Welcome to my Work In Progress Blog! This is where you get the scoop on my next book. More specifically, I will take you behind the scenes as I am drafting it. The following blog posts are excerpts from my writing journal. Be advised, they may contain swear bombs, grammatical inconsistencies, and heavy doses of sarcasm.
Chapter 16. Maybe I should research what an accountant actually does. I mean, outside of tax returns and stuff. Pretty sure they don’t normally beat the stew out of people like Ben Affleck in that movie. (Props though for having an action hero on the spectrum.) Of course, my Beau may be looking to kick […]
Chapter 15. Scene 2. Johnny the pool guy has won me over. Why can’t I let a cliché be a cliché? Can’t help myself, I guess. And the cat likes him, so there’s that.
Chapter 15. Revealing some of the history PJ shares with Andy. This is tricky because I have to make sure it jibes with that grammatical mess of an email PJ sent Kory in the last book. I will also probably have to include that grammatical mess of an email later in this book because the […]
Chapter 14, Scene 2. Beau and PJ’s sweater. Hmmm. Probably shouldn’t have gone there. This might not make it through editing.
New goal: 60,000 words by end of February and gotta include some kissing action somewhere in that business. Why do I slow burn the hell outta my ships? I’m kind of mean that way. Also, note to self: Start researching water-skiing terminology. Another note to self: Reexamine the southern idioms. They might be a little […]
Wrapping up Ch. 13. At 29, 133 words. Only need about 900 more by Friday to meet self-imposed writing goal, so I can give myself buckets of gold stars. Can do attitude, DB. Be the ball, Happy. Just fucking do it, Dots.
Ha, ha! Taco Tuesday, Shirley Temples, flirting, tension. Loving Chapter 9.
Chapter 7 done. Dynamic feline character established. Husband will be pleased. Also, PJ and Beau have great texting chemistry, so I’m pleased.
Eureka moment! Locked down a title for the next in The Browning Series. I named the first two novels for my male leads, so I’m naming the next two for the ladies. Book three, the PJ and Beau book, will be called Pretty Jane. I’m really starting to understand what both of my main characters’ […]
My boys just went back to school today, and I’m finally back at my desk after a long break from the writing. Only on Chapter 3 of Book 3. This is going to suck. Six hours later… I have just listened to “9 to 5” like fifteen times, laughed twice, and knocked out most of […]