Another excerpt from my glorious noggin....
This one is a murder/mystery/romance novel about a young women attending AA meetings. She is a writer who is attending the meetings to get a better understanding of the process for a book she is writing. Of course the AA leader is an attractive man who has an interesting past and she feels an immediate connection to him.
After several sessions, the writer becomes more familiar with the attendees and of course the leader. One evening as she's approaching class, she sees several members outside teary eyed and upset. The leader approaches her and tells her about one of the girls who comes up missing.
Of course everyone's upset and the temptation to drink is weighing on all of them. They pull through as a group and decide to try and search for the missing girl. As they are looking for clues, another girl comes up missing.
Deciding that there is now a connection to the meetings, the police advise not to have the meetings any longer. The leader decides this is unacceptable for the group as they have had such great progress. So the leader decides to take the meetings to his house for the time being.
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As the story progresses the writer and the leader become involved and the story is definitely suspenseful. I am thinking to jump into this one first since it's out of my comfort zone. It would be interesting to develop the characters and really bring them to life. I love books that can take your imagination to a new level and really make you crave these characters.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Book Idea #3
I was looking through my notebook again for some other ideas and I realized I had a couple of children's book ideas! Which is ironic since as I mentioned before....I kinda have a thing for the super-natural or para-romance!
Idea #1
Is a bathtub adventure book. Basically about a little boy who's water toys come to life and he has amazing adventures with them.
The only problem with this - is when I was at the library with the kids a while back I think we read a book similar to this even though this is something I had scribbled down a long time ago. But that doesn't mean our books would be exactly the same. The idea actually came from listening to my son in the bath tub and wondering what he was doing and spying on him!
Idea #2
It's about adventures with sprite fairies. The main story is about a young princess in a castle who is always getting in the way. Her parent are frustrated with her and her brother is annoyed with her so she runs off. She runs out to her favorite pond, plops down on the rocks and begins to cry. Below the water the water fairies see her and one bravely comes to the surface. Her brother comes along to see how she is.
You get the point - a great start to a kids story that can go on many adventures....my heart is more into this one as my kids and I have a tradition of a story-go-round we like to do. Basically I will start a story and then my daughter adds some and then my son adds some..and we go round and round. Those are the best nights for inspiration!
Thought I would just post some of these ideas to show that I don't just write or think about "romance" books! :-)
Idea #1
Is a bathtub adventure book. Basically about a little boy who's water toys come to life and he has amazing adventures with them.
The only problem with this - is when I was at the library with the kids a while back I think we read a book similar to this even though this is something I had scribbled down a long time ago. But that doesn't mean our books would be exactly the same. The idea actually came from listening to my son in the bath tub and wondering what he was doing and spying on him!
Idea #2
It's about adventures with sprite fairies. The main story is about a young princess in a castle who is always getting in the way. Her parent are frustrated with her and her brother is annoyed with her so she runs off. She runs out to her favorite pond, plops down on the rocks and begins to cry. Below the water the water fairies see her and one bravely comes to the surface. Her brother comes along to see how she is.
You get the point - a great start to a kids story that can go on many adventures....my heart is more into this one as my kids and I have a tradition of a story-go-round we like to do. Basically I will start a story and then my daughter adds some and then my son adds some..and we go round and round. Those are the best nights for inspiration!
Thought I would just post some of these ideas to show that I don't just write or think about "romance" books! :-)
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Another exerpt from my "imagination"
I had this wickedly awesome dream about a year ago and wrote it down immediately. I always keep a note pad and pen in my nightstand drawer. I don't dream as much as I used to but this dream was so graphic that it felt like a movie. Just to make sure I asked my hubby about it to make sure this wasn't a movie we had ever seen before!
Brief Description:
Story is about a small town girl with the ability to read people's thoughts. Her parent's died when she was young and she lives with her Aunt and Uncle. She's kind of a loner. People in town know there's something a little different about her, but they leave her alone, which is exactly what she wants.
She's active in church and has two very wild and crazy best friends. They are identical twins and know all her secrets and love her just the same. She tries not to read their minds, but often get's into trouble doing so.
