Oftentimes, characters develop fully while I’m plotting or writing. They start out rather nebulous (ie—alpha male with anger issues) and grow into “people” as the story progresses (and edits reinforce things). But every once in a while, I get lucky and meet a person where my very first thought upon…
Tag: Summer of Suspense
From my staring-at-a-blank-page point of view, writing Romantic Suspense is double the work and double the fun. There’s still only one hero and one heroine, but woven within their story of getting together is one of survival from whatever bit of danger I decide to toss their way. Of…
I admit I don’t play a lot of Pokemon Go, but I’m not opposed to running through the neighborhood with the kids in search of an elusive Charizard. I personally am horrible at catching anything. I was also the girl on the side of the lake with no fish…
What if you were a woman who’d never had a chance to develop her own interests, who took on the interests of the men in your life, but failed to create your own identity? What if you’d lived through tragedy after tragedy until you said “enough is enough!” and…
How prepared are you for an emergency? If a major storm, earthquake or fire should occur, do you have a go-bag ready? If you were given ten or twenty minutes to pack your most important worldly possessions, what would you take? This wasn’t a mental exercise for me in…
“Oh, dear God, if you see fit to get me out of this alive, I promise I’ll never, ever sleep with a guy before marrying him!” This improbable prayer shot from my lips the first (and only) time I ever rode the Matterhorn roller coaster at Disneyland. I was…