Teresa J. Reasor's Blog, page 20

I'm Breaking Free, Breaking Through, Breaking Away and getting back into Writing

In one week I will have finished teaching my last college class and I am so excited!! Teaching can be rewarding and challenging, but my writing is where my heart is. And I'm really looking forward to devoting my time completely to my next book, Breaking Away.

When I'm writing I'm neck deep in my character's world and at this moment my character is learning to drop out of sight and survive off the radar, something I had to do a ton of research for him to do. I feel as though I've done that myself for the three last months because of the classes. As soon as they end, and I post my grades, I'll be jumping feet first into the story and writing 10 hours a day. Butt on chair--fingers on keyboard. That's the only way to make headway.

Here's my blurb for Breaking Away:


When Navy SEAL Harold "Flash" Carney agrees to act as an undercover operative for the FBI in an international smuggling sting, he revisits a past he hoped to leave behind forever. During the sting, his handler, the one agent he trusts, is killed and Flash is framed for the man's murder.  Knee deep in a double cross, uncertain of who he can trust, and cut off from his team, he goes on the run with the smuggled goods and money, with only his training to keep him alive.
Samantha Ross is desperate to leave her past as a battered wife behind, but her ex-husband is determined to gain custody of the one thing guaranteed to keep her in his life, their daughter.  Struggling financially, Samantha rents a room over her garage to Flash. When her ex turns stalker, her renter proves as protective as he is secretive.
Despite their mutual wariness, Samantha and Flash are drawn to one another, but trust comes hard. As the walls both have erected start to crumble, Samantha’s daughter is kidnapped, and Flash has no choice but to break away from the ingrained habits of a lifetime to reach out to his team and save what he’s built with Samantha--a family.
 But in the meantime. If you haven't read the first two books, Check them out.
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Her father was killed during the Gulf War. Her brother Brett, is in a coma. If that isn’t enough, Zoe has scars both physical and emotional from a hit and run accident that almost cost her a leg. She refuses to lay her fragile self-esteem, or her heart, on the line for a man who puts his military career ahead of his family. But her brother’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Adam “Hawk” Yazzie, triggers a passion beyond her experience. Is she strong enough to love Hawk and, when the time comes, watch him go to war? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Lieutenant “Hawk” Yazzie, is a SEAL. The Navy is his life, and his family. He’s learned the hard way he can’t be there for anyone. He finds Zoe’s combination of feisty femininity hard to resist, but the guilt he carries prevents him from offering a commitment to anyone ---but the Navy. Will he love Zoe and leave her? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">When Zoe and Hawk investigate the events surrounding her brother’s injuries, they grow suspicious of three members of Hawk’s team. Hawk is torn between loyalty to his men and his need to see justice done. But when he tries to save a troubled teammate’s career he unwittingly puts Zoe’s life in danger. Can he lead the rest of the team in a rescue operation to save her? Or will one of Hawk's brothers in arms destroy the woman he loves?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1ADdfewhPFg..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1ADdfewhPFg..." width="210" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Throug... THROUGH</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} p.ecxmsonormal, li.ecxmsonormal, div.ecxmsonormal {mso-style-name:ecxmsonormal; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Times; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Times; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style></div><br /><div align="center" class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">What happens when a Navy SEAL wakes from a month-long coma to discover he’s being investigated for murder?</span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br /></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">When Ensign Brett Weaver is accused of murder, he knows he’s innocent, but how can he prove it with Naval Investigators breathing down his neck? A chance meeting with reporter Tess Kelly offers him an opportunity to get the press on his side. But can he trust her to keep his other secrets off the record?</span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br /></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tess works hard to live up to her father's expectations. When Brett offers her information about SEAL training in exchange for an introduction to her award-winning journalist father, she jumps at the chance. The situation Brett lobs into her father's lap is a major scoop.  But the secret she discovers about Brett is just as newsworthy. Will her feelings for this wounded warrior win out, or will she release a story guaranteed to destroy Brett’s SEAL career? </span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br /></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">When Tess’s father is kidnapped, Brett’s team is deployed to find him. At the same time, a leak in the investigation puts Tess and Brett’s lives in danger. Will Brett be able to break through the lasting effects of his injuries and prove he’s once again a battle-ready SEAL? Or will he and Tess lose everything at the whim of a vengeful killer?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">And if you've read the books, I'd love to hear from you and I'd love some reviews!!! </span><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Read on,  </span></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;"><br />Teresa J. Reasor </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com...' alt='' /></div>

