain’s psyche and see what makes them
run. One of my stories featured a villainess who became sexually aroused by shooting
people. Another featured a mob enforcer who liked breaking heads but really got
into being degraded by hookers. I think I’m seeing a trend here.
3 – Heroes. How do you find them? Do pictures, real life or
plain imagination create the man you want the reader to root for? Do they come
before the plot or after you have the idea for the story?
When I get a good story concept I decide which series it
would best be suited for. If it’s a ripped from the headlines idea, it would
probably fit the Nick Seven spy thriller series. If it’s something quirkier,
I’ll make it a Vic Fallon private eye caper. The online dangers of sexting
formed the premise for the Fallon mystery “Lido Key,” and the Wikileaks affair
was the jumping off point for the Nick Seven thriller “Never Look Back.”
I generally have a mental image of what I want my heroes to
look like before I begin. I like to make them more three dimensional by
including something that reflects their moral code, which often mirrors my own.
For example, Vic Fallon can’t tolerate domestic violence against women. It was
the reason he was nearly bounced off the police force and it’s something I also
feel strongly about. I like to make my heroes and heroines human, with many of
the everyday foibles we all have. I’m bored with some of the heroes I’ve read
in crime fiction stories that come off as too real to be believable. When one
of my heroes gets into a fight or a shooting match, they bleed like the rest of
us.
4 – Heroines. How do you find them? Do pictures, real life
or plain imagination create the man you want the reader to root for? Do they
come before the plot or after you have the idea for the story?
I usually have an idea of what I want the heroine to look
like before I start writing. Since the Vic Fallon series features a different
female lead in each story, I work hard to not have them appear the same. I’m a
very visual writer, seeing the scenes play out on a movie screen in my mind,
and I cast the parts accordingly. If I’m seeking a certain look, inspired by an
actress I’ve mentally cast for the part, I may find a picture of them and refer
to it when creating the character.
I don’t like to ruin the whole theater of the mind thing for
the readers, though. I recall reading one of the later James Bond novels by Ian
Fleming. When it came time to introduce the girl of the week, Fleming did the
unthinkable – he described her as looking “just like Ursula Andress.” That
ruined it for me because I had someone else in mind.
5 – Villains or villainesses or an antagonist, since they
don’t always have to be the bad guy or girl. They can be a person opposed to
the hero’s or heroine’s obtaining their goal. How do you choose one? How do you
make them human?
Choosing the antagonist can be tricky, and sometimes there’s
more than one. It helps to put your faith in mankind on hold and realize that
like it or not, most of us have a little larceny in our souls. In the Nick
Seven thrillers, there’s always the primary villain for Nick to lock horns with
but since he’s a former CIA spook, don’t be surprised when someone from the
government also gets involved. That characters past life was filled with
double-dealers and shady people with political agendas. It would be a shame to
waste all that treachery and distrust, wouldn’t it?
I try to make the bad people human just like I do with my
heroes and heroines. I’m a people watcher and I’m always making note of little
things people do. It can be anything from the way someone turns a phrase, or their
dialect, or the way they compulsively arrange the silverware at the dinner
table. People are unique and I try to add those little touches to every
character I create. An editor told me long ago to always include a brief
physical description when I introduce a character, no matter how large or small
their part may be. Best advice I ever received.
6 – What is your latest release? Who is the hero, heroine or
the villain?
My latest release is “The Dirty Blonde.” It’s the third
installment in the Vic Fallon private eye series, but the books don’t need to
be read in order. For the uninitiated, Fallon is a former cop who was about to
be let go from the Sandusky, Ohio police force for unnecessary roughness when
he got shot and took a disability separation. He doesn’t really have to work
and usually takes cases when he’s bored or intrigued. There’s a different
female lead in each story, which keeps it interesting.
When I conceived this series I kept thinking of the private
eye shows we all watched on TV in the sixties and seventies, like “Mannix,”
“Peter Gunn” and “The Rockford Files.” In each episode, the hero got involved
with a different woman and just when things were about to get interesting
they’d cut to a commercial. In written form we don’t have commercials so I can
show what really happens after the lights go down low.
