Guest Blogger: Shelli Stevens (Contest)

Hello all, and thanks to Delilah for letting me blog here today!

So sometimes when an author writes a story they have a playlist of music they listen to. It can vary depending on what they're writing (genre, heat level, etc.)

I tend to go back and forth. Sometimes a list demands to be made for a book, sometimes not. Sometimes I listen to rain meditation music because I can zone out and just type. Tonight I've turned off everything because we're having a windstorm and I love the sound of the wind whistling through the tree branches.

My most recent book out is a Command and Control, a novella from Samhain. It's the second book in my Holding out for a Hero series. The series follows three brothers in a small town, all who've chosen heroic careers to go into, and they're journey in finding love.

My hero in Command and Control is Trevor. He's my army guy. He's a war veteran, and he has some serious baggage. This book didn't really have a playlist, it had a song. Hammerhead by The Offspring. I kind of stumbled on it and really loved it. It worked for my hero. It was his song. It showed his frustration. His anger. His struggles. (Disclaimer: The end of the song gets kind of weird and there's debate on whether this song is about a soldier, or more of school shooters type of thing. I went for soldier. I tend to just skip that little last bit of the song.)

Anyway, that's a little peek at Trevor and this book. Leave a comment and I'll have Delilah draw a winner to receive an ebook off my backlist!