Ink Inspired: The Story Behind the Story

With the first full length Montgomery Ink novel set to release in a month, I thought I’d go back and talk a little bit about what brought about the series. Delicate Ink is book 1 in the series and had always been in my mind as such. I actually hadn’t planned on writing prequels, but ended doing two because opportunities and characters that wouldn’t shut up. So how did Ink Inspired come about?

Well it all started with a phone call. RG Alexander called me and asked me to be part of Midnight Ink. I said yes before they even explained the rest of it. She said New Orleans and tattoos. What more did I need? You see, since RT 2014 was going to be in New Orleans, we wanted a fun promo book that could be connected to the largest conference ever. (We set a Guinness World Record! LOL)

I told her that I actually had a tattoo/construction worker/sexy series set in Denver coming out in 2014. FYI, we had this conversation Sept 2013. So yes, it was WAY in advance for the series, but I couldn’t help myself. I KNEW the Montgomerys had cousins. In fact, of my original 8 siblings in the series, there are 9+ cousins out there in the world. (Can you say MORE stories if you want them?) From there, Shep Montgomery was born. He was all bad boy, loved the work f*ck (just ask my editor!), and had a soft spot for a certain dainty accountant.

Midnight Ink came out in Nov 2013 and did amazing. I was so freaking happy about it. I got to work with great friends and talented authors and stretch my limits. This was my FIRST contemporary story. And it was my FIRST time working in a world built with others. Each of us had to write about someone in a tattoo shop and have it be cohesive. We also had our characters show up in other books and tease each other. So Shep is actually in 5 of the 8 Midnight Ink novellas!

From there, I wrote another novella in the world (more about that later this week), and got to know more about ink and my love of the Montgomerys.

Delicate Ink comes out Oct 14th and starts the 3 month long release extravaganza of ALL INK ALL THE TIME. Check Ink Inspired out now and pre-order the others today!

Ink Inspired (Montgomery Ink Book 0.5): Amazon | Barnes & Noble | ARe | Kobo | iTunes

Ink Reunited (Montgomery Ink Book 0.6): Amazon | Barnes & Noble | ARe | Kobo | iTunes

Delicate Ink (Montgomery Ink Book 1): Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | iTunes

Hot Ink (Contains Montgomery Ink Book 1.5): Amazon

Tempting Boundaries (Montgomery Ink Book 2): Amazon | Barnes & Noble

See you later this week with more goodies about Ink, Heat, and Kink!