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Fall for You excerpt & Ryder
Hi all
Well, I finally got the Fall for You excerpt up on my website. If you fancy a peek, I hope you find it promising!
In fact, the excerpt was lucky to make the website at all. Evie, the youngest and naughtiest of our cats, has been snoozing on my desk while I work, with her furry little feet up against the computer monitor. This would be fine if it weren't for the fact that it's a touch-screen, so she does interesting things to it. For example, I've had to start this post several times because it goes haywire thanks to furry tootsies, and I find my cursor in weird places because it keeps disappearing (again courtesy of furry tootsies). And odd icons appear that I never knew existed. I'm actually re-typing this now, because Evie just hit something and wiped the original post off. Oh yeah, and the icon bar that ran along the bottom of my screen is, oddly enough, now at the top of the screen. WTHell...?
Love the furry baby, though, even though she makes me just about pull my hair out sometimes!
Okay, so I'm also starting Ryder's story today. I'm wondering how long it will take before I'm threatening to delete him. I have a strong feeling his is going to be a painful write, because he's not a man to toe the line. Cooperation? He laughs at the word.
The delete button is close to my fingers, Ryder...I'm just saying...
Well, I finally got the Fall for You excerpt up on my website. If you fancy a peek, I hope you find it promising!
In fact, the excerpt was lucky to make the website at all. Evie, the youngest and naughtiest of our cats, has been snoozing on my desk while I work, with her furry little feet up against the computer monitor. This would be fine if it weren't for the fact that it's a touch-screen, so she does interesting things to it. For example, I've had to start this post several times because it goes haywire thanks to furry tootsies, and I find my cursor in weird places because it keeps disappearing (again courtesy of furry tootsies). And odd icons appear that I never knew existed. I'm actually re-typing this now, because Evie just hit something and wiped the original post off. Oh yeah, and the icon bar that ran along the bottom of my screen is, oddly enough, now at the top of the screen. WTHell...?
Love the furry baby, though, even though she makes me just about pull my hair out sometimes!
Okay, so I'm also starting Ryder's story today. I'm wondering how long it will take before I'm threatening to delete him. I have a strong feeling his is going to be a painful write, because he's not a man to toe the line. Cooperation? He laughs at the word.
The delete button is close to my fingers, Ryder...I'm just saying...
Character Musings on Ryder & Dee
Ryder is killing me. I mean, I just want to hit him. Do I sound drastic? Possibly, but really...
Ryder was never going to be easy. Well, he's easy, we all know he's bedded a goodly number of women, but that's not quite the kind of easy I mean! I mean, he's difficult. He's a chauvinist, he's a playboy, he's funny, and he's a bit of a dick. He's smug and he can be a dummy at times when it comes to feelings and emotions. He's also hot and sexy. But face it, he's still a dick at times.
I'm just sayin'...
As for Dee, she has depths I never imagined. Not that she's a saint (Dee? A saint? Really? *guffaw*). She can be bitchy, hard, and a proverbial ball-buster, but she's got her soft side, and her reasons (for some things. Good reasons. Others are just that she's a ball buster).
It's not easy writing about two characters who are amusing as side characters, yet somehow I have to make them likeable without crushing the very things that make them so interesting. It's a fine line. I believe in making characters true to themselves, I can't just make her all sweet and him all noble, it just won't work. It never has. Characters are like people in reality, they are who they are, there're going to be things people don't like and things they do like. All I can say is that I keep writing, the story keeps unfolding, and I keep wanting to hit Ryder. (sorry, did I just say that last part out loud again?)
I have to say, I suddenly realized the other night that I was up to chapter 6 and I don't quite know how it happened. Chapter 6 already? Did a lot happen? Didn't it? Too much, too little? Do I need to delete something? ARGH!
If nothing else, it's an interesting ride!
Ryder was never going to be easy. Well, he's easy, we all know he's bedded a goodly number of women, but that's not quite the kind of easy I mean! I mean, he's difficult. He's a chauvinist, he's a playboy, he's funny, and he's a bit of a dick. He's smug and he can be a dummy at times when it comes to feelings and emotions. He's also hot and sexy. But face it, he's still a dick at times.
I'm just sayin'...
As for Dee, she has depths I never imagined. Not that she's a saint (Dee? A saint? Really? *guffaw*). She can be bitchy, hard, and a proverbial ball-buster, but she's got her soft side, and her reasons (for some things. Good reasons. Others are just that she's a ball buster).
It's not easy writing about two characters who are amusing as side characters, yet somehow I have to make them likeable without crushing the very things that make them so interesting. It's a fine line. I believe in making characters true to themselves, I can't just make her all sweet and him all noble, it just won't work. It never has. Characters are like people in reality, they are who they are, there're going to be things people don't like and things they do like. All I can say is that I keep writing, the story keeps unfolding, and I keep wanting to hit Ryder. (sorry, did I just say that last part out loud again?)
I have to say, I suddenly realized the other night that I was up to chapter 6 and I don't quite know how it happened. Chapter 6 already? Did a lot happen? Didn't it? Too much, too little? Do I need to delete something? ARGH!
If nothing else, it's an interesting ride!
