I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated my blog and I apologize. The truth of the matter is that I’ve been so wrapped up in writing my new series that I can scarcely think of anything else. I can say without hesitation that what I’m writing now is the best work I’ve done. Book one in the planned 4-book series is complete and I will soon be on the lookout for an agent to represent it.
“Kiss of Death: A Paranormal Mystery” is the full title of the book. It tells the story of Cassie Scot, the daughter of powerful sorcerers, who has no magical abilities of her own. She sets herself up as a private investigator and attempts to lead a normal life, but normal eludes her.
The book is cross-genre, with a strong mystery component and an equally strong romance component. The mystery will be solved in book 1, and new mysteries will frame each of the 4 books. The romance, on the other hand, will be ongoing throughout the series and be the glue that binds them together.
The mystery in book one does involve vampires, largely because this is an easy way to begin familiarizing the reader with the world I’ve created. This is *not* another vampire novel. The vampires are almost incidental and I have no plans to include them in any of the sequels (though anything is possible).
As far as romance goes….in book one, Cassie is trying to decide if she wants to take her relationship with her boyfriend to the next level and is disappointed when she finds out that his idea of “the next level” is moving in together. Meanwhile, she runs into an old friend that she hasn’t seen in years, one who has grown up a lot since she last saw him. She finds herself attracted to him, but he’s a sorcerer and she wants to live a normal life.
I wrote this book from start to finish in 7 months — the fastest yet. Before that, I did spend 2 months working on concept and series development, to make sure that book 1 properly set up the rest of the books and laid out the groundwork for some surprises coming up later on.
I began book 2 right around Halloween and have already finished my first rough draft. That’s right — 3 weeks. Fingers were flying and I was in flow once again, living this story as I wrote. I’m pretty sure I’ll have this book done by this summer and while it might be risky to work on sequels when the first book in a series hasn’t sold, this is what’s in me to write at the moment. The story is simply demanding that I tell it.
I’ll have more updates later.