Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Back In The Saddle Again
OK. So I got my second rejection for "Cold Vengeance" and I need to sit down and get back to work on something else. Saturday, I was debating about which wip to focus on. None of my current characters were standing up to draw my attention. So, I sent the first 10 pages of two of my efforts to Dayna Hart and begged her to help me decide. One was a romantic suspense, "Rough Seas". The other is a straight contemporary "Wilderness Trap". Dayna was partial to "Rough Seas" so that's the one I'm going for. If you've visited my website or read my blog frequently, you know that "Rough Seas" is about Charlene Henderson and Ethan Shannon on The Bering Sea. A HUGE fan of "Deadliest Catch" and married to an ex-fisherman (which is like the Marines--no such thing as an ex) I couldn't resist using characters and settings that involve crab fishing.
When I entered the Synopsis contest with RD, it seems that this subject is hit or miss. Some loved it, some hated it. *Shrugs*. Like everything else, it's all about opinion. I have no idea if this will fly or not.
I love the fisherman personality. They're free spirits, unwilling to bow down to anyone and only tolerate Captain authority. They rarely follow the "herd mentality". Most of them are "men's men" but love independent women, often wild women. (I was departure for my hubby. Pretty mellow.) None of them fit in comfortable categories. And they're not stupid, though they are often underestimated due to their rough ways and lack of education. The closest professions that are simuliar are probably loggers. My husband's father was a fisherman. His grandfather was an Engineer on Pacific Railroad. There is a long history in his family of bucking the system. Writing "Rough Seas" has been so fun for him because I have to go to him for nautical information and colloquial phrases (the less colorful ones) and he LOVES that.
I should get a good chunk of time to write today. Yayyyyy!
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