Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Who are you and why are you calling me "Mamma".
Yesterday was crazy. Dell and Paul are hopped up on candy and they're home all week. Alllll week. It's only Tuesday and I'm begging for mercy. My patience is gone. My sanity is in question. Well, my sanity has always been in question but that's beside the point. It's the chaos. When Joe's work is transitioning, and the money is sporadic, I tend to get a teensy weensy uptight. Thank God we've had a couple of days of sunshine so I can take the boys to the park and let them run around. Of course, Paul got a bloody nose and Dell kept throwing bark at other kids but at least they got out before I killed them. "Cold Murder" is progressing and I've knocked out 22 pages. I think the writing on this one is better than my first manuscript. I've reached the point where the story heads out to sea. My expertise dwindles and I'm relying on my hubby (an ex-fisherman) to help me out. I was reluctant to write about something out of my personal experience. Yet, so far, this is going well. Maybe I can find an Alaskan Diva who will correct my appalling mistakes. I like the story and I'm really getting into my characters. I notice I often focus on the relationship between the characters rather than the suspense that drives them. In "Hidden Grief", the relationship develops even though the heroine's father was just murdered. I think I miss the emotion that accompanies the suspense aspect of my writing. The question becomes--can two people fall in love when murder and mayhem surround them? There are writers who do this well. I think Patricia Wentworth does this very well. But is it really possible? It's the question of the day. Romantic Suspense--is it an oxymoron?
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