Do I Have Time To Write This Story?

 

 

This week I'm talking with fellow writer Danielle Bannister about the all important topic of time management. Find out how each of us plans our stories, writing time, and marketing.

"Nobody's ever really dead." - I Wouldn't Kick Thor Out Of Bed Audio Clip

 

 

Watch the entire podcast on Youtube.

Story Origin - Seducing Janey #BoysInBlue

The second story in my Boys In Blue box set is Seducing Janey.

Janey Davis is a detective in Indianapolis. We meet her in Crossing the Line and get to know her as Paul's partner. Because she and Paul are chasing a serial killer, we get to see a fair amount of her. And the more I wrote her character, the more I feel in love with her. I knew I was going to need to tell her story.

 

The challenge was who to pair her up with. Janey is a strong woman. She's a female detective working in a profession that's dominated by men. She's tough, doesn't take any BS, and can hold her own in just about any situation. So who would be her perfect match?

 

Kyle Reed fit the bill. He's a small town sheriff's deputy that isn't intimidated by a strong woman. It helps that he helped to raise his sister, a strong woman in her own right.

 

Putting Janey and Kyle together meant creating a story line that would not only have them meeting each other once, but throwing them together for a significant amount of time. An unsolved series of murders was the key. Janey has to travel to the small fictional town of Liberty, Indiana to investigate a John Doe that's been found and Kyle has been assigned to be her local guide as it were.

 

The chemistry between these two was off the chats from the start and I enjoyed exploring their romance...and the murder mystery.

 

You can check out Kyle and Janey's story in the Boys In Blue box set. Available now at your favorite online retailer.

 

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/35vGnIq

Apple: https://apple.co/3cRjK5e

Nook: https://bit.ly/3gCuYwH

Kobo: https://bit.ly/35zv1TI

Google: bit.ly/3y8IaQ7

I Wouldn't Kick Thor Out Of Bed

 

 

Take a deep dive with authors Tina Moss and Danielle Bannister in this week's Bound by Books podcast as they talk about the writing, character arcs, world building, and the effects fans have had on the Marvel cinematic universe. 

 

I'm In A Reading Funk #FridayReads

It happens to all of us. At least, it happens to most of us. That's right, I'm talking about the dreaded reading funk. That feeling like you want to read something new, but just can't seem to get the motivation to read past the first few pages of a book.

 

And it's not that the book isn't well written. It has nothing to do with the book or the story at all.

 

The question is, how to snap out of it.

 

From my experience, sometimes it happens all on its own. It could be that a book I've been waiting for from one of my favorite authors releases and I'm so excited about it that I can push through the first few chapters, and then I'm good to go.

 

Other times, not even that is enough of a motivator. When that happens, I'm left with two choices: wait until it passes or go back to an old favorite.

 

Most of the time, I choose the latter. I'll pick up a story I've read a half dozen times already and start reading. The trick, for me, however, is not to start at the beginning. Since I've already read the book before, I will usually open the book somewhere in the middle and dive into the story from there. The characters are already establish. There is no world building. No relationship set up. The story is in full swing. And somehow, to my brain, it will engage and I'll be fully invested in the story within a few minutes.

 

One of my old standby's is Shadow Dance by Susan Andersen. I believe this was her first book and it is by far my favorite from her. It's about a show girl who falls in love with a cop (Yep. I've always had a thing for men in uniform. How about you?). The two meet when Tristan is assigned to investigate a serial stalker that seems to be targeting show girls. The chemistry between Tristan and Amanda is off the charts and I love the story line revolving around Amanda and her dancer friends.

 

Have you ever found yourself in a reader funk? How did you break it? Share your tips and tricks in the comments below.

 

 

Story Origin - Crossing the Line #BoysInBlue

 

 

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Amazon US: https://amzn.to/35vGnIq

Apple: https://apple.co/3cRjK5e

Nook: https://bit.ly/3gCuYwH

Kobo: https://bit.ly/35zv1TI

Google: bit.ly/3y8IaQ7

The idea for Crossing the Line came in two waves. When I began writing Behind Closed Doors, I intended it to be a standalone story. As I got deeper into the details of Chris's life and started building his family structure, I realized that the other brothers needed to find their lady loves as well.

 

But even though I knew Paul would have his own book, I had no idea who his heroine was going to be. It wasn't until I was over halfway through the second book in the series, Red Zone, that I got the idea for the direction of Paul's story.

 

In Red Zone, we meet Rebecca's sister, Megan. She's sort of a lost soul. Paul, on the other hand, is a widower trying to raise his little girl on his own. They were complete opposites, much like Gage and Rebecca. In other words, they were perfect for each other even if it didn't seem that way on the surface.

 

So at the end of Red Zone, I set up Paul and Megan's story by having Megan volunteer to move to Indianapolis with Paul and his daughter to be a live-in nanny. It was the perfect way to throw these otherwise unlikely people together and allow them to build a friendship that would ultimately help them find their happily ever after.

New Release - Boys In Blue: Everyday Heroes

 It's release day for my law enforcement romance box set Boys In Blue. 

 

Are you looking for an alpha hero? Follow two law enforcement officers as they find love in the most unexpected places.

Crossing the Line

A widower who’s still mourning the loss of his wife, Paul Daniels isn’t looking for love. He’s a single dad, and he’s content to raise his little girl on his own. What he didn’t expect was the change that would occur when Megan moved in to help him take care of his daughter. Thirteen years his junior, she’s full of life. She’s brought joy back into his home and has him craving things he thought had died long ago. Can he open himself up and find love again, or will the past continue to haunt him?

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Seducing Janey

Kyle Reed left the Army to take care of his younger sister after the death of their parents. He gave up his carefree life as a bachelor and settled into a new career as a sheriff’s deputy in their small town of Liberty, Indiana. When his boss asks him to show a city detective around, he wasn’t expecting a blonde bombshell. He knew the moment he saw Janey there would be more to their story than solving a murder.


These two sexy Law Enforcement romances will have you wanting to curl up with these Boys in Blue.

 

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/35vGnIq

Apple: https://apple.co/3cRjK5e

Nook: https://bit.ly/3gCuYwH

Kobo: https://bit.ly/35zv1TI

Google: bit.ly/3y8IaQ7