Jillian Chantal

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.