Ready to Go

I ended up writing 40 plot points for my new Jazzi and Ansel WIP, so hopefully, I shouldn’t battle a soggy middle. But I probably will anyway. The middle always slows me down.. AND I thought of a subplot that’s going to be fun to write because I get to irritate Ansel in this book and see him riled up. It even spills over to Caden, so the two big, tall blondes flex their muscles more than usual:)

While my brain was thinking of new books to write, I came up with an idea for a new Loretta and Harrison ghost mystery, too. Harrison solved his own murder in book one and got to go Home. In this book, he’s pulled back again because his son, who became a cop to be like his dad, is shot and is in the hospital. And I got an idea for the next Nick and Laurel dark cozy. This time, for Nick and Laurel, I want to create a killer everyone will despise, no good qualities at all. I never do that. My villains tend to be a tiny sympathetic somewhere along the line. This villain, I hope, is someone the reader can’t wait to see caught and punished. I wrote the first scene and HH read it and almost went into shock. Maybe the reaction I wanted? But I’m not sure if I should make her straight-out awful or if I should change her up and make her sneakier. The jury’s still out on that. But it was sort of enjoyable to see HH’s reaction. He’s so used to my writing style, he wasn’t ready for this one:) Anyway, I shouldn’t run out of ideas for a while now. My next book is Jazzi and Ansel. Then Loretta and the ghost. Then another Jazzi and Ansel. (I sort of have an idea for that one). And then Nick and Laurel. I’m trying to stagger Jazzi and Ansel as every other story, so we’ll see how that goes.

With that many more books to write, I should stay out of trouble for a long time:)

And I’m trying to read a book every one or two weeks before bed, depending on their length. So, I just need to get myself in gear and stay busy! The busy part seems to just happen, so I should be good.