WHEN WENDY WANDERS IN
As I’ve previously mentioned, one of the reasons I write is to help me understand things right in front of me. Life, as I’ve encountered it. Even for a slow learner like me.
The next step, revision, difficult as it often is, cuts through the surfaces to discover what’s behind the original draft. It’s like plowing a field and planting, without knowing quite what you’ll harvest. It takes me and the reader over the horizon and into new territory. And it’s best done multiple times, like year after year of farming.
That’s certainly what happened with Promise and its subsequent books in my Northwest Passion series. Sometimes it’s even quite exciting.
Consider the flash where I decided to reverse the dynamic between Jaya and Erik, making her the older partner in the emerging romance. She’s the career-oriented professional – and the accomplished yogi. He’s the charmer full of potential. It…
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