Busy Week

This has been a hectic week in our household. There were times I couldn't remember what day it was. Three vehicles broke down which called for a lot of patience and car pooling.
My computer is also running on it's last leg, which is very frustrating for me as a writer as I haven't backed up my current story in months.
With all the craziness here I think of the saying don't 'sweat the small stuff' as I walk past the sink full of dirty dishes.
Amid the chaos of our week there were bright spots. Our grandson Zane Tyler was born a month early. At 5 lbs. 10 ozs. he's healthy and already at home.
We are lucky we have our health and the love of our family.

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Checking In

This has been a fair writing week. The last two days we have been busy welcoming our new grandson into the family, Zane Tyler. So there hasn't been any time for writing.

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This is the Rogue's Angels weekly check-in.

Every Thursday we encourage the Angels and visitors to let us know how their writing is going.
I Allana angel had a great week of writing blogs but haven't yet had a moment to write on my novella. It's darn frustrating because my characters suddenly took over the ending and are rewriting this story.

So tell us:

How well are you doing?

Had problems this week? That's ok. Just sit down this coming week and write. Whatever you do, don't let difficulties from the week before get in your way this week.

Every word is one word closer to the finished product.

Had a great week? Keep it up, the momentum is on your side.

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CHARACTERS REVISITED (part 1): THE ROCK STAR and the virgin

How wonderful to spend release day on the Rogue's Angels blog! Since my association began with Rogue Phoenix Press, I've enjoyed many writing experiences. The print-on-demand release of two books, writing a novella for two anthologies, and an upcoming series scheduled to begin in March 2012. My latest writing news is the re-issue of my first three books as e-books on Nov. 1, Nov. 15, and Dec. 15.

I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the characters in my Rock and Romance series until I recently reread these stories to prepare them for reissue.

All three books--THE ROCK STAR, THE BODYGUARD, and THE LEADER OF THE BAND--center around men associated with a rock band who hit the top of the charts and then faded from the public spotlight. All three of these heroes make major changes in their stories, so much so it was hard to condense into one blog post. So there will be three posts, one about each hero and heroine.

In this post, I'll talk about THE ROCK STAR: Geoff Chastain.

Geoff grew up without much direction or love. In his own words, "My old man took off when I was five or six, and not long after that my mother had a nervous breakdown. Then I bounced in and out of foster homes. In my teens, I discovered music. I stowed away in NightHawke's van when I was sixteen and the rest, as they say, is history."

The adoration of fans is a heady experience for this young man, and he takes advantage of the many willing women without thought of possible consequences. Until he discovers he has a daughter, abandoned as he was, and suffering with a terminal illness. For the few short years they have together, Geoff pours all the love he never knew into giving his little girl everything she could want. Her death plunges him into a dark abyss of grief that chokes off even the music that has sometimes been the only light in his less-than-ideal life.

Why do I like this character? That's easy. I had a crush or two on rock stars when I was a teenager. I went to some concerts and felt the rush of being in the same room--well, an auditorium could be considered a VERY big room. But the closest I got to meeting my heroes was many years later when they weren't such big celebrities and they autographed a T-shirt or photo for me.

But my writer's mind kicked in and asked "what if"? What if a teenager smitten by a rock star didn't just meet her hero, but had an intimate encounter with him? And what if that encounter dramatically changed them both?

That's what happens in THE ROCK STAR. The heroine, Shannon Ausbrook, is determined to seduce Geoff. Her inexperience doesn't give her much knowledge on how to do that, but her determination and a mutual friend gain her access to his hotel room, and the sparks between them take over.

This is the beginning of revealing Geoff's true character: a celebrity with a conscience, with a determination to make things right, and with a soul-deep desire to know true love.

He is stunned that Shannon is a virgin and, years later, when fate and the same mutual friend bring them together again, he is still intrigued by this woman who wears sequins and sings sultry songs one night, and dons work boots and demolishes plaster walls the next.

I love writing strong, capable heroines who also also indulge their feminine side. Shannon's flaw is her mouth sometimes lands her in the middle of situations she has to work her way out of. However, Geoff appreciates her blunt-spoken honesty and knows, when she finally tells him "I love you" in the middle of a disagreement, she really means it. It's not the celebrity she loves; she loves the man he is.

Shannon's declaration of love pushes Geoff to dig deep through the neglect of his childhood and the excuses he has used to avoid commitment to discover what he truly wants.

I love to take two characters on a journey of discovery starting with a history that puts them in conflict with each other and, layer by emotional layer, dig deeper and deeper to find the soul and values that lie beneath the masks they wear to face the world each day. Inevitably, this leads them to the final choice when confronted with true love. Will they risk all that is familiar and perhaps even their lives to claim a prize beyond their wildest dreams?

I invite readers to join my characters on this journey of discovery.

And on November 15, you'll meet THE BODYGUARD.

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Hunkering down

Hello all,

Sable Angel here. By the time I write you again, Dragons Among the Ice should be close to a complete novel.

Tuesday, November 1, I start a challenge I took up last year with a group of crazy writers determined to put their tukuses in chairs and create a novel. The challenge is the National November Writing Month or NaNoWriMo for short. After the last go round, I inquired about the program parameters to set up for myself during the rest of the year. A certain word goal is set and the number of days to reach that goal is put into the mix. When the two are calculated, a word count per day is determined so the final count will be reached within the timeframe.

The goal is to make the word count each day and, after the set number of days, one has the beginning of a novel. For those who write shorter novels, a complete novel is done at the final counting.

Granted, there are those who have the natural tenacity and structure to make this a normal happening... I am not one of those gifted souls. I'm afraid I procrastinate -- a lot. When I feel unsure of my writing abilities or my 'other' life interrupts, I allow those distractions to rule my passion.

This is something I'm working hard to correct. Losing a friend, at a very young age, to cancer has shaken me up and given me pause to think seriously about where I want the rest of my life to go.

I'll be lost in the land of Dragons [and motorcycle enthusiasts] for the next month.

Keep flying high...

Sable Angel

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