What The Next Big Thing is all about. Someone tags you, you answer ten questions about a new or recent project, then you tag more people who post the next week. Shirley Bourget tagged me last week (check out her post at http://www.shirleybourgetfreelancewriter.com/
Check out the authors below for The Next Big Thing.
Now, grab a cup of coffee and let's get started with my answers!
What is your working title of your book?
Not My Own
Where did the idea come from for the book?
I think of many children who have no one who really cares for them. Some children
are thrown out in the cold, in foster homes, or in a family's home who doesn't
want them, but take them in out of an obligation they'd rather not keep. Tina's
character came to me as a child who'd lost contact with her father as a young
woman. From there, the story spiraled and took
root.
What genre does your book fall under?
Romantic Suspense
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
Meg Ryan and Bradley Cooper. I can see both of them acting out story scenes in in my
head. I like Meg because of her vulnerability portraying down and out
characters, yet strong enough to tighten her belt and brave the world when she
has to. Bradley is, well Bradley. I like his rugged relaxed looks and he remis
me of my hero in that he's strong and clever. He brings strength to the
story.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
It's payback time for Megan Phillips, who faces the second most difficult time in her
life, while hidden in the shadows and bent on revenge, is the man Megan helped
put away for abusing his children.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
I'll be self-publishing this book as I did with my other three.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
Well, this book has been in my heart and on the back burner for a while. I wasn't sure where I wanted to go with the story, so as characters strengthened, the plot has changed a couple of times. I'm in the process of rewrites.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Authors who write about family values. These are a few authors’books others have bought from my "also bought" books on Amazon. Antoinette Stockenberg, Susan Mallery,
Marie Force, Barbara Freethy, Jen Talty, Lori Wilde, Helen Scott Taylor, and Annie Jones to name a few.
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
I ache for those who suffer the loss of a child, children who have no one to love them the way they should be loved. Women of strength and that are able to find forgiveness in their hearts and learn to love someone else’s child.
What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?
Not My Own is a compassionate story, but has some surprises in store for the reader. Since it's a Romantic Suspense, there is quite a bit of action throughout.
An excerpt of Not My Own.
After nine years of being estranged from her father, Megan Phillips now faces the second most difficult time in her life. The man who hurt her the most, has summoned her back to Vail, Colorado, and her childhood home. Even in death, her father dishes out the last word. One thing she knows for sure is, she won't allow her father to dictate her future from the grave.
Either Megan procures responsibility for Adam, a seven-year-old brother she hadn’t known existed, or she loses a vast inheritance. Megan wants nothing from her father, and refuses the inheritance. But, her father's love child has nothing to do with the rift between her and her father. She won't abandon Adam without placing him with family or in a good home. Unable to locate the mother and after finding out the boy's grandparents are only after Adam's inheritance, her search ends. Megan's life is altered in ways she never dreamed.
Then, there’s her father's lawyer, the hunky Bret Evans. A bachelor, all business, Bret is married to his law practice. Love and a family of his own is far down the ladder of
achievements. Megan, the woman who catches his eye from the start, could be the
one who removes a few rungs in his ladder.
Whatever will Megan do with a man who makes her forget she never wanted children, a
family? The man who takes her breath away?
Hidden in the shadows and bent on revenge, is a man Megan helped put away for abusing
his children. Now it's payback time.
Check out these terrific authors I've tagged. They’ll be posting in about a week, so be sure and visit their websites to learn more about them and their writings.
http://www.shirleybourgetfreelancewriter.com/
http://www.jdfaver.com/blog.html
http://danadelamar.blogspot.com
http://www.sdbancroft-author.com/blog.html
Message for the tagged authors and interested others:
Rules of the Next Big Thing
***Use this format for your post
***Answer the ten questions about
your current WIP (work in progress)
***Tag five other writers/bloggers and
add their links so we can hop over and meet them.
Ten Interview Questions
for the Next Big Thing:
What is your working title of your book?
Where did the idea come from for the book?
What genre does your book fall under?
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?
Include the link of who tagged you and this explanation for the people you have tagged.
Be sure to line up your five people in advance.