She is an amazing celloist, but doesn't want to move out of her small town since everyone here is used to her and her ability. So she chooses to stay behind as her best friends go off to College.
With her friends gone she throws herself into Church functions, playing her music and full time babysitting for families around town. She likes to play her cello at a small pub on the outskirts of town. One night while she was playing, she get's this over-whelming flood of emotions and comfort. She's so carried away in the song - she just chalks it up to a really great performance. After her set she walks over to the bar, get's her soda from the bartender and sit's in a corner booth to read her book. She gets the same warm feelings again and looks up to see a man in a corner booth across the room staring at her. She tries to look away, but she is caught in his stare.
She snapes the book shut and grabs her stuff and leaves. As she was pulling out of the parking lot, she see's the same man in her rearview mirror starring at her as she leaves. She's very creeped out by this.
-----without going into too much more detail -----
Basically her and the guy end of having some pretty serious feelings about one another. I like to say this is a paranormal romance as the guy can't read minds, but he can speak to people directly and persuade them to do things...similar to mind control. BUT he's not a bad guy. He looks like a bad guy (except he's hot) but he's a very gentle soul and he is drawn to this girl for reasons he can't explain.
They don't have any crazy adventures together - but there is an evil presence that comes into town and starts messing with the girl.
When I first had this dream - as I mentioned above - it felt like a movie I was watching. Except in the dream I was the girl as I was seeing everything first person.
I really want to dive into this book first as I think it's an amazing story. It's so awesome letting your imagination take over something and seeing what you can produce.
That's all for now....
Brief Description:
Story is about a small town girl with the ability to read people's thoughts. Her parent's died when she was young and she lives with her Aunt and Uncle. She's kind of a loner. People in town know there's something a little different about her, but they leave her alone, which is exactly what she wants.
She's active in church and has two very wild and crazy best friends. They are identical twins and know all her secrets and love her just the same. She tries not to read their minds, but often get's into trouble doing so.
She is an amazing celloist, but doesn't want to move out of her small town since everyone here is used to her and her ability. So she chooses to stay behind as her best friends go off to College.
With her friends gone she throws herself into Church functions, playing her music and full time babysitting for families around town. She likes to play her cello at a small pub on the outskirts of town. One night while she was playing, she get's this over-whelming flood of emotions and comfort. She's so carried away in the song - she just chalks it up to a really great performance. After her set she walks over to the bar, get's her soda from the bartender and sit's in a corner booth to read her book. She gets the same warm feelings again and looks up to see a man in a corner booth across the room staring at her. She tries to look away, but she is caught in his stare.
She snapes the book shut and grabs her stuff and leaves. As she was pulling out of the parking lot, she see's the same man in her rearview mirror starring at her as she leaves. She's very creeped out by this.
-----without going into too much more detail -----
Basically her and the guy end of having some pretty serious feelings about one another. I like to say this is a paranormal romance as the guy can't read minds, but he can speak to people directly and persuade them to do things...similar to mind control. BUT he's not a bad guy. He looks like a bad guy (except he's hot) but he's a very gentle soul and he is drawn to this girl for reasons he can't explain.
They don't have any crazy adventures together - but there is an evil presence that comes into town and starts messing with the girl.
When I first had this dream - as I mentioned above - it felt like a movie I was watching. Except in the dream I was the girl as I was seeing everything first person.
I really want to dive into this book first as I think it's an amazing story. It's so awesome letting your imagination take over something and seeing what you can produce.
That's all for now....
Sunday, January 24, 2010
The beginning
This is a complete rough draft of an idea I have for my favorite fictional reads. Of course...it's about Vampires! There are alot of mistakes....(I don't have an english degree! LOL). But I do enjoy the freedom of letting your mind take over something and then trying to make it interesting. I have several more pages written...but wanted to put this first part out.
The clouds look ominous. Floating high above the desert, moving quickly as if they are running from an unknown force. Even the birds are acting strange darting in and out from tree to tree. Standing under a large pine tree with my dark blue hoodie pulled over my head, I slowly tilt my head up to look at the leaves. Closing my eyes I begin to feel the slow drops of cool water gently tickle my face. This is a rare day in Las Vegas. We hardly ever have weather like this.