Timeless: Writing Cross Genre Books

Writing Timeless my Cross Genre-Paranormal- Science Fiction book

Timeless

I’m quickly learning that writing things out of the norm makes it difficult to sell books. My book Timeless sold 442 copies in the month of October. And I’m proud of that. It’s a book that took me three years and a trip to Scotland to write. And I think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written.

But it hasn’t sold as well as my Navy SEAL romances.

I know that military romance is BIG. And I love my Navy SEALs. They’re all alpha, macho, tough hot, and OMG handsome ---well you get the gist.

But Quinn Douglas is all those things and then some. He works in a specialized, very dangerous field of deep salvage diving. He plays the flute in his off weeks, because when you are saturated to a specific depth you usually work up to a month living inside the pot and going down as deep as you’re saturated.

In my minds eye he’s Gerard Butler mixed with a little Adrian Paul. OMG. Are you drooling yet?

He’s tough, smart, alpha and a really hot lover. And he dives like a Navy SEAL. Well actually more and better than a Navy SEAL. And he’s very strong because he’s had to work up to 8 hours a day beneath water pressure guaranteed to leave your muscles shaking like jello. So he’s strong, both physically and mentally.

And he’s faithful, generous, and loves profoundly. What better characteristics can a hero have?

My heroine Regan Stanhope is an Archeologist. She comes from a tough background where her mother was mentally unbalanced (or was she) and a drug addict. She may have taken drugs to escape the visions she had. And Regan was placed up for adoption.

The book is an unusual combination of paranormal because the characters have a connection to each other and experience paranormal visions throughout the book. It’s also Science fiction dealing with the healing and regenerative properties of magnetic fields and the possibilities of being able to cross over into other dimensions through the use of them.

Should I have categorized it as a Paranormal or as Science Fiction? You’ll have to let me know after you’ve read the book.

I’d love your opinion!!!!

Timeless

Timeless Blurb:

Archaeology student, Regan Stanhope, lands the chance of a lifetime when she’s chosen to work on a summer dig in Loch Maree, Scotland. The ancient monoliths hidden beneath the loch are the most important discovery since Stonehenge. And for seven hundred years, they have been waiting—for her.

Saturation diver Quinn Douglas is contracted to recover some of the megaliths from the loch’s bottom. The job will breathe life into the struggling salvage business he and his brothers are building. But from the moment he arrives, Quinn is plagued by dreams and feelings from a past he did not live. Or did he?

Regan and Quinn are drawn to each other as they research the monoliths and the reason behind their shared visions. But both sense something mystical at work, delving into their minds, manipulating their emotions. And when they finally discover the monoliths’ extraordinary secret, they know they must seal them away from those who are desperate to unlock their power. Even if it means remaining caught in a timeless struggle between the past and present forever.

Read on,

Teresa J. Reasor

Willy C. Sparks: The Dragon Who Lost His Fire

On November 28th my children's book, Willy C. Sparks: The Dragon Who Lost His Fire, was released in ebook and print at Amazon.

Willy C. Sparks

Willy C. Sparks is a grumpy dragon and when he unexpectedly loses his fire, he rushes to the dragon doctor. The doctor's explosive cure teaches Willy that a grumpy attitude may have some serious consequences and that laughter is often the best medicine.

I hope to have it available at Smashwords and Barnes and Noble next week.

This has been a month long project. Getting the color just right in the print edition was a learning experience. The color of a JPG image prints differently in each process. So it took some time, but I'm very thrilled with the images.

Here's a few I've shared on Amazon.

It took me three months to draw the illustrations and get them just as I wanted them.

Also to release the book in ebook format took some manipulating, thanks to my formatter, Lee, from Iron Horse Formatting, it looks great on ipad, kindle fire, or nook and of course on the computer.

