It's All about Me!
I was asked to join an unusual blog hop by fellow writer and friend,
Roxanne Snopek
. She sent me four question about my writing which I will answer below, and then I was to tag two other writers to answer the same questions on their blogs next week. (those authors and their links will follow.) So here goes...
What am I working on now?
Well, thank you for asking! I am currently working on a romance novel set in the world of thoroughbred horse racing. My hero is a Kentucky Derby winning trainer from San Antonio, Texas. (partially based on the trainer of Mine That Bird several years ago--he made a fabulous hero until he opened his mouth... ) My heroine is a slightly odd assistant trainer who has mostly worked for her alcoholic father who owned/trained low class claimers. After an unusual poker game, she finds herself working for the hero and much troubles, sex, and horse racing ensue. -oh and probably a murder or two, but not the hero or heroine because that would not be particularly romantic...
I'm also working on a semi-autographical short story about a romance author who is stalking her cover model. So far things are not looking good for our heroine. sigh.
How does your work differ from others writing in your genre?
I like to think my sense of humour and Canadian spelling set my novels apart from the teeming masses of romance novels being produced hourly.
Why do I write what I do?
Hmm. When I was younger I used to want to write Important Novels that would win prestigious literary prizes and astound everyone with my brilliance. Then after life kicked me around a bit (as it does to most people at some point over the age of 25) I found I no longer enjoyed reading intense and depressing tomes and instead gravitated to chick-lit and comedy. My writing style followed my reading choices and voila, I now write Elegant Smut!
How does my writing process work?
Process? What chu talkin about Willard? Sorry, that was a very old reference. I am not much of a planner when it comes to my writing. (or my life.) I mostly have a vague idea about some characters I want to try and I figure an interesting way to get them together. Then I throw obstacles at them and see what happens. I tried plotting a novel in advance once, but I found that after I already knew what happened, I didn't want to write the damn thing. I sometimes have plot-envy of my more organized writing friends, but I'm sure they envy me for something as well. (probably my cat, Molly. she's pretty great!)
So that's it for my part of this chain-blog hop. Next week (Jan 13th to be precise) please check out my friends Alicia Dean and Holley Trent as they reveal their deepest and darkest writing secrets.
Alicia Dean lives in Edmond, Oklahoma and is the mother of three grown children. Alicia loves creating spine-chilling stories that keep readers on the edge of their seats. She writes paranormal and romantic suspense for several different publishers and was one of the launch authors for Amazon’s Kindle Worlds with two Vampire Diaries stories and one Gossip Girl story. She's a huge Elvis Presley fan, and loves MLB and the NFL. If you look closely, you'll see a reference to one or all three in pretty much everything she writes. If she could, she would divide all her time between writing, watching her favorite television shows-such as Dexter, Vampire Diaries, Justified, Gossip Girl, and True Blood-and reading her favorite authors...Stephen King, Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, and Lisa Gardner to name a few.
Alicia's blog is at: www.AliciaDean.com
Holley Trent is a Carolina girl gone west. Raised in rural coastal North Carolina, she's a lady with Southern sensibilities, but in 2011 her adventurous spirit drove her to Colorado for new experiences.
She writes sassy, sexy contemporary romances and fantasy/paranormal romances set in her home state. Her protagonists regularly fall victim to her odd sense of humor and find themselves in improbable situations (with happily-every-after outcomes). Holley's cast of characters tends to swear, drink and do a fair amount of carousing, but they're generally well-intentioned and obey all laws and ordinances.
Usually.
Her work is available from Calliope Romance/Musa Publishing, Crimson Romance, and Lyrical Press.
When she has a bit of free time, she self-publishes cross-genre stories ranging from romantic chick-lit to spicy paranormal/romantic suspense
Holley Trent's blog is at:. http://holleytrent.com/blog/
What am I working on now?
Well, thank you for asking! I am currently working on a romance novel set in the world of thoroughbred horse racing. My hero is a Kentucky Derby winning trainer from San Antonio, Texas. (partially based on the trainer of Mine That Bird several years ago--he made a fabulous hero until he opened his mouth... ) My heroine is a slightly odd assistant trainer who has mostly worked for her alcoholic father who owned/trained low class claimers. After an unusual poker game, she finds herself working for the hero and much troubles, sex, and horse racing ensue. -oh and probably a murder or two, but not the hero or heroine because that would not be particularly romantic...
I'm also working on a semi-autographical short story about a romance author who is stalking her cover model. So far things are not looking good for our heroine. sigh.
How does your work differ from others writing in your genre?
I like to think my sense of humour and Canadian spelling set my novels apart from the teeming masses of romance novels being produced hourly.
Why do I write what I do?
Hmm. When I was younger I used to want to write Important Novels that would win prestigious literary prizes and astound everyone with my brilliance. Then after life kicked me around a bit (as it does to most people at some point over the age of 25) I found I no longer enjoyed reading intense and depressing tomes and instead gravitated to chick-lit and comedy. My writing style followed my reading choices and voila, I now write Elegant Smut!
How does my writing process work?
Process? What chu talkin about Willard? Sorry, that was a very old reference. I am not much of a planner when it comes to my writing. (or my life.) I mostly have a vague idea about some characters I want to try and I figure an interesting way to get them together. Then I throw obstacles at them and see what happens. I tried plotting a novel in advance once, but I found that after I already knew what happened, I didn't want to write the damn thing. I sometimes have plot-envy of my more organized writing friends, but I'm sure they envy me for something as well. (probably my cat, Molly. she's pretty great!)
So that's it for my part of this chain-blog hop. Next week (Jan 13th to be precise) please check out my friends Alicia Dean and Holley Trent as they reveal their deepest and darkest writing secrets.
Alicia Dean lives in Edmond, Oklahoma and is the mother of three grown children. Alicia loves creating spine-chilling stories that keep readers on the edge of their seats. She writes paranormal and romantic suspense for several different publishers and was one of the launch authors for Amazon’s Kindle Worlds with two Vampire Diaries stories and one Gossip Girl story. She's a huge Elvis Presley fan, and loves MLB and the NFL. If you look closely, you'll see a reference to one or all three in pretty much everything she writes. If she could, she would divide all her time between writing, watching her favorite television shows-such as Dexter, Vampire Diaries, Justified, Gossip Girl, and True Blood-and reading her favorite authors...Stephen King, Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, and Lisa Gardner to name a few.
Alicia's blog is at: www.AliciaDean.com
Holley Trent is a Carolina girl gone west. Raised in rural coastal North Carolina, she's a lady with Southern sensibilities, but in 2011 her adventurous spirit drove her to Colorado for new experiences.
She writes sassy, sexy contemporary romances and fantasy/paranormal romances set in her home state. Her protagonists regularly fall victim to her odd sense of humor and find themselves in improbable situations (with happily-every-after outcomes). Holley's cast of characters tends to swear, drink and do a fair amount of carousing, but they're generally well-intentioned and obey all laws and ordinances.
Usually.
Her work is available from Calliope Romance/Musa Publishing, Crimson Romance, and Lyrical Press.
When she has a bit of free time, she self-publishes cross-genre stories ranging from romantic chick-lit to spicy paranormal/romantic suspense
Holley Trent's blog is at:. http://holleytrent.com/blog/
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