Ask the Author: C.J. Matthew
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C.J. Matthew
I'm a plotter-writer so by the time I start writing a book I know my characters extremely well and am crazy about them! Even the "bad-guys".
After the book is published, the very best thing is hearing from readers who say they've fallen in love with my characters, too. And love to hate my bad-guys!
After the book is published, the very best thing is hearing from readers who say they've fallen in love with my characters, too. And love to hate my bad-guys!
C.J. Matthew
Keep writing! Attend classes, workshops, join writing groups but the main thing is to write! It's not easy to keep on task but it's essential.
C.J. Matthew
My annual plan for 2016 was thrown off schedule in August and September! Prior to that, I finished and published Dolphin Shore Shifters Books 4 and book 5.
In the contemporary romance genre, I re-edited and published A Major Seduction, book 1 of the Colonel's Daughters quintet.
I had planned to "take off" from Thanksgiving through New Years but the next two books are calling to me: Survival Reboot, Paladin Group book 2 and Compromising the Captain, The Colonel's Daughters book 2.
Let's see how much I can get done during the holiday season.
In the contemporary romance genre, I re-edited and published A Major Seduction, book 1 of the Colonel's Daughters quintet.
I had planned to "take off" from Thanksgiving through New Years but the next two books are calling to me: Survival Reboot, Paladin Group book 2 and Compromising the Captain, The Colonel's Daughters book 2.
Let's see how much I can get done during the holiday season.
C.J. Matthew
Many of the ideas for The Colonel's Daughters quintet came from my experiences growing up in a USAF family. I made the Colonel Phillip's family bigger than my own and gave them lots more overseas assignments so each sister was born in a different country.
The origins of the Paladin Group comes from a "what if." What would happen if the TV series "Scandal" met the "A-Team"? But in my books, no one is sleeping with the President!
Also I took liberties with geography: My Georgia town of Peachwood is about where Peachtree City is located, but Devil Dog Hardware is fiction. Also my Peachwood looks a lot like historic Senoia, Georgia.
Erinville (I have future plans for that particular town) is situated where Fayetteville, GA is but I created different stores to fit my stories.
I hope readers enjoy the locations, and the flavor of small southern towns.
The origins of the Paladin Group comes from a "what if." What would happen if the TV series "Scandal" met the "A-Team"? But in my books, no one is sleeping with the President!
Also I took liberties with geography: My Georgia town of Peachwood is about where Peachtree City is located, but Devil Dog Hardware is fiction. Also my Peachwood looks a lot like historic Senoia, Georgia.
Erinville (I have future plans for that particular town) is situated where Fayetteville, GA is but I created different stores to fit my stories.
I hope readers enjoy the locations, and the flavor of small southern towns.
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