Who are these people, and what will they get up to? Those are the questions. My head is spinning. I've got a fun crescendo of events lined up for the first half of the book, and I know the exciting conclusion, but ugh, that third quarter. At the moment, it's a black hole. And I'd like to figure most of it out during the next two weeks because, while I don't do NaNoWriMo, I do belong to a wonderful group of supportive authors who promise to urge each other on during the month of November. Since OG and I are currently in Chicago working on PO&O's new condo AGAIN, I don't have much thinking time.
Here's what I know so far:
- The series will be set in and around Monterey County, from Big Sur to Monterey, and feature three artist sisters--a kinetic sculptor, a raku potter, and a glass blower.
- I know all the titles and the characters' names. Yay! This is critical for me. I can't seem to start a book until I've decided on these things.
- The heroine of the first book flees her controlling, and probably criminal, fiance and comes home to Big Sur. She takes a day job in an art gallery in Carmel.
- The hero of the first book is a Minnesota-farm-boy-turned-forensic-accountant for the FBI who looks like Chris Pratt.
- The rotten fiance come to Carmel, where he is murdered by an agent of the Russian mob, who then comes after the heroine.
- The owner of the art gallery and his antique-dealer partner are mixed up in money laundering and meth dealing as a result of their gambling-related debts to the Russian mob.
- There will be a variety of minor but hilarious incidents straight from the Pine Cone police log.
Beyond all that, who knows? LOL
Alison
https://www.alisonhenderson.com
7 comments:
Oh. My. Goodness. Alison, you are well on your way. This series sounds like another big winner. Get going on it so we can all read it.
Your series sounds so interesting...Carmel is a perfect setting, too. The town is full of money...all the better to launder! As to your question. You are a planner (and I'm not), so I'm surprised by what I write every day-in the creative stage. Brian Maas says we have to imagine the worst thing possible to happen...then after that thing the next worst...etc. I like to surprise myself and the hero/heroine with an incident or a new person - that further complicates the main plot and distracts the crime-solving efforts. The OMG, I-never-saw-that-coming, is what I'm looking for.
Mush on, Alison. So glad you've got the support you need!
Hmmm... You know more about your book without writing a word than I seem to know about mine 35,000 words into it. I should be so organized. I've been stagnating because I need to plot and can't seem to get going. Kudos to you! And enjoy your time in Chicago!
Wow, I am hooked. I bet the rest will come when you get down to serious writing. Works for me anyway. I'm 9 chapters into the first book of a new series and I have your same problem. I need a long solo drive to get it figured out. That's where I do my best thinking. Until then, I'll wing it. Good luck and I'm excited to read this one.
I have to have a title and names, too. And their point of pain. What's happened in their past that makes them act and react in a certain way. The opening scene comes to me after twenty or thirty rewrites of page one and then I'm off. Do I know these 2 people? No. I don't get a sense of them until roughly 22,000 words into the book or novella. Then I have to go back and pepper in their persona, which I enjoy. I hit a sagging middle, too, and just plow through. Yes, I do need to shift into reverse and plow into the mess a time or two until things seem right. I keep telling myself I need to learn to plot, but gee that takes time. LOL I love the sound of your new series. You'll have readers spellbound.
Have a great time in Chicago with your daughter and new condo. Evie and I are driving to Roanoke, IN in a few days to visit my daughter and the grandkids.
Wow. You have so much worked out. I'm more of a pantser, so I don't know what's coming. Well, sort of. My "outline" is more nebulous. This sounds like a great series. Write quick! LOL I want to read it.
What Jannine said! I'm impressed. :-) Yes, please hurry so we can start reading!
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