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“What?” Why in the world would anyone write in a character they plan to throw away? The reason is psychological. The writer’s brain will consider this intrusion a challenge and try to find a use for them. The writer may not be aware of the mental gyrations, but suddenly this potential-reject is interesting and becomes an important part of the novel that cannot be discarded.
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Personally, I’m comfortable writing romantic suspense, but I’m always tweaking it in one manner or another. I love brainstorming and try to ratchet the excitement and action up a notch in each new book. I’ve done paranormal romantic suspense, and now I’m doing a wolf romantic suspense. My publisher strongly suggested that I give it a try because the darker side is selling [Read More...]

VIRGIN WOLF





When Angela Ward, a Gemini virgin

meets gorgeous alpha werewolf Damon Lamont, she fights falling under his spell. But with the Halloween full moon
bringing her she-wolf hormones to a boil and pressures mounting to stop the series of brutal killings, she must choose her poison. Which is [Read More...]

If stories come to you faster than you can write them down, brainstorming can still be useful tools at many stages of the novel. Start now wherever you are in the process.

But suppose you want to start a new book. One way to start a new book is to grab a random idea and see where it takes you. In my novel BILLBOARD COP, I was waiting in Aina Haina parking lot for my buddy. A shiny [Read More...]

In part one and two, we reviewed some of the important features that belong in our great cover. Remember, if you can reorder the scenes without changing the story then it wasn’t laid out right in the first place. In story with good development, the author can’t move the incidents around because the situation would change and the reactions would play differently. Now let’s look [Read More...]