Glancing back to the house, I take a deep breath. I should be getting back soon. He will be rising soon and by the look of the clouds I am going to have one unhappy vampire on my hands.
My name is Natasha Compass and I am a 24 year old personal assistant to one of the most powerful vampires on the west coast. Rowland Le Bone is one of the oldest “Vamps” that I have ever worked for. Actually, he is the only vampire I have ever worked for. He is an old vampire with classical looks for our modern times. He's absolutely stunning standing a few inches over six feet with broad shoulders, dark chocolate hair and the clearest blue eyes I have ever seen. I don't dare speak of his looks though, he's beautiful and he knows it.
Pulling my cell phone out of my pocket I glance at the time and contemplate enjoying another five minutes of this rainy weather. Lost in my thoughts, a large black bird shrieks over my head, reacting too fast I stumble backwards and trip over a large rock landing hard on my right hip. My phone landed a foot away and begins vibrating uncontrollably. Slowly sitting up I let out a large groan and reach for the phone, praying it isn't who I think it is.
“Hello.” Trying to sound casual. Oh no. My fears are confirmed.
“What are you doing on the ground?” he shouted, irritation dripping off his voice.
“I fell.” Hoping he could sense the irritation in my voice.
“I can see that, what happened. And don't make me repeat myself”
Sigh. “A bird scared me, I fell, tripped over a rock, it's no big deal”. Gosh he was so annoying!
“Get in the house – NOW!” Click. Silence.
After taking a moment to gather myself and get my emotions in check, I stood up and dusted the dirt off my side. Well – today wasn't starting out well – and it had so much potential. Yanking my hoodie over my head I dart back to the house. The house is very large coming in at just over several thousand square feet. It has two main levels with the main level containing five large suites, living and dining rooms, a parlor, large gourmet kitchen and a large patio that would comfortably fit over 100 people. Not that we entertain much but Rowland does like his space.
Pressing my hand on the side of the house the sliding glass door opens slowly. Besides the house being extremely large everything is state of the art. I unzip my hoodie and start to take it off, turning to the right I walk directly into a solid wall. Staggering back a little and still feeling a little dazed from my tumble, I feel two large hands grip my shoulders. With me standing only a few inches over five feet I look up to see who I hit. My hoodie is covering my left eye, but my right eye gets a clear view of my personal barrier. All I can see is two golden red eyes starring back at me.
“What were you doing out there?” he said slightly shaking my shoulders. The firm grip on my shoulders sends immediate images of myself on the ground outside along with a pull of fire in the pit of my stomach. Boy he was really upset. “Let. Go.” I muttered.
He slowly released me wincing as he realized the images he was filtering through our contact. He glances into my eyes and I could see the red fading quickly back to the the honeyed amber color of his natural eye. He looked like he was about to say something but I spoke first.
“It's nothing, honestly.” I say in my sweetest voice.
“Do Not give me that, you could have been seriously hurt” as he proceeded to turn me around and inspect me further for injuries.
Shaking off his worries I walked through the kitchen to the door leading to the basement. The house had several secret passage ways leading to the basement, but this was the only one known to the house staff.
“Hurry up.” I said holding the door for him. This was our daily routine and we were already behind schedule.
He slowly walked away from the back door all the while starring at me with concern in his eyes. He stopped in front of me and glanced down at me.
“I apologize for raising my voice.” I blew out my breath that I had been holding, yep, today was going to be an interesting day. He started slowly down the steps and then picked up his steps as he heard me following him. Vampires have excellent hearing and Rowland's is even more perfected then the average vamps. With most newly made vampires they are so flooded with power over their senses, it's like running around on speed for the first decade. It's important for new vampires to have an elder with them during this time, to help them get control of these senses. This is why Rowland is the West coast leader. His perfection of his senses has earned him some amazing power within the vampire community.
Reaching the bottom step we came to a stop. Even though the house is heavily guarded Rowland must scan everything. The room is black and I can see Rowland's red eyes glowing back at me. “It is clear”.
