I was invited by the fabulous Jodi Redford (seriously, y’all, she’s fabulous. If our Facebook convos don’t convince you of her awesomeness, I’ll take a long blink in a room with the Weeping Angels. Ooh. That reminds me… *pops in next ep of Doctor Who*) to share a little about my writing process.
So. I have some questions to answer. (Also, I’m drinking sangria as I write this up. I make no guarantees as to the coherence of anything contained within.)
1. What am I working on?
Currently, I’m writing the first book in my new dark fairy tale series. The series is going to be called Grimwood and when I say it’s dark, I mean there might be some mention of a witch who harvests body parts and keeps a man hostage in a tower. GOOD TIMES. I’m also working on the second book in the Stronghold series. ZOMBIES! ROMANCE! DIRTY SEXIN’ DURING THE END OF THE WORLD! End of the world sex is the best sex, AMIRITE?
2. How does my work differ from others in my genre?
Err… This might be the sangria talking, but (a) I love writing what I write and (b) I mentioned Doctor Who in the first paragraph of this post. That clearly trumps all other posts/books out there. No, wait. That’s not right.
Okay, seriously. I really do love writing what I write. Which isn’t to say that others authors don’t love what they write, but I think that excitement and passion go a long way toward turning what could be otherwise boring words into something that resonates with readers. Also, monster sex. PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
3. Why do I write what I do?
I kinda touched on this in the last answer, but I write what I want to read. I wrote The Wicked Woods because I got tired of reading about women who were ashamed of being turned on by monsters. Ari likes what she likes and she doesn’t fight against that attraction. I wrote Sanctuary because I had this image of two people trapped in a stairwell with the ravenous dead outside. I wanted to know how they got out of that situation. I wanted to see them survive and find love during the darkest time they’d ever encountered. The Grimwood series is dark. I like dark and twisted stories. BOOM. The muse is fed.
4. How does your writing process work?
For the most part, I tend to have a scene in my head that fuels the story. Everything else springs from that. As far as actually writing goes, I’m incredibly productive in the early morning hours. I get up early to get my first bout of words in and go from there. I tend not to outline, but I do write my blurbs before I start writing and that helps keep me on track as far as where I want the story to go.
Once I start writing, things tend to fall into place. Something I’m incredibly grateful for since it keeps the words flowing.
I’ve tagged two people for next week’s posts: Romantic suspense author Christi Snow who writes passion and adventure on the road to Happily Ever After and urban fantasy author Amanda Shofner who satisfies her desire for adventure with the written word and helps others do the same at The Path of Least Revision. Hop onto over to their sites next Monday to see how they answer these questions.
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