Merry Christmas!
I really didn't anticipate such a great response to this blog idea when I started. I love that we have a full roster for the next couple months and am always open to hearing from other writers!
Today, however, it's my turn.
Right now I'm writing murder mysteries, but have also written some YA
stories that I will have published one day. While I do enjoy a good mystery, I
do enjoy a variety of novels and short stories. I've even started to read some
romance novels written by friends. The one genre I can't see myself attempting
is Erotica, it's just not something I'm interested in writing or reading.
I love a good hero! They seem to come to me far easier than heroines or
even villains, of course that can vary from story to story. They are far from
perfect, but are always there to try to save the day.
My heroes tend to blindside me. Just when I think I have a good story, a
hero will appear out of the page and try to control the way I think the story
should go. In my Wild Blue Mysteries, Leo Blue was a background character in
The Bookstore Lady and by The Bakery Lady, he'd taken over as a leading man!
My heroines are all around me. All my characters are composites of people
I know, people I hear about in the news, and people I hear about from other
people. I never base one character on any one person. I am blessed to have many
strong women in my life who have had to overcome adversity. I love writing
about both their strengths and weaknesses.
In writing mysteries, there can appear
to be more than one antagonist. They are all people with their own agendas, but
the one who ends up being the villain is usually the person who won't let
anyone stand in their way without making them an obvious villain. Just as a
protagonist isn't perfect, a good antagonist needs a blend of good and bad and
can even win over a reader until their true colors shine through.
My latest release will be released by Books We Love Ltd in the New Year!
It is called Dead Without Shame. Gilda Wright, Mick Williams, and Kane Garrick
are back and this time someone is out to get Happy, owner of Happy Harvey’s
Hangover Hut! You'll have to read the mystery to find out what’s going in
Sandstone Cove this time.
Right now I am also doing edits on the book I wrote for NaNoWriMo this
year (also known as National Novel Writing Month.) A character I’d written in a
novella a few years ago makes her big debut in “Drop Dead Cowboy.” Keep your
ears open for the release date!
The Bakery Lady
Wild Blue Mysteries,
Book 3
From the moment Leo Blue
meets the local tattoo artist's sister Christina, he's drawn into a web of
bread dough and lies. Christina Davidson has returned to Packham with a duffle
bag full of secrets. Leo soon discovers her biggest secret is Christina's alter
ego and her husband, who stands accused of murdering an up-and-coming artist.
He promises to help set things straight and plans to bring husband and wife
together for Christmas—even if it costs him his sanity and the love of his
life."I could visualize that bookstore, smell the coffee and pastries, and see the colorful characters. This book has lots of twists and turns, and I never knew who to trust, all the way to the end. I'll look for future books by this author." ~ Paul Carr
The Painted Lady
Wild Blue Mysteries, Book 4
Leo Blue can't escape Packham nor the life of a private detective no
matter how hard he tries. Six months after the murder of artist DJ Gage, the
prices of Gage's paintings soar. When a forgery is discovered in the local art
gallery and a woman winds up dead, Leo not only has to find a murderer and a
forger, but deal with a man who came to town seeking the wife he thinks abandoned
him.
The pieces of Christina Davidson's life have built up into place over
the past few months, despite the one last secret she's trying hard to hide.
When Leo Blue returns to town then Brady Ryan shows up, her carefully
constructed walls begin to crumble and the only people who can help her now are
the men of the Wild Blue Detective Agency.
Join me next weekend for a taste of Christmas from The Bakery Lady...
Wonderful! ! Looking forward to the next Sandstone Cove mystery😆
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