Saturday, 3 June 2017

Researching psychopaths...............

So I have been writing 'Prisoner 702' for a while now and the further I get, the more interesting she gets.
Now I won't tell you too much because I don't want you knowing too much. 
I have been researching psychopaths recently, I wanted her to have the creepiness of Hannibal Lector but the insanity of The Joker, with such a high IQ it's impossible for her to be placed. To be honest, I have found it very interesting, a little disturbing but very interesting. For example, they aren't capable of feeling love, so I have to be very careful because if she does come off as a psychopath, she can't be seen as falling in love with Special Agent Greenway.  Although, the more you read it you'll see there is something there. Not love in the traditional sense, not like Harley Quinn and Joker.  Psychopaths do lure unsuspecting people into a false relationships for their own gain, to be honest I don't think I want her to be that evil, plus Dallas Greenway is not that weak that he could be fooled into such a relationship.  He's far too clever and smart for that, that doesn't mean he's not susceptible to her mind games though, that would make a very dull story.
Now I was wondering, if there is a way of her being too evil, now what I want from her is to be hated, but lovable at the same time.  I was her to lure you into her trust only for her to shock you and shatter the trust you had in her. 
I have found some really cool ticks for making her creepy, like her face for example.  If she was to smile all the time like Joker, that could imply she is just insane and the interlect she has would make no sense at all.  Now if I gave her a vaguely amused look most of the time, that would almost make you feel she's patronising him all the time.  Like everything is just funny for her, like she takes nothing he says serious, like this is some amusing game for her.  Like Hannibal Lector no? Also while watching 'Silence of the Lambs' for the umpteenth time, I found Anthony Hopkins didn't blink that much at all, now I think about it, I'll have to watch it again and see if he does.  I thought, those wide, unblinking eyes, she has soft brown green eyes, the green part really stands out, so having a set of those eyes just looking at you, I think that would be very uncomfortable.
As for how evil I'm going to make her, well it's a little hard, I'm quite a nice person so what I find evil and unkind might be a little, tame?  It's the end I think will be the test, it will either make you hate her beyond repair, or think, oh my gosh why the hell did she do that?
I think I like Agent Greenway so much I'm in two minds how to end it, I can't have a happily ever after, that would be pants, I mean really pants.  I think I will do this ending, it will be great, but just mean, but when you read the novel and get to know the characters you'll understand, so when it's done, please don't hate me.  What I do, I do for a good novel.

TTFN my lovlies.