7 – What are you working on now?
I recently submitted the fourth Nick Seven spy thriller,
“Operation Payback” and I’m working on another installment. I’m also working on
another Vic Fallon caper.
8 – How can people find you?
My website is www.timsmithauthor.com.
I’m also on Facebook, and I have an author page on Amazon. If they can’t find
me at any of those places, they can try the Buckhorn Tavern in Dayton , Ohio
Bio:
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Thursday's Hero Kristan From The Amber Chronicles by Janet Lane Walters, #MFRWauthor
The youngest prince of Rivand stared at the sky. The moon had risen and was new. He lifted the bottle of wine and drank
deeply. If only he could find something
to be other than the wastrel prince, a man without a place in the kingdom. He drank again and finished the bottle. When he gestured for another, he saw the
palace page appear. Kristen tried to
make himself invisible. There could be
no other man or woman in this tavern being sought by the king.
He watched the page search the faces of the men gathered
around the tables. Perhaps he wouldn’t
be seen here on the balcony. His hopes
were dashed when the page hurried through the crowded room and appeared at
Kristan’s side. “Your sire requests your
presence.”
Kristin rose and followed the boy to the tavern door. At least he hadn’t imbibed enough to make his
stagger. He mounted his horse and rode
through town to the imposing stone building that had been his home for all his
life.
As he entered the throne room, she saw his father
waited. His oldest brother usually sat
at the king’s side. Where was the crown
prince? Did this mean his heir was about
to be born? Kristen shivered. One day, a crown prince might be called to
face the Witch of the Woods. He recalled the cryptic words he’d read in his grandfather
memoirs and remembered his vow to free the woman caught in the amber gem.
“Kristen,” his father’s voice was low and rumbled with
anger. “Your conduct is unbecoming to a
prince. I’m tired of hearing of your
constant pursuit of wine, women and dice.”
Kristan straightened.
“What else is there for me? My
oldest brother follows you. The second
will be his advisor. The third will head
the army. The fourth, the navy. The fifth the treasury and the sixth the
agriculture of Rivand. There is nothing
left for me.”
“Not so. There is
marriage. One has been arranged with the
daughter of Wevald. Put your affairs in
order. You leave at the end of the
week.”
“I don’t want to marry someone I’ve never seen.” Kristan turned and fled the room.
“You will do as ordered,” the king shouted.
Kristan raced along the empty corridors until he reached his
chambers. He sat on the edge of the bed
and wished the numbness of the liquor he’d drunk would return. He had to make plans. This marriage his father had arranged wasn’t
for him. From deep inside came the
certainty that for him there was another destiny though what he didn’t know.
He rose. He had to
leave the palace tonight. Where he would
go, he wasn’t sure. He found a haversack
and quickly packed a few changes of clothes.
From the chest at the foot of his bed he took the sleeping blanket he
had used on hunting trips. His hand
brushed a tear-shaped globe. He lifted
the amber crystal and held it to the candlelight.
“Emme,” he whispered.
His thoughts flashed to the night his grandfather had died and how the
valet had brought the amber orb to him.
For years, he had kept the globe beside his bed and stared at the woman
trapped inside. Without knowing why, he
tucked the sphere in his haversack. He
stuffed coins in his boots where many men kept knives. He hurried to the stable and saddled his
horse. He rode quickly through the town
and exited the gates and rode toward the forest.
The crescent of the new moon rose but the light cast was
dimmed by the trees. Though the leaves
were those of spring and small, the trees were crowded. Kristan heard a rustling. The wind or an animal, he thought. The small light cast by the crescent moon
cast shadows.
“Hoy.” The shout
startled him. Someone leaped from one of
the trees and knocked him from the horse.
The animal squealed.
Kristan was unable to free his sword. His attackers slashed with knives. He was able to land a few blows before
something hit his head so hard he was dazed.
He collapsed and held his breath.
The thieves grabbed his pack and began to rummage in the
contents. He was glad he had thought to
hide his coins.