Thanks,

Teresa J. Reasor

Timeless- Writing cross genre books

<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style>  <br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Writing<b> <i>Timeless </i></b>my Cross Genre-Paranormal- Science Fiction book<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jOsuLh7nGjE..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jOsuLh7nGjE..." width="209" /></a></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Timeless-ebook/... </a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m quickly learning that writing things out of the norm makes it difficult to sell books. My book <b>Timeless </b>sold 442 copies in the month of October.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>And I’m proud of that. It’s a book that took me three years and a trip to Scotland to write. And I think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">But it hasn’t sold as well as my Navy SEAL romances. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">I know that military romance is BIG. And I love my Navy SEALs. They’re all alpha, macho, tough hot, and OMG handsome ---well you get the gist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">But Quinn Douglas is all those things and then some. He works in a specialized, very dangerous field of deep salvage diving. He plays the flute in his off<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>weeks, because when you are saturated to a specific depth you usually work up to a month living inside the pot and going down as deep as you’re saturated. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">In my minds eye he’s Gerard Butler mixed with a little Adrian Paul. OMG. Are you drooling yet?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">He’s tough, smart, alpha and a really hot lover. And he dives like a Navy SEAL. Well actually more and better than a Navy SEAL. And he’s very strong because he’s had to work up to 8 hours a day beneath water pressure guaranteed to leave your muscles shaking like jello. So he’s strong, both physically and mentally.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">And he’s faithful, generous, and loves profoundly. What better characteristics can a hero have?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">My heroine Regan Stanhope is an Archeologist. She comes from a tough background where her mother was mentally unbalanced (or was she) and a drug addict. She may have taken drugs to escape the visions <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">she </i>had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>And Regan was placed up for adoption. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">The book is an unusual combination of paranormal because the characters have a connection to each other and experience paranormal visions throughout the book. It’s also Science fiction dealing with the healing and regenerative properties of magnetic fields and the possibilities of being able to cross over into other dimensions through the use of them.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Should I have categorized it as a Paranormal or as Science Fiction? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll have to let me know after you’ve read the book. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">I’d love your opinion!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j8Pk2TxbT8k..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j8Pk2TxbT8k..." width="211" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Timeless-ebook/... class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><b>Timeless Blurb</b>:  </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Archaeology student, Regan Stanhope, lands the chance of a lifetime when she’s chosen to work on a summer dig in Loch Maree, Scotland. The ancient monoliths hidden beneath the loch are the most important discovery since Stonehenge. And for seven hundred years, they have been waiting—for her. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Saturation diver Quinn Douglas is contracted to recover some of the megaliths from the loch’s bottom. The job will breathe life into the struggling salvage business he and his brothers are building. But from the moment he arrives, Quinn is plagued by dreams and feelings from a past he did not live. Or did he? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Regan and Quinn are drawn to each other as they research the monoliths and the reason behind their shared visions. But both sense something mystical at work, delving into their minds, manipulating their emotions. And when they finally discover the monoliths’ extraordinary secret, they know they must seal them away from those who are desperate to unlock their power. Even if it means remaining caught in a timeless struggle between the past and present forever.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Read on,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Teresa J. Reasor </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com...' alt='' /></div>

Willy C. Sparks: The Dragon Who Lost His Fire

On November 28th my children's book, Willy C. Sparks: The Dragon Who Lost His Fire, was released in ebook and print at Amazon.




Willy C. Sparks 

 Willy C. Sparks is a grumpy dragon and when he unexpectedly loses his fire, he rushes to the dragon doctor. The doctor's explosive cure teaches Willy that a grumpy attitude may have some serious consequences and that laughter is often the best medicine.


I hope to have it available at Smashwords and Barnes and Noble next week. 
This has been a month long project. Getting the color just right in the print edition was  a learning experience. The color of a JPG image prints differently in each process. So it took some time, but I'm very thrilled with the images.  

Here's a few I've shared on Amazon.




It took me three months to draw the illustrations and get them just as I wanted them.
Also to release the book in ebook format took some manipulating, thanks to my formatter, Lee, from Iron Horse Formatting,  it looks great on ipad, kindle fire, or nook and of course on the computer.  

