TRIED AND TRUE & SOMETHING NEW

TRIED AND TRUE OR SOMETHING NEW
May 2010 By Lynde Lakes

Personally, I’m comfortable writing romantic suspense, but I’m always tweaking it in one manner or another. I love brainstorming and try to ratchet the excitement and action up a notch in each new book. I’ve done paranormal romantic suspense, and now I’m doing a wolf romantic suspense. My publisher strongly suggested that I give it a try because the darker side is selling well now. I don’t like trends, but darn it, it was a challenge and I’m a sucker for a challenge.
I learned it is great fun to stretch my comfort level. I didn’t know I could get so excited about a werewolf and his life of torture and pleasure seeking. Although the world is against him, he keeps his sense of humor and doesn’t let his “little” transformation problem get him down. Shoot, werewolves need love, too.
So I paired him up with a great gal who could be sympathetic to his problem. Not too sympathetic. She’s a clever chick who is smart enough to suspect his feral self and sometimes even his everyday rather amorous self. I mean what girl in her right mind wants to be out with a guy who is great until the moon comes out and all hell breaks loose? Well, yeah, lots of guys are sorta like that, but hopefully they don’t spout fangs and howl at the moon. Although I think we’ve all been out with a guy or two who did something just as bizarre.
Now, back to the story. Next, I put my characters into a castle spooky enough to become a character. But that isn’t enough, I needed a villain. No, I need two villains. And some trouble-making busybodies. And some poor advice-giving best friends. And a storm. And maybe throw in a Holiday. Yeah. Halloween. That fits the spooky atmosphere. Oh, wow and let’s throw in some heavy astrology and a fortune teller. Hey this is fun. If you haven’t started your story for the year, do some brainstorming. Try wolves, vampires, witches or lump them together and make them all try to exist in the same world, tripping over each other for supremacy. Challenge yourself…stretch…try it you’ll like it. Rainbows, Lynde