Friday, 12 May 2017

Writing the romance

So,  the big day is nearly here when my first romance novel will be ready for publication.
Right now I'm taking a break from reading the final edit and I must say,  I really like it.   It's bringing back memories of when I wrote it, it was last year if you remember.
It was rather tricky as there is No Fantasy elements to it,  no,  not one.   Now that is odd for me but I got a sudden rush of inspiration and these two characters were born.   I wanted to make a somewhat,  modern tale so I included text messages in the first few chapters.   I mean,  where would we be without texting I guess,  I had to wait for my mum to say I could use the house phone before I could call a friend or wait until the next day to tell a girlfriend something exciting.
Now writing romance was a little tricky,  I'm not a big fan of reading romance in the first place,  a little romance here and there is nice for the development of characters and the story but a book of nothing but smush ? Nope.   Also,  I don't like how sex is such a big part of it too,  I had to read some romance books and shorts and wow,  it's madness how much detail the readers of romance go into.   (Those of you who have ever read a Mills and Boon will know what I mean,  I couldn't even finish one. )
Now I was given advice while writing this novel,  apart from the usual talking to other people and reading romance novels., I was told I should date,  whether it was the same guy or a few guys.   Join a dating web site,  experience the thrill of meeting someone and so on.  I will be honest I didn't do that,  I whole heartedly refused to do that for a novel,  its just not me,  I don't really do dates.   I'm sorry to say that I was still in a bad place after parting ways with my long term partner,  and when I say long term I meant we got together at 16 and he was all I ever knew.
But you know,  it did inspire me,  the feelings I was going through,  like,  because I had only known him,  if you know what I mean,  how would I feel about seeing someone else?  Think about it,  when you broke up with you're first real relationship,  how did you feel about another man\woman being in you're life?  I was terrified.... And still am,  again it's nothing I am ashamed of,  being single and not jumping into the arms of the first guy that came along.   It did make me think and take notes, and do you know what I discovered?   Little things I took for granted like eating in front of someone you like,  burping,  saying silly things.   It made me realise I would be starting all over again,  it would be the shyness around meeting someone,  the allowing them close to me,  trusting them.   This was perfect for my character building,  the more I thought about it the more realalistic they became.
The biggest hurdle I think was the moment the characters did eventually sleep together,  I have NEVER blushed,  deleted and retype a part so many times. You see,  Gaia ,  my main character is a Virgin ,  Andy is not,  so once he finds out theres going to be some kind of pressure on him.   I mean,  it's her first time and he cares for her deeply,  so naturally he doesn't want to hurt her.
Then if you flip the coin,  Gaia is going to be terrified,  I think most people could remember having some kind of fear,  I think it's harder for the men to be honest because they have to take the lead as it were.   Now,  I used my own situation to help me write this moment,.   I thought,  hay,  how will you feel when you do meet someone special and you both get to the point you're going to sleep together for the first time,  how will you feel?   Well,  seeing as it would be only the second person ever,  it would be like going back again,  I would be terrified,  experienced,  but scared.   So using my own thoughts I think I pulled that part off OK.
Now,  from what I researched I can see the cliché is all around in the word of a romance novel,  girl meets boy,  they fall in love but something always tried to stop them and so on. To be honest,  and I'm sure you've read this from me so many times,  I HATE cliché nothing but and it gets a bit boring for me,  but....... I was presently surprised to discover that you can have a romance novel with fewer cliché.
I wanted to make the characters as real as possible,  so,  once again I used my own self and others as inspiration.   Like Andy wanting to message her,  the way he just sends her sweet messages for no reason other than to say,  hay,  I'm thinking about you.   I would love someone I was interested in to do that,  I'm a bit of a softie at heart really and little romantic things like that really do make my heart melt.
Also you know what this novels makes me realise as I sit here proof reading it?   It makes me realise no matter what,  romance never dies,  it always lives in you,  sometimes it's buried by the negative feelings left behind by someone you once loved or by a broken heart.   If Andy and Gaia can over come their own personal issues and learn to love and trust then why not in real life?
It's like I say about life,  even if one door closes behind you,  lots more open in front,  you just have to take that first step towards it.   So,  I know sometimes it feels impossible and you might be scared of getting hurt,  but I believe that even under all that hurt that has left nothing,  or heart break,  you can open you're heart again and maybe find someone you can at least get to know.   I think,  since I'm not a party girl who likes to drink and so on,  I think I will take my own advice here, and take it slow,  get to know someone I'm interested in and see where it goes...... Of course when that opportunity comes along,  and of course someone I want to get to know.   My friend Amy says I have odd tastes in men,  I don't agree but she says me liking older men is weird and I should stick to some one my own age.   What can I say to that,  not much really,  I think she says that because she knows who I find attractive and likes to take the micky out of me for it.
Anyway i' m not Turing this into some cheesy chapter of a biography where I tell you down to the last detail what kind of man I like.  
I guess it lets you into the how I created this novel and maybe a little about how I see romance myself.   And yes Amy a little about the men I like,  even though that's not that many.... If any.... OK just one.... MAYBE.  Not that it'll ever happen. 

Well,  I will keep you posted as to the date of publication,  I'm so excited,  I found a old photo I took years ago on on holiday and I just Ave to use it for the front cover.

Until then lovlies

Friday, 5 May 2017

We all need a hero in life. Mine is my Grandpa.

I know this is a little off topic for my blog but just wanted to share, and I guess it does connect in some way.

Hero. That one person we look up to, aspire to be. Everyone has one weather it's a family member, teacher, someone famous and so on.

My hero in life has been and always will be my Grandpa Cyril.  He was a security guard as o grew up but you know the statue of Winston Churchill in London? He helped make that as a lad.
He always taught me that I had to work hard in life, nothing was free and if there's something you want, save and work hard for it.
We also sat and watched nature programmes together on the BBC religiously, this lead me to loving nature, then to the world around me, then the star's above and of course, asking why. That lead to science for me.
He also tops my mum to 'shut up and leave her alone' whenever I sat on my own with pencil, later pen, and paper writing. He has always supported me even to this day.
So I guess without my Grandpa, I would have been.a completely different person. I'm lucky enough to know my hero, I mean it is sad when you have to watch them go from the tall, strong independent man you grew up with, to a frail old man they do turn into. But it's life I guess.

My first book I dedicated to my Grandpa and I even immortalised him as a character in it too.

