Chapter 45 The end of this chapter surprised me. I knew this scene was going to culminate in a point of conflict between my main characters, but I hadn’t planned on adding this little bit at the end where PJ helps Juliana after the football game. I’m glad I did. It humanizes Thelma’s mother, and […]

Chapter 44 Can’t set a contemporary romance in the South without some football action. This chapter had me smiling. Especially PJ with the air horn. Also, I’m shipping Thelma and Jeremiah hard now.  Who knows… maybe five or six books down the line….

Chapter 41, Scene 2 In the immortal words of Britney Spears, “Oops! I did it again.” Oh well. I think it’s important to give both characters a perspective with the sexy time. Beau needed his turn. Yeah, I’ll go with that. Plus, I needed to make up for that business with the twisted testicle.

I need to finish this manuscript by end of June if I want to start revisions on time in July. Currently, I’m 90,000 words in, I still have ten chapters left to write, and I’m a wordy bitch. No pressure or anything.

Thoughts on the love scene: Budgeted 1500 words. Wrote 3200. Not even a little sorry. Blew half an hour researching the various types of wax jobs. That was fun. Almost gave PJ the Martini before I came to my senses. The freaky nipple condition is legit, but I couldn’t seem to find a name for […]

Some writers use chapter titles in their books. I don’t for the final product, but I do while I’m drafting. They make revising easier because I can navigate back to certain events in the story more quickly if I give myself little verbal reminders about what happened in the chapter. Here are some titles I […]

Despite my struggles this month, I’ve been able to knock out a few chapters, and I’m at 81,000 words (roughly 230 paperback pages).  Chapter 36 was a fun one to write. Lily going full alpha on PJ in this scene had me rolling. This chick is awesome. I can’t wait to tell her story. I […]

This was another one of those days when the words weren’t with me.

Going to spare you the litany of F-bombs from this diary entry, and I’ll just say this: Writer’s block is real. Some days the words are with me. Some days they are not.

Chapter 31. Note to self: Never do overlapping timelines again. It’s a pain in the ass. That damn email exchange between Kory and PJ in Book 2 is causing me grief. It sure seemed like a good idea at the time but having to contextualize it now from PJ’s POV in this book is tricky. […]