“What’s this?”
“Amber and a large chunk.”
Suddenly one of the men screamed.
“No.”
The amber globe fell to the ground. The men ran.
Moonlight illuminated the globe and the shimmer around the sphere
appeared to grow. Kristen tried to get
to his knees. His head felt as thought
he’d been spinning for he couldn’t believe what he thought he saw.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Wednesday's Writer's Tip - A Bit More On Series - #MFRWauthor
You have your series planned and the first story written. Now comes the time to market these stories that may take several years to write. What are some things you need to consider? There are a number of places they can be published. You can hope one of the big publishers picks the series up, you can go to a small publisher or you can publish the series yourself. But making the series appealing to readers is something that's very important. Writing the Fiction Series by Karen Wiesner has some hints about this and I'll show you what some of them mean.
When you're writing a series something in the titles of each story contained in the world you've created makes sense. There are many series out there. The series can have an over all title. I've used this several times in my own series. Affinities is one and then each of the titles of the particular stories falls under this major titles. An even better way is for each of the stories to have a particular word in the title of each book. I'm working on a series and though it does have a title for the whole series, each of the so far three stories and the fourth I'm working on has Dreams in the title. So here two markers are there to bring the stories to the attention of readers.
A second method is to make use of a series blurb. This is great for promoting the entire series and is something both general and specific to a series. The best way I can explain what I found about using such a thing is to have a series blurb that is very general and yet somehow leads the reader into the series. Such as Four teens are forced to leave their home and parents to seek teachers to show them how to use their affinities for Earth, Fire, Water and Air. Following this comes the blurb for the story. A reader finding that first line will think aha this is another story in that series.
There are two more suggestions that I'll address next time.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Tuesday's Inspiration - Isaac Asimov Quote #MFRWauthor
While reading an old book of essays by authors I came across a short essay by Isaac Asimov. Not he was talking abut being prolific but the words I read could also be to anyone who wants to be a published author. You have to like to write.
Think about this. Now you may have the urge to write and there are many reasons for this but it comes down to the bottom line. If you don't 100% like what you're doing then while you may write stories and may have a sale or two but you won't keep going day after day pushing the keys if you don't like what you're doing.
There are people who write one book and it may be a wonderful book but they never write another book or story. Could it be that they realized they were doing something they didn't like. Could be and I have known people who fit this category. They can be brilliant writers but they haven't reached the goal in their mine, money, fame, whatever they desire so they stop.
So the moral of this bit is no matter why you choose to write You have to like to write. Maybe it's the characters, maybe the plot, even the setting but every part of writing must mean you're doing what you like.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Meandering On Monday with Janet Lane Walters #MFRWauthor
Meander 1 - More on what makes a professional author. If one were to be held to the quota of 20,000 words a year would this push them too hard? This means if one went for words per month, 1667 and that doesn't seem like a lot. If one looked for a weekly total of words written that would mean 385. Doesn't seem impossible at least to me. So let's look at the daily total of words and it comes to 55 words a day. All new words, of course. I really think there are other factors that go into being a professional writer and one of them is being published. Whether short stories, novellas or full length books being published is where it's at and until one is published I don't think the number of new words really means a thing.
Meander 2 - Reading for contests can be the pits. I've finished my chores for the time and must finish with the scores. Then there will be 2 more rounds and also 2 more contests to judge. One is great since there are only three pages to critique and a really good score sheet to put yes or no in. The other is to read and rate.
Meander 3 My wroting. Am doing the last draft of Pursuing Michael West MD and am starting on the next of the dream books - Divided Dreams. Always good to finish a book and to begin again. Pursuing is a re-write of a book that sold well as a novella but I cringed when I saw all the beginner mistakes in the book. The passive voice now is standing around 1% and may go to 2 or 3 but never the 20 % I began with, I will have added about 6000 words making this a longer novella or a short book. We will see.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Sunday - Talking About My Books - The Doctor's Dilemma #MFRWauthor #BooksWeLove
When I began to write The Doctor's Dilemma, I had in mind one thing and that was to write a circular story where the opening scene was reflected in the final scene. Then what became a blurb hit me. Take one foot-loos doctor, add a nurse who wants a settled life, add to a small Texas town and give him a set of infant twins he is left by a dying foster sister and you have the Doctor's Dilemma. The story was a fun one to write and I was able to use some of the memories I had of Texas where we lived for a few years ages ago.
