My Writing Process: A Blog Tour
I was asked to participate in the "Writer's
Process Blog Tour" by a wonderful friend, my birthday twin (and #1 bestselling author!) Robert “Sharky” Pruneda,
visit his Amazon page
Robert Pruneda is best selling author of the Amazon Kindle
bestselling horror novel Devil's Nightmare and contemporary family motor sports
drama Pursuit of a Dream (Victory Lane: The Chronicles). He lives in south
Texas and has called the Lone Star State his home all of his life. Robert Pruneda
is also very active in social media and an avid gamer who can often be found
fighting side-by-side with his friends on his favorite first-person shooter . .
. but he prefers survival horror.
So, what exactly is The Writing Process Blog Tour? It’s pretty straightforward and simple actually. Each author who is invited to participate in the blog tour answers four questions about the writing process. The author then introduces three other authors. The idea is to help readers discover other authors that they may not have known about otherwise.
1.) What Am I Working On?
Searching to
retrieve memories Sharron Alexander, (recovering from a bullet wound to the
head) does not know who to trust. As she struggles to recover her assailant’s
identity, the assailant plays cat and mouse with her searching to retrieve
something else she doesn’t recall. Sharron must fight and remember or she will
find out Dreams can Kill.
I am also working on several other things...
i) I am working on the sequel to A Penny Saved a Murder Earned called A Diller a Dollar a Really Dead Scholar
Lily Kelly, her adopted daughter Rose Brooksfield,
her Great-Grandma Katha, and Amelia try to get over their trauma at the hands
of a serial killer. Rose tries to overcome the whispers and innuendoes at
school by joining in on school events such as basketball and choir. Rose and
her friend Carol arrive early to school to participate in choir only to find
the choir teacher; Mr. Scholar has been brutally murdered. Rose collapses and
is brought to hospital and Lily learns more than she wants to know about
Alexander Scholar as she’s drawn into the investigation. Now Lily must help
Emmett, and his new partner Kendall Owens, find the killer before he or she,
threaten Kelly clan yet again. This book
expected out late 2014.
ii.) I am also working on a murder, mystery, paranormal book
tentatively called
Third
Eye
Mary Katherine Kendall survived a horrific sinking
of the ferry the Victoria on May twenty fourth, 1881 in London, Ontario only to
fight back for her health and to find she now sees ghosts. Katherine must now
accept the changes in her life. Katherine meets a handsome policeman as ghosts
seek her help to solve their problems and murders, and she seeks to hide her
abilities from all lest she be judged insane. This book expected out 2018.
iii) I am working hard on an idea for a follow up to a diller a dollar which I am outlining before beginning expected out 2015.
2.) How does my work differ from others in the same
genre?
I tend to write focus on feelings and have a lot of dialogue.
I try to make my readers feel exactly as the characters feel. I know when
I read a book the books I have enjoyed the most I have felt like I was right
there with the character. If the reader then is anxious to turn that page and
find out what will happen next then I have done my job.
3.) Why do I write what I do?
I feel the need to write stories. I grew up with a
grandmother who told stories, a father who told me folklore and war stories,
and a mother and siblings who loved to tell a good story. It feels like
breathing to create stories. They come to me when I’m at rest, when I’m
watching others, when I go to bed at night they whisper to me until I tell the story, or at least outline them.
4.) How does my writing process work?
An idea or germ of a story will come to me. I’ll
write small details down about it then I may do some research details to get it
started. I’ll write a chapter or two and sometimes set it aside to get some more
research /and/ or ideas. I’ll outline the story and then let the story muse
take it from there as sometimes that plan may take a fork in the story that
just comes to me. I then rework that idea into the story so it all connects. I also write a short story, or two a week to keep the ideas coming.
The things I always plan are:
i.) How the story will end and how it connects to
the rest of the story. You can’t just let something happen out of the blue. If
you’ve changed something you have to go back read through and make sure the entire
story connects.
ii.) Some kind of conflict for the protagonist that
makes you care about, that the reader will care about.
iii.) Someone who can support the protagonist.
iiii.) Happy endings, (yes, I tend to write that way)
but don’t always count on a happy ending staying that way.
iiiii.) When I’m writing my series I want my characters
to grow and become even more likeable or not likeable.
iiiiii) I'm sure you've heard the old saying 'The devil is in the details' if a writer writes something minor like eye color, hair color and key names incorrectly the reader will catch it. so I try very hard to keep that from happening by keeping a bible of details especially for my series books.
The hardest part about writing? Taking apart what you've written and editing and then editing some more. It doesn't end when you publish either, you then must market the book and find people to review the book. The real pleasure for me? Knowing someone has read that book and enjoyed it.
.JPG)