There is no real point to this blog I guess, but, you know, it is nice to think about the person who has helped shape you're path in life, held you're hand, walked beside you and supported you all the way. It's even better to thank them in any small way, hold their hand as it were when they need you.

Here's to all the hero's out there.

Thursday, 4 May 2017

Character Profile-: Special Agent Dallas Greenway

So here we are, Special agent Greenway and his character profile for you all.  This is my first real attempt at a novel fully from a male's point of view.  I dont mean like a fantasy character where he'll be a typical strong hero or the weak man who turns into the hero the reader wants him to be.
This is a man who is fully grown, he'll be set in his way's, he'll know of the world and, won't be your fantasy hero.....becasue this will be no fantasy.  To be honest, I'm not ever sure where this will fall under genre wise, but hay, Prisoner 702 was too good a character and there was no place to put her, so the only thing I coud think of was give her, her own novel.  Then up popped the Special Agent and the rest, as they say is history. (Who is they anyway, I never understand some sayings.  Like who is this happy Larry, I mean I'm pretty well known for being happy nearly all of the time.  And dont even get me started on the barge pole thing.  If you can't tell I have had Peter Kay on tonight....after I watched The Drake Equation, Bang Goes the Theory.  Yes I know AGAIN but shuush I like it and it helps me concerntrate....when I'm not looking up at certain points or laughing at a certain someone.)

Anyway, as usual, I digress, so here we are, a basic character profile to wet you're appitite.

Dallas Greenway, Special Agent for the company simply known as 'The Agency.'  They are run by an unknown benifactor and have bases all around the world in every major city.  Their number's are small but they only hire 'The Best.'
(History of "The Agency' will follow.')

Personal Information

Age-: 38
Appearence-: Green eyes with a small birth mark on the Iris of the eye, brown. (Yes you can have birth marks on the actual eye itself, if you ever see someone with a small, or even large brown spot on their, nine times ot of ten it is just a halmless birthmark.  Still, if you have one go to your Opticians just to double check.  See you learn new things too, as most of my older readers know I work in optics, just becasue I'm a lab tech by day doesnt mean I can't nerd out at the ENTIRE world of optics, becasue I did from the moment I started.  Sorry I did it again, digressing.)  His hair is dark brown with slight sliver here and there, not grey, silver.
His build has always been somewhat fit and healthy, very little body fat but recently he has noticed his gut has started to show and he doesnt feel as fit as he used to as a younger man.  He put's it down to age.
Dallas always wear's a suit, not always a tie and often has his top two buttons undone.  He always has light stubble, the length will show how deep he is in a case, clean shaven is for specil occations only, the longer the stubble, the deeper he is on the case.

Personal Info-: At an early age Dallas showed signs of being an over achiever due to his father's harsh words.  Dallas was the middle child of three boys and somewhat shunned by his siblings and father.  He spent all if his youth working hard at school and later college.  In his second year his mother was gunned down during a robbery gone wrong, it was though this Dallas decided to become a police officer.  His father never once told him he was proud, they never had a bond before his mothers death and it seemed to get worse after.  Even the day he graduated there was no sign of his father.
Dallas also married young age, he married his first girlfriend, who was older than himself by two years.  They met at fifteen and married not long after he turned seventeen as she annouced she was with child.  Dallas being a well bought up boy decided they should marry.  It was clear to everyone, sadly that this was not a marriage for love, for Dallas it was anyway.  They had a daughter and things seemed bliss for him, until he was approached by 'The Agency' he was the top of his station and well known through out his county, and later the city.  He worked the streets but quickly went onto solving larger cases and, more recently, interviewing the 'harder' criminals.  "The Agency' took on Dallas and furthered his natural talent at being able to read and break people and soon he was traveling around the world assigned to cases the world was unaware of.  (Like tackling large crime organisations and the such, or if you're a DC fan, capturing people like Two Face and so on.  Big time criminals.)
By this time his daughter was in primary school and his wife wanted for nothing as he had little to no time or desire to spend his growing wealth.
Dallas works hard, forsaking those around him to get his man, he basically locks himself away in his study, or what ever home "The Agency' hires him.  He becomes emerced in his case, he wants to do good and that is the only thing on his mind, he doesnt want anyone else to loose a loved one the way he did.  He has a deep seeded hatered for criminals after his mothers death, he can come a crossed as cold and quite distent with them refering to them as scum and so on.  But at the end of the day everything he does, he does for a better world and to look after his famiy.
In his eyes he had the perfect life, a great job fulfilling his desire to protect and rid the streets of crime, a wonderful wife and a fastly growing beautiful daughter.  Yet, unknow to Dallas his wife was becomming more and more distent with him, their arguments in home and over the phone became an every day thing and not long after their daughter tuned fourteen, she filed for a divorce.  (I might add she had been seeing someone else behind his back for over a year.)  By now, Dallas had already given  into the fact there was no love between them and it was only a marriage of comfort for her and loyalty for him, even though his younger self did love his wife, he now feels shut away.  Being the good man he hoped his mother wanted, Dallas gave his former wife their home and a large sum of his wealth so she could take care of their daughter, he also made sure their daughter was well taken care of in the fiture, money wise.  Sadly for Dallas, his daughte takes a sour side, mostly from listening to her mother.  She always tells him she hates him and now a teenager, walks away when ever he comes to see her.  Yet, Dallas doesn't let her teenage moods get to him, he knows it's hard on her and still sends her messages every second day and calls once a week.  He visits as often as he can even if it is to a cold reception or a closed door.  His daughter is his world.
It took him a while before he dated again, when he did it was 'nice girls' or girls his work mates set him up with.  But soon, no longer interested in having a partner, Dallas became distent with the dating world and fell deeper into his work.