The hero needed to have reasons why he never wanted to settle down and I gave him a foot-loose life with the longest he'd ever lived in one place was during his college years and medical school. As a foster child he bounced from family to family and the one person who he had connected with was his foster sister who gave birth to the twins. Moving and moving during his childhood set the pattern for his later life when he chose to be the kind of doctor who worked for an agency that sent him to various towns.
The heroine had the same kind of childhood but she was moved and moved from town to town by her parents who as artists moved nearly every year. She yearns for a settled home. Making friends and losing them troubled her and she wants a settled life.
The story was a fun one to write. The arrival of the twins forces the hero to look at his life and the absence of his housekeeper who will care for the children leaves him asking the nurse to remain until the woman returns. His growing attachment to the babies and to the nurse force him to look at his life. She is also forced to look at what she wants. Is a home a person or a place? Both need to look at their lives.
At one time I was going to write other stories about this town and the characters in the town but no stories came into myhead. Perhaps one day, there will be other stories.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Saturday's Blurbs - Books By Linda Hall #MFRWauthor
Night Watch
Desolate Maine shores... Murder... And peace slipping away on the outgoing tide...
For yacht delivery captain, Em Ridge, having a billionaire's daughter go overboard on her first captaining job is not a good beginning. The sailboat is new, state of the art, her crew on this trip include two close sailing friends. But an unknown fourth, who can't even tie a bowline, and the unruly owner's daughter turn the idlyic trip into an adventure not wanted.
Two years ago Em buried her husband, her soulmate, her sailing buddy, and with him buried a secret. As hours on the open seas slide by, secrets are resurrected that tie Em's past to a present, awash with murder and deception.
Will Em's career go overboard? Will the investigating detective help her or hurt her? Any why does the best boat delivery captain on the east coast pull at her heart strings?
The oft foggy coast of Maine holds secrets it does not want to give up, and a lot of bodies can be hidden in The Pine Tree State's largest city.
For yacht delivery captain, Em Ridge, having a billionaire's daughter go overboard on her first captaining job is not a good beginning. The sailboat is new, state of the art, her crew on this trip include two close sailing friends. But an unknown fourth, who can't even tie a bowline, and the unruly owner's daughter turn the idlyic trip into an adventure not wanted.
Two years ago Em buried her husband, her soulmate, her sailing buddy, and with him buried a secret. As hours on the open seas slide by, secrets are resurrected that tie Em's past to a present, awash with murder and deception.
Will Em's career go overboard? Will the investigating detective help her or hurt her? Any why does the best boat delivery captain on the east coast pull at her heart strings?
The oft foggy coast of Maine holds secrets it does not want to give up, and a lot of bodies can be hidden in The Pine Tree State's largest city.
AMAZON: http://amzn.com/B00NKPI2WK
Strange Faces
A touch of mystery, a hint of horror and a dash of magic
From experienced and award winning author Linda Hall comes Strange Faces, a collection of seven stories that will take you to a place where killers can linger in your backyard but where magic can sometimes change everything. The voyage begins with Pickers and Choosers, and with a group of young dumpster foragers who witness a murder. Or do they? And why now, after twenty-seven years is the terrible memory resurfacing? In A Nice Cup of Something Hot we meet Mrs. Wilkers, a divorced woman obsessed with her ex-husband, his new wife, and ultimately with death and murder.
The connection between siblings plays a key role in two of the stories. We Are Brothers is about very different twins. Weather Ladies attempts to answer the question, what do you do when you find out your sister is a murderer? Mad Scientist is all about revenge. How far can someone be provoked? Far enough to murder? On the lighter side, The Hockey Bag features a young man, who through no fault of his own, gets caught up in a rather gruesome bag of tricks. You will smile, or tear up, with A Small Season of Magic. It’s a story of a girl, of bullying, and what happens when a small bit of magic intervenes.
