THE PLOT THICKENS...
Sorry, guys! Been away from the blog for awhile–among other things, watching the Olympics, and weren’t they great? Although I’m not really a huge TV watcher, when the Olympics come on, it’s hard to get me away from it. So here I am back at the blog–and let’s see...where did we leave off?
Will and Jenine–is it love at first sight when they meet in the opening chapters of Ranch Park? Check out the book and see what you think...
Anyway–the setting and the core characters are in place, so now we need a plot. I had been reading lots of murder mysteries, so I decided to try my hand at writing one myself. And I must admit that concocting a fictional murder had me feeling guilty! I wonder how it is with other authors of crime stories when they plot the perfect crime in fiction. Does everyone feel a sense of guilt as they plot out what the bad guy in the story is up to? I don’t know–but in order to write a murder mystery you do need a murder, and it’s gotta have a motive. In the interest of not spoiling the story, I won’t share that with you in the blog, however. You’ll just have to read Ranch Park and the rest of the series to find out whodunit and why.
I started out writing with the beginning and end in mind and wrote that down in my notes. The middle of the story was a mystery to me. That’s the real adventure. How to get from Point A to Point B. I knew a few things I wanted to happen–but not exactly when and where. But as I started writing, the ideas flashed like fireworks in my brain. The characters began to take over and Ranch Park materialized right before my very eyes on my computer. The story seemed to write itself. At this point I wasn’t even thinking about publishing. Five years ago I hadn’t even heard of Kindle! And I was only vaguely familiar with Amazon.com as an online bookstore. I wrote for the therapeutic value it gave me. An escape from the frustrations that came my way. Frustration and hard times can morph into creativity, as so much of the world’s great literature, music and art has come to be in the face of personal difficulties plaguing the artist. And while I make no claim to any of my works being great literature, the same holds true for everyday authors such as myself, as well.
Ranch Park is in paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon.com and is also on Nook and Kobo. Check it out–and you can get a free preview online. Click on the book icon and read the opening pages on your computer or e-device. It’s North Dakota all the way!
Will and Jenine–is it love at first sight when they meet in the opening chapters of Ranch Park? Check out the book and see what you think...
Anyway–the setting and the core characters are in place, so now we need a plot. I had been reading lots of murder mysteries, so I decided to try my hand at writing one myself. And I must admit that concocting a fictional murder had me feeling guilty! I wonder how it is with other authors of crime stories when they plot the perfect crime in fiction. Does everyone feel a sense of guilt as they plot out what the bad guy in the story is up to? I don’t know–but in order to write a murder mystery you do need a murder, and it’s gotta have a motive. In the interest of not spoiling the story, I won’t share that with you in the blog, however. You’ll just have to read Ranch Park and the rest of the series to find out whodunit and why.
I started out writing with the beginning and end in mind and wrote that down in my notes. The middle of the story was a mystery to me. That’s the real adventure. How to get from Point A to Point B. I knew a few things I wanted to happen–but not exactly when and where. But as I started writing, the ideas flashed like fireworks in my brain. The characters began to take over and Ranch Park materialized right before my very eyes on my computer. The story seemed to write itself. At this point I wasn’t even thinking about publishing. Five years ago I hadn’t even heard of Kindle! And I was only vaguely familiar with Amazon.com as an online bookstore. I wrote for the therapeutic value it gave me. An escape from the frustrations that came my way. Frustration and hard times can morph into creativity, as so much of the world’s great literature, music and art has come to be in the face of personal difficulties plaguing the artist. And while I make no claim to any of my works being great literature, the same holds true for everyday authors such as myself, as well.
Ranch Park is in paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon.com and is also on Nook and Kobo. Check it out–and you can get a free preview online. Click on the book icon and read the opening pages on your computer or e-device. It’s North Dakota all the way!
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