Posted by: Author | November 29, 2012

The Next Big Thing

I’ve been tagged by Danica Avet in the next big thing and, as promised, I’ve listed my victims at the bottom of this post.
There are several questions I must answer before I get to the victims *rubs hands gleefully* so here goes.

1. What is your working title of your book?
Tequila Mockingbird

2. Where did the idea come from for the book?
My sons both had to read To Kill a Mockingbird in high school and both of them slurred the name every time they said it and what I heard was Tequila Mockingbird. I’ve wanted to write a story with that title ever since and the story finally came to me.

3. What genre does your book fall under?
Romantic suspense

4. Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
Jordi Molla for the hero, Kes Falco. (see this picture and imagine him with a pony tail- scroll down)

Sophia Bush for the heroine, Rachel Newsome. See here.

5. What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Kes Falco, pariah in his own town after taking the blame for his called-off wedding, disappears for two years but resurfaces when danger hits close to home.

6. Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
I plan to send it to one of my current publishers

7. How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
It was my NaNoWriMo book for this year so 23 days.

8. What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Not that I’d ever compare myself to Dianna Love and Sherrilyn Kenyon but if you’ve read their BAD agency books, this novel is nothing like those but I hope it has some of the flavor of the adventure and danger that those stories have.

9. Who or what inspired you to write this book?
See #2 above- my sons.

10. What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
It starts off in Los Angeles and moves to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico when a local lawyer is kidnapped in an effort by drug dealers to find out the real identity of an undercover agent named Mockingbird. I think it has a lot of elements that might appeal. A hot DEA agent, a lot of danger and some humor.

Here are my victims and I hope they’ll play along. Liv Rancourt, Mackenzie Crowne, Sandy Tilley, Kate Patrick, Joan Chandler.

Include the link of who tagged you and this explanation for the people you have tagged.

Message for the tagged authors and interested others:
Rules of the Next Big Thing
***Use this format for your post
***Answer the ten questions about your current WIP (work in progress)
***Tag five other writers/bloggers and add their links so we can hop over and meet them.
Ten Interview Questions for the Next Big Thing:
What is your working title of your book?
Where did the idea come from for the book?
What genre does your book fall under?
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
Include the link of who tagged you and this explanation for the people you have tagged.
Be sure to line up your victims in advance.

Posted by: Author | November 28, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

Posted by: Author | November 26, 2012

Guest Blogging Today

I’m visiting two blogs today. Lauren Clark is a writer who lives in the Mobile, Alabama area who writes some awesome southern stories and she was kind enough to invite me to come by – it’s an interview of the heroine in The Tainted Keitre, my New Orleans based story. Come by and say hello here.

The other spot is at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews. It’s part of their Sultry event that started in October. I share a ghostly encounter in that post. I’m also giving away a copy of Hot Pursuit– my romantic adventure published by Ellora’s Cave.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Happy Cyber Monday.

Posted by: Author | November 21, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

Posted by: Author | November 20, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving Week

I’m dealing with my grief over the death of my cat, edits and NaNoWriMo as well as the day job so I wanted to pop in briefly to wish everyone a wonderful week. If you eat too much turkey, take an extra nap for me. If you head out for black Friday, shop for me, too.

Gobble, gobble.

Posted by: Author | November 17, 2012

Solo Honeymoon

My first published book was Solo Honeymoon and it’s being featured today at Blurbs in Bloom. I’m excited that readers still are interested in this story. The hero is quite the Alpha male and I adore him. Parts of the story take place in Italy, parts in London and parts in NYC. Three of my favorite places. Here’s a link if you want to check it out over there.

Leda was the mother of two sets of twins in Greek Mythology. She was raped by the god Zeus disguised as a swan. She bore two children from that encounter who were fathered by Zeus but she also had relations with her husband the same night and got pregnant by him as well and had two more children with her husband being the father. Wild tale, yeah?

Anyway, Leonardo DaVinci planned to paint Leda and the swan and made some drawings of her head in preparation for this endeavor. See here for his drawings.

This week’s fact is courtesy of #2 son who showed me a drawing he made this week of Leda’s head. He didn’t trace it. He drew it free hand. And all along, I thought my other son was the artist. LOL! Here’s my son’s drawing:

I love my friends and I adore when they want to play with me. It seems like I’m not the little girl with no depth perception who was last to be picked for the softball team after all. I won’t go all Sally Field on y’all though. Promise.

This week’s tag was by my friend Mackenzie Crowne. She’s a friend who I met through Still Moments Publishing and she’s just adorable. Check out her post on the tag game here. Her tag game is called Zig-zag and it seems I’m supposed to find in my WIP the word look and post the surrounding text. Once that’s done, I have to tag five more awesome writers. Here goes.

This is from my NaNoWriMo story I’m working on this time around:

“Surprisingly, there are a lot of Americans living in Puerto Vallarta. I adjusted quite quickly and wouldn’t even have taken this job with the DEA if I hadn’t been pressured by Jimbo to do it.”

“Jimbo did what?” The man in question was back with their drinks. He set them down and slid back in beside Kes.

“Talked me into being a drug enforcement agent.”

“I had to do something. You were wasting away down there in Mexico sitting in the sun all day and growing your hair and beard out as if you were a beach bum and not a brilliant lawyer. If I’d left you there much longer, you’d be the same shade as me.”

“A very nice shade it is. I wouldn’t mind it.” Kes patted Jimbo’s forearm. “I was having a wonderful time being a beach bum as you put it and I was hardly wasting away since I was working out every day.”

“Yeah. Look at you now. With the scruff on your face, the ponytail, the tan and the extra muscles, I daresay that no one from the past would recognize you today as the short-haired, strait-laced, uptight prosecuting attorney that you were.” Jimbo flicked Kes’ ponytail.

“Good. I’m glad. There’s no one from back then who I want to talk to again anyway. That man is dead and gone and I’m glad.”

“What happened? I don’t think I ever heard. I only heard that you were a lawyer before you came to work with us.” Mike took a swig of his beer.

“Long story. I’ll tell you sometime if I ever get rip-roaring drunk enough to want to think about it again.” Kes drained his own glass and slammed it down on the table just as Captain Graham came back to the table.

My tagged writers- check out their work on their sites:

Arabella Stokes

Suzanne Purvis

Darlene Henderson

W. Lynne Chantale

Flossie Benton Rogers

Next week, When I get the other tag I’ve been warned is coming, some more of you will be tagged. No one is safe. Be very afraid.
Oh and for fun, here’s a picture I took in Puerto Vallarta on the waterfront. This location plays a part in my WIP I’ve featured here.

Posted by: Author | November 14, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

Posted by: Author | November 13, 2012

Release Day – The Tainted Keitre

Today is release day for The Tainted Keitre. It’s a New Orleans based story with a bit of romance, a bit of murder and a bit of mystery. It’s a short (only 39 pages) story that was a blast to write. It can be ordered here at Sweet Cravings Publishing.

Here’s the trailer:

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