Thanks,Teresa J. Reasor

Abigail Keam's Death By a Honey Bee is Free

Death By a Honey Bee

Abigail Keam’s award-winning mystery novel, “Death By A HoneyBee” will be free on Kindle from Tuesday, November 13 to November 15th. Maybe you will like it so well, you’ll check out her other three novels – “Death By Drowning”, “Death By Bridle” and “Death By Bourbon”. “Death By A HoneyBee” was on USA BOOK NEWS – Best Book List of 2011. See what all the buzz is about!
I love Abigail's series. It's like Murder She Wrote with an edge.   Death By A Honey BeeCheck it out!!Teresa J. Reasor 

Fight For Me by Hayden Braeburn

Hayden Braeburns second book of her series Fight For Me will be out November 6th!!! Come join me in congratulating her.  I've already started reading the book. I got an arch of it a couple of days ago. NA-NA-NANA-NA!!  And I can tell you Cassidy and Dylan put off more heat than the sun.

  FIGHT FOR ME
FIGHT FOR ME, The Everetts of Tyler, Book 2
Cassidy Everett planned on nursing her brother’s protector back to health and moving on, but when an old foe resurfaces, her plans change. Quickly.Dylan Black may have been shot saving Mason Everett’s life, but that doesn’t mean he can’t protect his own–and Cassidy is his whether or not she wants to admit it. His injuries don’t matter; all that matters is keeping his Cassie safe.When the threats towards Cassidy turn lethal, will the fight to survive bring Cassidy and Dylan together or tear them apart?

FIGHT FOR ME

 Fight For me is a continuation of a situation that was resolved in Hayden's first book Dance With Me.  

 DANCE WITH ME
I'M REPOSTING AN INTERVIEW HAYDEN DID FOR ME WHEN DANCE WITH ME WAS RELEASED.  It's the first book of a series titled the Everett's of Tyler series.  Champion ballroom dancer Katerina Nemecek pushed the love of her life away when he offered to save her studio from foreclosure. She loved him despite the secrecy surrounding their relationship, but she refused to take advantage of him or his wealth.

Mason Everett wants nothing more than to share his life, his family, and his fortune with Kat, but keeping her a secret was the only way he could keep her safe. He'd rather hide her away than chance losing her.

When Kat and Mason's relationship finally goes public, it sets in motion a plan to keep them apart. Can they survive the firestorm to dance together forever?

41,000 words
Interview:
 Tell us what inspired your story?
Honestly, I think I was watching Dancing with the Stars and thought, 'what if a heroine owned a studio?' and went from there. The first sentence, “Katerina Nemecek buckled her heel beforestepping in front of the studio's mirrored wall,” was a lonely sentence for a week or two before the rest of the story presented itself.
 
What genres are you most drawn to to read and to write?
I love contemporary, paranormal, and suspense—especially when the hero is military or former military (or police, or fire... Fascination with a man in uniform, much, Hayden?

Describe your hero and tell us a little about him.
Mason Everett is a strong, solid family man. He's in the family business of banking, has dinner with them once a week, cleans up after his younger siblings, and... keeps the love of his life from them for more than a year.

Describe your heroine and tell us a little about her.
Katerina Nemecek is strong in her own way. Her mother is serving time for embezzlement, and she's never met her father, yet she came home to Tyler to strike out on her own. It takes a certain ballsiness to do that, and it's unfortunate things didn't work for her quite as she'd planned.

What brings the two together and what threatens to keep them apart?
I did something strange with this book—Mason and Kat were in love with each other the whole time, and that was never an issue. Of course, Kat doesn't see it that way, and feels she's not goodenough for him, but the real problem is his ex.

If you're writing a series, have you kept the same characters throughout? And what through line or theme have you used to tie it together?
 
DANCE WITH ME is the beginning of a series based around the Everett siblings. It may branchout to other families/friends in Tyler, but right now the series is planned for four books.

