My Writing Process Blog Tour
Here goes!
What am I working on?
I'm currently working on a novella for a Scottish romance bundle with six other authors to be released in November 2014. Yes, this is a Highland romance and is set in the late eighteenth century in Inverness. The hero returns home to marry his true love only to have her try every trick she can think of to get out of marriage. She has a secret and it could ruin them both.
How does my work differ from others of its genre?
I love adventure! And my books reflect that. You will find thick plots in my stories with loads of political intrigue and usually some form of suspense and mystery with a strong romance as the driving force behind the story.
Why do I write what I do?
Historical romance is my first love. I adore the classics and this gives me a chance to let loose the poet in me. I love history and researching days gone by, so this is a great excuse to read!
How does your writing process work?
Usually, a story has to percolate for some time--years, even--before I start writing. I always start with rough opening scenes and notes on my characters' backgrounds and motivations. I usually write half or more of the book before doing any actual plotting, though my manuscript is riddled with notes on research points, motivation, goals, foreshadowing and the like. I spend far more time researching and plotting than I do actual writing. I keep all my daughter's partially used notebooks from school and fill the empty pages with notes and hand written scenes. I'm constantly searching for the most recent notes amongst my pile of notebooks. (I always have one of these notebooks with me in case I need to make notes.) I have a research library of about three hundred books, and growing. I take lots of breaks when I write to get up and move around for a few minutes. It keeps me thinking when I get stuck on a thought or plot turn, not to mention, keeps my body from turning into the unoiled tin man.
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Kathryn Lynn Davis was born with what the ancient Celts called “the fatal gift of the imagination: a crown of stars and a stinging sword.” An award-winning, New York Times best-selling novelist, she has published 8 historical novels. Her fifth, TOO DEEP FOR TEARS, rose to #5 in seven weeks on the NYT list. Twice she received the University of California Riverside's Creative Writing Alumni Award for Fiction. She also received the Romantic Times award for best Scottish historical: CHILD OF AWE; the RT Career Achievement Award for the TOO DEEP FOR TEARS trilogy; and the RT award for Best Historical: SOMEWHERE LIES THE MOON, (the 3rd book in the Too Deep for Tears Trilogy). She lives in Southern California with her husband, photographer Michael J. Elderman.
Kathryn
has been described as a reader’s writer – she knows what readers like
and she writes from the heart. Read Kathryn Le Veque’s novels and fall
in love again… and again… and again….
Kathryn is the author of 37 novels,
28 of them published on Amazon. Additionally, she had two screen plays
in the works to bring two of her novels, “Lady of Heaven” and “Lespada”
to the big screen. She is also professionally published as a
contributing author to a technical document for NASA/JPL.
Kathryn
has been described as a reader’s writer – she knows what readers like
and she writes from the heart. Read Kathryn Le Veque’s novels and fall
in love again… and again… and again….
Kathryn is the author of 37 novels,
28 of them published on Amazon. Additionally, she had two screen plays
in the works to bring two of her novels, “Lady of Heaven” and “Lespada”
to the big screen. She is also professionally published as a
contributing author to a technical document for NASA/JPL.
Kathryn Le Veque is the author of 37 novels, 28 of them published on Amazon. Additionally, she had two screen plays in the works to bring two of her novels, “Lady of Heaven” and “Lespada” to the big screen. She is also professionally published as a contributing author to a technical document for NASA/JPL.