“Lights.” I spoke in an even tone. The computer eagerly replied – Lights On.
The basement was what I considered to be a large underground fortress. The main house was sitting on twenty acres of land just outside of Las Vegas in the Red Rock Mountain area. The basement itself contains several “vamp” style bedrooms, a large medical room, tanning beds, swimming pool and several landing areas for the hidden escape passages located through the main house and surrounding acreage.
“So you never mentioned why you were outside today. You know I worry about you when I sleep.” His gaze was penetrating heat to the back of my neck.
Chapter 1
The clouds look ominous. Floating high above the desert, moving quickly as if they are running from an unknown force. Even the birds are acting strange darting in and out from tree to tree. Standing under a large pine tree with my dark blue hoodie pulled over my head, I slowly tilt my head up to look at the leaves. Closing my eyes I begin to feel the slow drops of cool water gently tickle my face. This is a rare day in Las Vegas. We hardly ever have weather like this.
Glancing back to the house, I take a deep breath. I should be getting back soon. He will be rising soon and by the look of the clouds I am going to have one unhappy vampire on my hands.
My name is Natasha Compass and I am a 24 year old personal assistant to one of the most powerful vampires on the west coast. Rowland Le Bone is one of the oldest “Vamps” that I have ever worked for. Actually, he is the only vampire I have ever worked for. He is an old vampire with classical looks for our modern times. He's absolutely stunning standing a few inches over six feet with broad shoulders, dark chocolate hair and the clearest blue eyes I have ever seen. I don't dare speak of his looks though, he's beautiful and he knows it.
Pulling my cell phone out of my pocket I glance at the time and contemplate enjoying another five minutes of this rainy weather. Lost in my thoughts, a large black bird shrieks over my head, reacting too fast I stumble backwards and trip over a large rock landing hard on my right hip. My phone landed a foot away and begins vibrating uncontrollably. Slowly sitting up I let out a large groan and reach for the phone, praying it isn't who I think it is.
“Hello.” Trying to sound casual. Oh no. My fears are confirmed.
“What are you doing on the ground?” he shouted, irritation dripping off his voice.
“I fell.” Hoping he could sense the irritation in my voice.
“I can see that, what happened. And don't make me repeat myself”
Sigh. “A bird scared me, I fell, tripped over a rock, it's no big deal”. Gosh he was so annoying!
“Get in the house – NOW!” Click. Silence.
After taking a moment to gather myself and get my emotions in check, I stood up and dusted the dirt off my side. Well – today wasn't starting out well – and it had so much potential. Yanking my hoodie over my head I dart back to the house. The house is very large coming in at just over several thousand square feet. It has two main levels with the main level containing five large suites, living and dining rooms, a parlor, large gourmet kitchen and a large patio that would comfortably fit over 100 people. Not that we entertain much but Rowland does like his space.
Pressing my hand on the side of the house the sliding glass door opens slowly. Besides the house being extremely large everything is state of the art. I unzip my hoodie and start to take it off, turning to the right I walk directly into a solid wall. Staggering back a little and still feeling a little dazed from my tumble, I feel two large hands grip my shoulders. With me standing only a few inches over five feet I look up to see who I hit. My hoodie is covering my left eye, but my right eye gets a clear view of my personal barrier. All I can see is two golden red eyes starring back at me.
“What were you doing out there?” he said slightly shaking my shoulders. The firm grip on my shoulders sends immediate images of myself on the ground outside along with a pull of fire in the pit of my stomach. Boy he was really upset. “Let. Go.” I muttered.
He slowly released me wincing as he realized the images he was filtering through our contact. He glances into my eyes and I could see the red fading quickly back to the the honeyed amber color of his natural eye. He looked like he was about to say something but I spoke first.
“It's nothing, honestly.” I say in my sweetest voice.
“Do Not give me that, you could have been seriously hurt” as he proceeded to turn me around and inspect me further for injuries.
Shaking off his worries I walked through the kitchen to the door leading to the basement. The house had several secret passage ways leading to the basement, but this was the only one known to the house staff.
