The Writing Process Blog Hop and me!

I was recently asked by Ginger Gersheimer if I would participate in the blog hop and enthusiastically agreed to. Ginger is the head of the Book Review Depot on Facebook and Google+ as well as the author of The Aurora Conspiracy, a don’t-miss read for those of you who love science fiction and fantasy.

1ba1fab14d410ad8976fb1.L._CB338058469_SL140_RO5,1,174,177,178,255,255,255,15_AA160_[1]As part of the blog, I was asked four questions. Here’s the first one!

1.  What am I working on?

I have been working on developing a series for Slade Kelly, the popular private investigator in the Coyote series. So many people wrote and told me that he was one of the best characters they’d ever felt like they’d known in a book and would I please write more about him. The Coyote series was a trilogy and with Cornered Coyote, it was over, but obviously the fascination with Slade had not ended, thus the new book whose working title is Slade Kelly and the Red Zero.

2.  How does my work differ from others of its genre?

I wish I had a clever answer for that, but I don’t. I simply write where the characters tell me they’re going. The difference may lie in the fact that I don’t plot everything out ahead of time. I really don’t think my books are formulaic. They evolve. If anything, I would say that is the difference.

3.  Why do I write what I do?

Haven’t a clue. I started out with Blue Coyote Motel when I wondered what would happen if someone put a “feel-good” drug in the air-conditioning unit and the books evolved out of that one incident.

And lastly, #4. How does my writing process work?

As I mentioned above, it’s almost totally organic. I may think I’m going one place, but the characters tell me I need to go somewhere else. As the book evolves, so do the characters. If I rigidly put down what I wanted in every chapter, I think I’d miss a lot. I know that other offers do it entirely different. I guess it’s what each of us feels most comfortable doing.

I’ve read all the books the following authors have written and I’m please they all agreed to part of this. Don’t miss their books. The subject matter may be diverse, but the writing is excellent!

Jennifer Theriot

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Jennifer took a chance that there could be an interest in romance with middle aged couples who are finding themselves at a crossroads and wrote her debut novel Out of the Box Awakening, which centers on the hope of finding happiness and passion through unexpected heartache. It emphasizes the need for family and friends as Jennifer has learned in her own life. The book has been described as “Mature Sexy” by one reviewer.

Her second book in the Out of the Box series titled Out of the Box Regifted has just been released and she is currently working on the third book, Out of the Box Everlasting. 2 Novellas from her other character’s POV are planned as well.

SIMON OKILL

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His new Teen Superhero Series has opened with:

Phantom Bigfoot Strikes Again

To be followed by:

Phantom Bigfoot & The Vampires From Venus

Phantom Bigfoot & The Haunted House

Luna Sanguis/Luna Aeturnus are now available on Kindle following the tumultuous life of a female amnesiac vampire treated in an asylum in France 1925.

SSteppenwolf is a supernatural retelling of WWII involving the Occult Warfare department run by Himmler.

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LUCA ROSSI
Research, science, science fiction and high technology: this is the world of Luca Rossi, and the main themes that run through his literary work.

He believes the internet provides a tool to bring people together and make the world a more open, fair and democratic place.
In 2013 he published Galactic Energies, a collection of short stories set in a universe where not just the laws of physics, but also the laws of eros, passion, desire and the spirit are a little different than our own.
He was born in Turin on April 15th, 1977. He likes to ride his bike, take walks through nature and spend most of his free time with his family.

SARAH MALLERY

S.R. MalleryS. R. Mallery has worn many hats in her life. Starting out as a classical/pop singer/composer, she moved onto the professional world of production art and calligraphy, followed by a long career as an award winning quilt artist/teacher and an ESL/Reading instructor. Her short stories have been published in descent 2008, Snowy Egret, Transcendent Visions, The Storyteller and Down In the Dirt. She is the author of Unexpected Gifts and Sewing Can Be Dangerous and Other Small Threads.

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