My self-developmental editing of The Fallen Hero continues, and I had a revelation this week. In Episode 60, I talk about the nature of romance in romantic suspense books, how analyzing the amount of romance in my books made me panic and knowing when there is enough romance in my books. https://youtu.be/rbUvSPGTDQU

One of the hidden secrets of authors is that we use film, movie, and/or literature “masterworks” to help inspire our own books. In Episode 59, I discuss the movie that served as the inspiration for my upcoming novel, The Fallen Hero, and give a sneak peek of some of the obstacles I’ll be throwing at the main character, ex-Navy SEAL Julian Montgomery.

Getting the first draft of a book done really is awesome, but it’s just the beginning. In Episode 58, I discuss developmental self-editing and the three problems (so far) that I’ve found in my latest draft of The Fallen Hero, the upcoming book in the Hero in Paradise Series.

The Accidental Hero, Book 1 in the Hero in Paradise Series, is going to become an audiobook! This week, I gave the go-ahead for the audiobook book production to begin. In Episode 57, I talk about the last steps in the pre-production process: choosing between different pronunciations of words and reviewing the extended audiobook sample submitted by the narrator. https://youtu.be/M4TOkp0Z0hs

The Accidental Hero, Book 1 in the Hero in Paradise Series, is going to become an audiobook! In Episode 56, I find out that the narrator has agreed to do the audiobook and it’s time to sign contracts. One problem. I have clunky sentences in the book that sound awful when read aloud. In this episode, I talk about the evolution of my writing and what I did to try to fix my book before sending it to the narrator.

The Accidental Hero, Book 1 in the Hero in Paradise Series, is going to become an audiobook! In Episode 55, I talk about the process of choosing a narrator and give you a sneak peek sample of the narrator I selected.

The Accidental Hero, Book 1 in the Hero in Paradise Series, is going to become an audiobook! In Episode 54, I talk about grappling with the tough decision of whether to even have an audiobook version and what’s up next in the process to get the audiobook published.

While working on Book 3 of the Hero in Paradise Series, The Fallen Hero, I hit a snag when I kept introducing new characters but couldn’t figure out how to make them interact with my main characters, Julian and Mena. Last week I discussed using personality assessments to understand my characters. In Episode 53, I talk about delving into what motivates characters and how that helps to make more interesting scenes. I also give insight into the motivation of Julian and Mena as well as secondary characters from The Accidental Hero, Dawn, and Kendrick.