All in all Dallas is a very good man and will stop at nothing to complete the task given to him. He had never failed and I can't see him taking failure well if he were.  I mean he doesnt have a temper to the point of loosing it, he just can't really control it.  I think when he meets Prisoner 702 it will really show, she'll be able to push his buttons and show his, somewhat rasher side.  But that's just her I guess.  I ran a few test paragraphs with them in the interview room and I can't believe how easy it was to have them bounching off one another, it was like a comedy act.  I think it's the combination of his sense of justice, very much like Batman i guess, without the 100% serious 'I'm Batman' thing, and her mystic, her out look is very casual, she finds lots amusing while he doesnt.  (I'm going to tell you very little about Prisoner 702, she's tooooooo wonderful and I want to keep as much a secret as possible)
Now I dont want you thinking this is going to be some Harley Quin/Joker style novel where she seduces him for her own gains, no, she is more than able to gets what wants with out the need for seduction.  (Although I am contemplating a dream sequence later in the plot to show how much she messes with his head. Lets face it, I'm not a '50 shades of grey' author, read one page of that and said, hell no.  Best friend said I was blushing, you know we all have that one outwardly gay friend?  Well mine let me read a page that was, well lets just say it was not my thing.  Plus the one 'sex scene' I have written was more cuddly.....and It took me a few goes to write it....I know what you're thinking Daimon becasue I KNOW you so well.  I didnt 'have a go' at anything so no texting or calling me ok.)  Anyway, I did it again, digressing with my own singliton life haha!  I dont want romance between them, not the typical romance any way where they ride off into the sunset, from the rough plot lines I can see there is something between them by the end, weather or not it's love you can see for yourself.  I think it might be a need for one another, like Batman and Joker, or Hannibal Lector and Clarice in "Silence of the Lambs' which is so much beter in book form AFTER watching the movie, you just hear Anthony Hopkins in youre mind whenever Hannibal speaks.

Well, I think that's about all I'm going to give you, quite alot but it gives you an idea of who this man is, I quite like him, I mean, I have to at least like my characters or how else will you.  I took some insprations here and there but also added in some of my own preferences, I think mainly with his apperence.  Like for example, I like older men myself, so I didn't want some young, cliche young buck, also the silver hair is a personal thing too, and lets face it, sometimes it's nice not to have that cliche hot, young, well toned cop who strolls in, wins over the ladies and so on.  (To be hoenst, for me it's all about personality and brains, looks fade but a kind sweet man is a plus...even if they are hard to come by, I'm sure some of you saw that tweet about the WROST chat up line ever, the engenieer about me in a lab coat... that was uncomfortable for sure, and he wasnt my type...too young and not much in the talking department, he did cathc the eyes of one of the girls....for me, if he's smart too thats great, I love listening to interesting people.)  So I have made a tough guy but with my own personal touches I like in a man.  After all, in this novel it's more aimed at a real life situation, not sword weilding warriors charging into battle.  So, I guess putting in real life preferences is a must.  As I said it's the first time I have worked with a male as the main character, I like brancing out of fantasy every once in while.

