#AmWriting
When it comes to writing, I am very single-minded. Some writers, while they're working on a book, also write short stories, articles, blog posts, and even ghostwrite for others. I've never been able to do that. Actually, I've never had the desire to do it. When I remember back to the days when I led a local writers group. One of our members asked what kind of writer I considered myself. At that point in time, I had only completed one manuscript and hadn't even published yet, but I answered him by saying I considered myself a novelist.
Even though I really admire my fellow scribes who can create different projects at the same time, I realized early on that it's not my gift. I have a hard enough time trying to finish the novel I'm writing at any given time. Since 2010, I've published fourteen full-length novels with A Song For You being number fifteen.
That being said, I love immersing myself in the world of my characters. My current companions, Breelyn Jarrett and Pierce Devereaux of A Song For You , invaded my mind back in July, and it's taken me this long to get to know them. With every chapter I write, I learn more about their personalities and their backstory.
Bree is different from any of my other female protagonists, and she has given me heartburn with some of her decisions. I used model and beauty, hair/fashion blogger and vlogger, Raye Boyce as the character model for Bree. While I was doing a search for "purple hair" when I started writing Born To Be Wild , Book One in the series, I ran across her pictures. Her exotic beauty spoke to me. She has an edgy look that can be both innocent and sexy.
If you read Book One, you'll remember Bree as Tangie's best friend. She challenged Tangie's decisions and often forced her to think differently. By the time I was halfway done with the book, I knew I had to write Bree's story. The main question I asked myself was, "What kind of man would challenge her?" After a little brainstorming with a few of my author buddies, the answer was clear. He needed to be someone who was the distinct opposite of her free-wheeling personality. The answer was to put a drop-dead gorgeous but serious, logical man in her path. Enter Pierce Devereaux...
Atlanta model Travis Cure was my choice for Pierce. Unlike many of my romance author friends, I'd never used Travis as a character role model before. I chose him because he's simply delicious! Pierce is the VP and CFO of the record company that signs Bree. He is immediately attracted to her, but even though there is a physical attraction on her part, she is leery of "the suits," as she calls professional men.
Writing an opposites attract story hasn't been as easy as I thought it would be. I've found it difficult to write a female lead character who's worldview is so different from my own. Thus, it's been a slow journey towards The End. But now that I've become more acquainted with who Bree and Pierce are, I now know for sure where they're going and how they will get there.
It's taken longer than I'd expected, but I'm looking forward to releasing their story in February.
Even though I really admire my fellow scribes who can create different projects at the same time, I realized early on that it's not my gift. I have a hard enough time trying to finish the novel I'm writing at any given time. Since 2010, I've published fourteen full-length novels with A Song For You being number fifteen.
That being said, I love immersing myself in the world of my characters. My current companions, Breelyn Jarrett and Pierce Devereaux of A Song For You , invaded my mind back in July, and it's taken me this long to get to know them. With every chapter I write, I learn more about their personalities and their backstory.
Bree is different from any of my other female protagonists, and she has given me heartburn with some of her decisions. I used model and beauty, hair/fashion blogger and vlogger, Raye Boyce as the character model for Bree. While I was doing a search for "purple hair" when I started writing Born To Be Wild , Book One in the series, I ran across her pictures. Her exotic beauty spoke to me. She has an edgy look that can be both innocent and sexy.
If you read Book One, you'll remember Bree as Tangie's best friend. She challenged Tangie's decisions and often forced her to think differently. By the time I was halfway done with the book, I knew I had to write Bree's story. The main question I asked myself was, "What kind of man would challenge her?" After a little brainstorming with a few of my author buddies, the answer was clear. He needed to be someone who was the distinct opposite of her free-wheeling personality. The answer was to put a drop-dead gorgeous but serious, logical man in her path. Enter Pierce Devereaux...
Atlanta model Travis Cure was my choice for Pierce. Unlike many of my romance author friends, I'd never used Travis as a character role model before. I chose him because he's simply delicious! Pierce is the VP and CFO of the record company that signs Bree. He is immediately attracted to her, but even though there is a physical attraction on her part, she is leery of "the suits," as she calls professional men.Writing an opposites attract story hasn't been as easy as I thought it would be. I've found it difficult to write a female lead character who's worldview is so different from my own. Thus, it's been a slow journey towards The End. But now that I've become more acquainted with who Bree and Pierce are, I now know for sure where they're going and how they will get there.
It's taken longer than I'd expected, but I'm looking forward to releasing their story in February.
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