#amwriting – a look inside the author process

Addiction. An obvious choice for a snarky urban fantasy series, right?

Initially, the entire Sherlock Holmes element that runs through the Jezebel Files was only going to be a kind of cute homage. Maybe one or two details in the first book. But the more I researched Holmes and re-read some of the stories, the more things resonated with me on a thematic level for this series.

There are the obvious comparisons to how Ash approaches a case, direct quotes that she uses as guideposts, and her love of and insistence on the truth, no matter how hard that may be to hear. (Because it becomes fun when she’s the one having to hear it.)

Addiction was never part of the plan. However, once that idea got into my head, I couldn’t stop thinking about it and how I could do something interesting with it. For those of you who haven’t read book one yet, it’s not what you think.

Ash has a lot of coping strategies, but addiction prior to the start of this series, has never been one of them. Thus, I wanted to force her into having to deal with one to reveal character. It’s been an interesting journey for her–and like all addictions, this doesn’t exist in a vacuum. There is a very real impact on other characters… but you’ll have to keep reading to find out what.

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