A bit about . . . Me!
Hi, all! I’d like to thank Vonda Sinclair for passing on this blogging meme, “My Writing Process,” tour! I thought it was such fun. Unfortunately, so did a lot of other people, who are already signed up to continue the meme through other bloggers. So I have no one to pass the torch to. But I’ll continue to support everyone else in this fun blog tour!
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What am I working on now?
Well, most of you know me as the author of the Immortal American series, paranormal historical books. Although there is romance within these books, it is not considered romance genre. However, my muse does not want to limit herself to just this series, so I’m proud to announce that I am also writing a romance series, also historical with elements of paranormal. They are time-travel novels, where Muse sisters, Clio and Erato, kidnap humans to different times and wreak havoc and a lot of love on their lives. It’s been such fun! I write this series under my penname, Red L. Jameson. Right now I’m working on polishing the first of the series, ENEMY OF MINE, as well as finishing the first draft of the second, HIGHLANDER OF MINE.
How does my work differ from others of its genre?
I hadn’t read a romance book until I was in my thirties. So I still feel a bit new to the romance genre. However, I loved it and wanted to write my own as soon as I finished my first one. Anyway, I feel I write a wee bit different, considering I have only had a few years reading the genre. Well, to be honest I feel I write a bit different from others no matter what genre I write in. I was a poet first, published by the time I was fourteen, and I’ve had an odd love affair with just words themselves at an early age. Sometimes I get a bit hung up on wordsmithing, which I hope shows in my work. In a good way, I mean. Ha!
Why do I write what I do?
Often I feel dictated by my muse to write what I do. I was happily writing the Immortal American series, getting immersed in the paranormal aspect of the books, when—BAM!—my muse wanted me to hurry up and finish to start a romance. By the time I was done editing my latest Immortal American release, I already had the plot figured out for ENEMY OF MINE. My muse works me a bit hard sometimes.
How does your writing process work?
I began writing as a pantser, writing by the seat of my pants. When a publisher wanted my first in the Immortal American series, he asked that I tell him where the series was heading. Well, gosh, that had me stumped. Sure, I kind of knew what my protagonist, Violet, was going to be doing for close to two hundred years, but how to sum that up in a synopsis? So I had to learn how to plot a bit. Now I’m a plotser, where I do a bit of plotting before hand, but I never get in the way of my muse and what she wants me to write.
Again, I’d like to thank Vonda for inviting me to the blog meme, and I’m so sorry it stops here. Well, for me it stops here, but there are many others who are writing, and I wish them the best!
So what’s your writing process?