Hall’s writing has been described as “crisp, intense, filled with suspense and intriguing characters” and writing which has the ability to “keep you on the edge of your seat until the end.”
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The connection between siblings plays a key role in two of the stories. We Are Brothers is about very different twins. Weather Ladies attempts to answer the question, what do you do when you find out your sister is a murderer? Mad Scientist is all about revenge. How far can someone be provoked? Far enough to murder? On the lighter side, The Hockey Bag features a young man, who through no fault of his own, gets caught up in a rather gruesome bag of tricks. You will smile, or tear up, with A Small Season of Magic. It’s a story of a girl, of bullying, and what happens when a small bit of magic intervenes.
Hall’s writing has been described as “crisp, intense, filled with suspense and intriguing characters” and writing which has the ability to “keep you on the edge of your seat until the end.”
Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/441961
Google Playbooks: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Linda_Hall_Strange_Faces?id=Q8AHBAAAQBAJ&hl=en
Steal Away
What took Ellen away from her famous husband yearly, to the cold windy coast of Maine? Piecing together the life of an unhappy minister's wife, private investigator Teri Blake-Addison trails the wreckage to a remote Canadian island. When murder rocks the community, she realizes the puzzle may not be as simple as it had seemed. Book One in the Teri Blake-Addison private investigator series
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B004XDBABI
Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/50663
Island of Refuge
The lives of five homeless people living in a church on an island are shattered when one of them is murdered. Meanwhile, two states over, another investigation is begun, a seeming unrelated one. But what is discovered shatters the island dwellers to the very core and intertwines the lives of the island dwellers as they seek to make peace with themselves, their lives, and God.
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B005J4H8OI
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/83977
Katheryn's Secret
Mystery writer Sharon Colebrook finds herself the unexpected recipient of her deceased Aunt Katie's papers, and hopes to learn about a murder Katie had hinted at years before. But as Sharon and her husband Jeff head from the west coast of Canada to the east coast of Maine to begin to investigate, the carefully kept facade of her strict religious family begins to crumble. Secrets, long buried, begin to surface, and only God's grace can put this family back together again.
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/71000
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Friday, October 24, 2014
Friday's Guest - Linda Hall talking about Heroes, Heroines and Villains #MFRWauthor
1. Do you write a single genre or do your fingers flow over the keys creating tales in many forms? Does your reading choices reflect your writing choices? Are there genres you wouldn’t attempt?
What wouldn't I attempt? I'm not really sure. I think it's important for writers to write what they like to read. The idea of fantasy frightens me, but I do have a ghost story that I wrote for a past NaNoWriMo that I want to bring out and have another look at.
I think most authors find villains the easiest to write. I don't know what that says about us as writers, but it's something that seems to be true across the board. Maybe we can work out all of our pent up emotions when we get into the head of a villain! It's quite fun, actually to come up with villains and crimes.
2. Heroes, Heroines, Villains. Which are your favorite to write? Does one of these come easy and why?
3. Heroes. How do you find them? Do pictures, real life or plain imagination create the man you want every reader to love? Do they come before the plot or after you have the idea for the story?
4. Heroines. How do you find them? Do pictures, real life or imagination create the woman you want the reader to root for? Do they appear before the plot or after you have the idea for the story?
5. Villains or villainesses or an antagonist, since they don’t always have to be the bad guy or girl. They can be a person opposed to the hero’s or heroine’s obtaining their goal. How do you choose one? How do you make them human?
6. What is your latest release? Who is the hero, heroine and or the villain?
As for who is the hero and villain, well, you'll have to read the book to find out! No spoilers here.
Right now I'm working on writing down the bones, the skeleton, if you will, of The Bitter End, Book Two in my series. In November I'll be writing that book as part of NaNoWriMo
7. What are you working on now?
writerhall.com
8. How can people find you?Website
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