The Stress of Writing a Series

I'm writing a series. The SEAL TEAM Heartbreakers series. I'm working on the third book of the series now. BREAKING AWAY.  I wrote the first book BREAKING FREE three years ago while working two jobs and writing on the weekends. I submitted the book to several editors and moved on to  a book that had been tumbling through my mind for several years TIMELESS.  I grew as a writer with my Timeless story because it was so different than anything I'd ever tried to write before and my imagination had free rein.  It's a cross between a paranormal romantic suspense and a science fiction romantic suspense. Maybe I've created my own genre.  I've not run across anything similar to it. But I digress and that's a subject for another blog.

There are joys to writing a series. You get to revisit the characters you've created over and over again. Or at least you do the way I'm writing mine. There's something comforting knowing your characters and what their lives are like. But they don't live in a static environment and you have to imagine what they're lives have been like before and after the each book you write. Which is cool because you get to watch them change and grow just like real people do.

And there's joy in knowing there are readers out there waiting for the next book to come out because they like your characters or your writing style.

But there is stress in that also. Once you've had two good books or even one, you're under the gun to reinvent lightning in a bottle. And that's what having a book readers enjoy is like. Lightning in a bottle.

With every book you write you're pushed to recreate that winning formula. And if you're lucky you don't follow a formula and your readers think your ideas are fresh and exciting.

Knowing all that, it isn't the readers who ultimately pressure you. Though they are at the back of your mind the whole time you're writing. More pressure comes from within.

The last ten chapters I wrote for BREAKING THROUGH I wrote scared to death. I got up scared and I went to bed scared. And the whole time I was thinking is this as good or better than the first book? Is it good enough for everyone who will read it?  Will the people who read my words like my characters? Will they like my plot? Will the changes in my writing from one book to the next (because writers do grow and change) put anyone off?

I've been very blessed that my readers seem to like the change from one book to the next.  I hope that continues with the next one. (Which is a cross in writing style  between the two first books of the series.) I guess I'll have to wait and see.

But right now I'm just writing and hoping that every reader who buys the books will love them. Which is totally unrealistic, but it's what every writer hopes for and dreams of.

Sing out and let me know what you think!!


 





BREAKING FREE

BREAKING THROUGH
TIMELESS   

Breaking Through and Reviews

Breaking Through and Reviews 


BREAKING THROUGHI've gotten some wonderful reviews for my current new release, but I'd love to have more----if anyone is so inclined. Reviews are wonderful feedback about the characters and how readers feel about the story. They help writers weed out the things they're doing wrong and encourage things we do right.So feel free to review the book on any site you purchased it from. 
I thought I'd share a few snippets from the reviews I've gotten on Amazon.








Cindy O said--- "This book packs a punch. There are so many emotional moments I cried at a few of them.'

DeeJ said --- "Brett Weaver, is as alpha as they come. The heroine, Tess, is both spirited and tender, and the two together are perfect together."

Ann said--- "Excellent story! 4.5 stars. This is why I love a good military-romance. Breaking Through was a very worthwhile read and a great way to spend my time lost in a satisfying story."

Sarah Stinson said ---"I've read this book three times since it came out!! I love it."

I'm so thrilled that the readers have embraced my writing.  That validation after months and months of work is so gratifying.



Blurb from Breaking Through:

What happens when a Navy SEAL wakes from a month-long coma to discover he’s being investigated for murder?

When Ensign Brett Weaver is accused of murder, he knows he’s innocent, but how can he prove it with Naval Investigators breathing down his neck? A chance meeting with reporter Tess Kelly offers him an opportunity to get the press on his side. But can he trust her to keep his other secrets off the record?

Tess works hard to live up to her father's expectations. When Brett offers her information about SEAL training in exchange for an introduction to her award-winning journalist father, she jumps at the chance. The situation Brett lobs into her father's lap is a major scoop. But the secret she discovers about Brett is just as newsworthy. Will her feelings for this wounded warrior win out, or will she release a story guaranteed to destroy Brett’s SEAL career?

When Tess’s father is kidnapped, Brett’s team is deployed to find him. At the same time, a leak in the investigation puts Tess and Brett’s lives in danger. Will Brett be able to break through the lasting effects of his injuries and prove he’s once again a battle-ready SEAL? Or will he and Tess lose everything at the whim of a vengeful killer?