Now, I really have to give the BIGGEST thank you to Mr Dallas Campbell, I know it might sound slightly silly  me giving such HUGE thanks for a name, but once you finished reading you'll understand.  As you can no doubt guess, Mr Campbell is Special Agent Greenway namesake, is that the right way around, or is Dallas Greenway his name sake?  I think its that way around, I'm not sure, I'll have to ask or it will drive me nuts!
You see, I did have a lot of touble creating his first name, nothing seemed to work in the test scenes, nothing stuck out, their interaction was great but something was missing.  Then I thought, sometimes Prisoner 702 leans foward and talks in a low voice, she taunts him, so I discovered a two syllable name should work, something she can linger on.  Still no luck.  I did try Marshall but that completly flopped.  But then I had the luck to find Dallas Campbell on Twitter, followed him right away for the sciency adventure's of course.  Then after a few days I reaslised something.....Dallas was perfect, those of you who have read my work know I love using different names, not Tom, Bob and so on.  And, here's the great part, it hissed, try it now in you're own head, break it up into two syllable's and hold the last S, that was it, Dallas Greenway was perfect!  Of course I wanted to get blessings before I just used it, after all my grandparents did teach me manners...plus I would hate to ensure my Grandma's stare, she has some stare that still to this day makes me feel like a child.  It's awesome!  I never cross her......I've done it again.. Its alright once you read a few blogs or even meet me you know thats how my brain works, it digresses very easily.  When I get excited it's worse, if you think my writing a blog is bad, wow.    But anyway, I was thanking Mr Campbell, so thank you, really thank you I dont think I could have written such a good plot without you, sometimes a character can be the best thing you ever create in the world of novels, but if their name doesnt work you'll never be happy.  So thank you BIG time, you are so getting a personalised, signed copy once it's done......oh no front cover design ARGH and editing!

But thats another blog

Tatty bye my lovlies

Friday, 28 April 2017

So update on the new novel

Well there's not really much to say, if you have been following my twitter feed you'll know that my journey into the world of horror has been far from a resounding success.  i think it's safe to say that I need to do more research by reading more horror book's, talk to others who wite the genre and I think it will be a very good idea to talk to people who read it themselves. 
You see, i read a few ghost stories, some gory horror novels but nothing prepaired me for Stephen King.  Namely IT.  That was a trip and a half, ever since the day I read that book I have never picked up one of his books again.  I think it's safe to say, Mr King really does rule the world of horror.
From what I understand, you have to make the reader scared, like  if you're character is scared of spiders, but the reader is not, you have to install some element of fea in the reader.  I must admit i'm not a fan of the hack and slash, blood, guts and gore everywhere.  I think, if and when 'Porcelain" is every written it will be more a horro of the mind, I'm not sure what that falls under.  Like the gilr in a large house, the rain is falling outside, the storm rages, the power goes out and for some reason, known only to the girl, she walked aruond the house in the dark and wonders why she's scared.

So I have decided to shelf 'Porcelain' for a while until I research further, It's sad because I really like the idea, the characters and the plot twists and turns.
But on the plus side, I have decided to start fully on 'Prisoner 702' the novel created for one character.  For those of you who dont know, I created a character, a female, you could say a mixture of The Joker and Hannibal Lector.  She's very smart but also gives off an air of insanity.  She does her crimes with no reasoning at all apart from she thought it would be fun, or it was a good idea at the time.
I'm not going to hide this is a woman, those of you who follow and support me deserve to know a small hint.  the opening chapter all points towards her being a man, but there is some much more to her and the relationship between her and the Special Agent assigned to her, well, that's going to be super fun to write.  They just bounce off one another, like a comedy duo, yet, the Special Agent if not finding her games fun.  Let's put it this way, the cheif of the insane asylym tells him this,
"Whatever you do, do not let Prisoner 702 inside you're head."  Well, this will be fun, to be honnest I have never written from the point of view from a male.
As most of my reader's know, my main characters are female, of course I do have some scenes from others point of view.  But this time, it's 90% from the Special Agents point of veiw.  So, I'll be within the mind of a man as I write, not just any man, one that is obcessed with his work, his mind forsakes everything once on a case.  You'll understad more when the novel is done, I dont want to give too much away.
Now, there is one thing that I'm slightly unhappy with.......the Special Agents name.  at the moment He's just called Special Agent Greenway, I've been playing with a few names but nothing seems to fit thus far.  I will find one that fits and edit it in, I want it to be strong, not too strong, I want it to be a little more stylish as well.  Oh well something will hit me I'm sure, I'll just have to write and go from there.
So, part time novelist and full time lab tech, haha, it's fun being self published.  At least I have Createspace and Amazon behind me, it's not a glam position, but hay, I'm published and people I dont know are enjoying my novels, That alone makes me happy, I love the thought that people are reading my work and enjoying them as much as I do.