“Hurry up.” I said holding the door for him. This was our daily routine and we were already behind schedule.
He slowly walked away from the back door all the while starring at me with concern in his eyes. He stopped in front of me and glanced down at me.
“I apologize for raising my voice.” I blew out my breath that I had been holding, yep, today was going to be an interesting day. He started slowly down the steps and then picked up his steps as he heard me following him. Vampires have excellent hearing and Rowland's is even more perfected then the average vamps. With most newly made vampires they are so flooded with power over their senses, it's like running around on speed for the first decade. It's important for new vampires to have an elder with them during this time, to help them get control of these senses. This is why Rowland is the West coast leader. His perfection of his senses has earned him some amazing power within the vampire community.
Reaching the bottom step we came to a stop. Even though the house is heavily guarded Rowland must scan everything. The room is black and I can see Rowland's red eyes glowing back at me. “It is clear”.
“Lights.” I spoke in an even tone. The computer eagerly replied – Lights On.
The basement was what I considered to be a large underground fortress. The main house was sitting on twenty acres of land just outside of Las Vegas in the Red Rock Mountain area. The basement itself contains several “vamp” style bedrooms, a large medical room, tanning beds, swimming pool and several landing areas for the hidden escape passages located through the main house and surrounding acreage.
“So you never mentioned why you were outside today. You know I worry about you when I sleep.” His gaze was penetrating heat to the back of my neck.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Ramblings....
I know with the popularity of Twilight and all the "Twi-hards" out there...people are kind of getting tired of Vampire stories.
But.....
I am a huge Vampire Romance stories fan!
My favorite author is Christine Feehan (love all of her books) but the Vampire "Carpathians" are the best! I get everything from those books...adventure, intrigue, romance and passion. *sigh* they are GREAT!
But I am not opposed to reading other authors and do enjoy Charlaine Harris, Gena Showalter, Patricia Briggs....as you can see I am somewhat into the "Paranormal" romances.
A little background...
About a two years ago I was placed into a position where I had to collect money for a living....this wasn't by choice. The company I worked for eliminated my position...so it was either this or the door. So I learned how to collect.
It was a miserable, thankless, heartbreaking job that I never want to do again if I can help it! The only positive thing I got out of this was that I started writing. It really got me through the nights!
While someone was yelling at me or cussing me out....I was thinking of where they lived...or what their occupations were....and how I can take their negative energy and spin it a positive way. From this intense time of my life...my mind was working creatively. So I am thankful for the "jump start".
I don't have a name to this book yet...but it was started at the end of 2008....and I haven't touched it in a while. I have a spiral notebook that I jot idea's down in for future books....in my lifetime I would love to have one professionally published. It's a long shot...but an enjoyable dream.
So here goes - my next post will be the beginning chapter of this book.....
Thanks for listening....
But.....
I am a huge Vampire Romance stories fan!
My favorite author is Christine Feehan (love all of her books) but the Vampire "Carpathians" are the best! I get everything from those books...adventure, intrigue, romance and passion. *sigh* they are GREAT!
But I am not opposed to reading other authors and do enjoy Charlaine Harris, Gena Showalter, Patricia Briggs....as you can see I am somewhat into the "Paranormal" romances.
A little background...
About a two years ago I was placed into a position where I had to collect money for a living....this wasn't by choice. The company I worked for eliminated my position...so it was either this or the door. So I learned how to collect.
It was a miserable, thankless, heartbreaking job that I never want to do again if I can help it! The only positive thing I got out of this was that I started writing. It really got me through the nights!
While someone was yelling at me or cussing me out....I was thinking of where they lived...or what their occupations were....and how I can take their negative energy and spin it a positive way. From this intense time of my life...my mind was working creatively. So I am thankful for the "jump start".
I don't have a name to this book yet...but it was started at the end of 2008....and I haven't touched it in a while. I have a spiral notebook that I jot idea's down in for future books....in my lifetime I would love to have one professionally published. It's a long shot...but an enjoyable dream.
So here goes - my next post will be the beginning chapter of this book.....
Thanks for listening....
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