I'm hard at work on Book 3- Breaking Away.  Doing research and getting a feel for my characters.  Flash is as alpha as the others but he's got a back story that will tear your heart out!!

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BREAKING AWAY my Work In Progress

<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b>My friend <a href="http://tarynraye.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Taryn Raye </a>and I were playing tag  and I ended up being IT so the challenge is to do a short interview about my WIP (Work in Progress). Since everything you do while writing a new book helps you flesh out your characters, I accepted her challenge. </b><br /><br /><b>What is the working title of your book?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">BREAKING AWAY</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><b>Where did the idea come from for the book?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">BREAKING AWAY is the third book of my SEAL TEAM Heartbreaker series. It’s Flash’s story. He’s missing in action at the end of the first story and throughout the second one. It’s time Flash’s story is told. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>What genre does your book fall under?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">My book is romantic suspense. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><b>Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steven Amell. He’s a Canadian Actor and has done some really<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>strong stuff thus far on HBO. He’s rugged, masculine, built and a fine actor. I just saw him last night on his new show Arrow.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OO9SOFdzJg4..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OO9SOFdzJg4..." width="210" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style></div>  Navy SEAL is forced to go on the run until he can prove his innocence, when the smuggled museum artifacts he’s transported from Iraq trigger the murder of his FBI contact.  <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><b>Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">It will be self-published. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><b>How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript? </b></div><div class="MsoNormal">The last book BREAKING THROUGH took me seven months to write. I’m hoping BREAKING AWAY will take less. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><b>What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">I can’t compare them to any other SEAL books out there because they’re a little different than most others.  I'm not saying that in an arrogant way. Just that my thoughts on the guys themselves may be a little different than what other writers envision for their books.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">My books delve deeply<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>into the personal conflicts that most military people have to deal with. Their sacrifices, the pain that it causes them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>These are real situations that the guys and women who love them have to face. BREAKING AWAY deals with Flash who’s been betrayed by an FBI handler and been cut loose from his team because of it. When he contacts the FBI they try to take him down and almost kill him. So, he goes deep underground and he’s on the run until he can figure out how to prove himself innocent of murder. And prove he isn't a smuggler. That he actually was duped into it. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">SEALs head for water when their at risk, but he’s been dropped in the desert country of Nevada.And is totally out of his element when he rents an apartment from a woman with secrets and problems of her own. And this brings trouble knocking on her door. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><b>Who or What inspired you to write this book?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">I read an article about the museum in Baghdad being looted by people right after the city was taken. And how artifacts were being sold as souvenirs to service personnel. Several of the men who purchased them from street dealers turned them in after they came home and realized that the souvenirs they'd bought were actually the real deal. So what if they were being smuggled into the US through use of military transport? And what if a Navy SEAL were approached to do some undercover work to expose the real culprits responsible for that. And what if this Navy SEAL was someone who had a reputation for gambling and they thought he might be bought because of it. And the actual guys who approach him are bad guys and not who they say they are?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><b>What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">The book isn’t the normal Romantic suspense with a Navy SEAL. My guys are SEALs through and through. They eat sleep and breath the life. They sacrifice for it. And they love as hard as they work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The conflicts that consume them are realistic conflicts that any one of them could truly face.This book will be more of a stretch than the other books in the series. SEALs don't do police investigations in the US. Their business is usually conducted covertly in other countries, like South America, Africa, the Middle East. They use covert technologies to gather intel as well as take the bad guys out.  </div><div class="MsoNormal">They search out drug dealers, smugglers, terrorists, and work with other agencies in these countries. But this man has been used as a courier to transport a museum piece worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. And he was duped into doing it because SEALs keep their mouths shut and keep things to themselves. So by keeping the code of silence,  he's put his life in danger and on hold until he can figure how to make things right. <br /><br />I hope you found the premise of my book interesting.<br />And don't forget to go check out <a href="http://tarynraye.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Taryn's post</a> as well.  <br /><br />Write on,<br />Teresa R.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com...' alt='' /></div>