So, a little insite.  When I'm writing I like to either listen to classic FM or have something running in the back ground.  I love anything from the NatGeo but recently I have been rewatching a science programme called Bang Goes the Theory.  Again if you follow me on twitter you'll see some of the videos I shared.  It really reignited my love for science, I loved science as a kid, dont get me wrong, Braniac was good and fun, BUT I like Bang for many reasons, it was fun. Liz was a great role model for girls, science is for girl, she is pretty, smart, well very smart.  Then you Have Dr Yan, well if you have ever watched one of his videos, it speaks for itself.  The you have Dallas, he's very fun, he seems to get all the fun segments and space themed, I love space so I do like Dallas' segments a little more thatn Liz and Yan's.  THEN there's Jem.  What can i say, they guy is a genius, I love his childlike excitment.  All in all it's a great programme to have running in the back ground as I write.  Not to mention at times I stop and laugh at points.  I forget how many funny, silly thing's Dallas says........Hmmm rockety. :-}

Well, back to the novel.  Have a lovely bank holiday weekend, what ever you are doing.

Tatty Bye

x

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Introducing the fear.

So our main character has hunted at one of her fears...well screamed them in actual fact. Dolls. Not just any doll...you guessed it. Porcelain dolls. She's also scares of dark closets/cupboards. 
Now it's really easy to visualise this but I'm finding it nice and challenging conveying this into.words. It's happening but I'll have to wait for reviews before I know if a rewrite ia needed. Plus it's only the beginning of the mind games.

I was very surprised that you should, as an author, tell the reader what the characters fear. It makes the reader wonder when will she see a spider, if she were scares of them. Of, what could a spider do, how will a spider play in this story.
Like Batman no? We all know batman is Bruce Wayne, as a reader/viewer you wonder and want to know how he can manage/live with this duality. The mind games have begun.  I do like the mind games, I've never been brave enough to write them....Until now.

Don't forget that I am active on twitter again. @NightshadesTear thank you for reading lovelies

Tatty bye 👋

Tuesday, 4 April 2017

So I've started the horror....

So I have given an hour to this horror novel, and 2k is easily reached.
Then again, and I don't want to sound negative on this, but I do like to describe and set the scene, I find it easy to get you in the characters head and so on.
I think the real test will be when the scary mind games start. From books I have read and people I have spoken to, you need to make the reader feel scared,  on edge, jumpy.  Like when I read the great Stephen King,  it will be quiet in my living room, the TV is off, there's no music and, because I live in a very quiet area, there is little to no outside sound. Its quiet. Then at a really intense moment my blooming cat makes a sound or runs in and scares the crap out of me. Or the cliché, my phone rings.
How the heck can I make that? Well I'm going to try, I don't want to write a horror with blood,  guts, and gore all over the place. Heck I blushed when I wrote a very mild sex scene. So blood flying over the walls and guts hanging out might not be on the cards....yet.
So far I think i like it, the main character is sweet, little wary at the moment but sweet. Kinder feel bad for what I'm about to do to her really.
I hope, once it's done you like it.

Tatty bye 👋

Kayleigh

Friday, 31 March 2017

Back for good......promise.

So now I have the pleasure of having quite a good phone. I have so many cool apps including this one. Now I can blog and keep you all updates more often.
Let's face it, I was a terrible blogger. 

So I have decided to branch out in the genre world. I wrote a romance for national novel writing month last year. To be honest it was really nice, not too cheesy or smutty.  It was rather sweet, almost teenager/young adult. Or any woman who likes a big of sweet romance. I feel inspires to write another so I'm putting another together as a side project.
Now the novel I am quite excited to start writing is a horror/thriller.  Depending on how it turns out will decide which of the two it is. So far my research has been fruitful and I think this will be a great project to write. It might be slightly cliché here and there and I guess as an author I have to give in and admit novels sometimes need to have familiar clichés. I do like the fact this genre has alot of solo character point of views, like it's one person alone in a house that kind of thing. There's mind trips to play with and everything.

Its going to be an interesting journey that's for sure. I have been creating character profiles and the rough plot out line. I just have to talk to a few more people and read a few more articles in the library and the journey will begin.

Until next time....for I will be back for good now.

Tatty bye 👋