Monday, April 13, 2009
More to Love About Spring and Texas
Monday, April 13, 2009
More to Love About Spring and Texas
My azaleas were riddled by a recent hail storm, but in this part of Texas beautiful wildflowers line every highway, even the small country roads that I love to travel. Every year my husband and I take off to wander the back roads and let the beauty of spring seep into our souls. My camera failed to work this year, but thanks to a friend, I have this marvelous picture of cattle grazing peacefully behind a field of brilliant bluebonnets, the state flower of the Long Star State. And what's a Texas drive without a few Longhorns?
But now it's back to writing for me. But not only do I have the inspiration of spring in Texas, but the marvelous rescue of the brave ship captain last night by the daring and skilled Navy SEALs. My current series, Special Ops, Texas, is all about former Special Ops guys who bring their talents, training and unbelievable bravery to play to save the woman they love. Thanks for all the wonderful emails I've received about COWBOY COMMANDO. If you don't have your copy yet, you can still buy it online frome eharlequin.com, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com or order it direct from my website at www.joannawayne.com. You can also read an excerpt there.
HAPPY SPRING! And if you're looking for a place to visit, come to Texas! The wildflowers are in full bloom!
Friday, April 3, 2009
New Article on Joanna Wayne
http://www.examiner.com/x-3098-Houston-Romance-Novels-Examiner~y2009m4d2-Joanna-Wayne
Monday, March 30, 2009
Situations that inspire stories
It's spring here and my azaleas were in full bloom when the recent thunderstorm hit and riddled the blooms with pea-size hail. I was caught in the storm and had difficulty driving in the hail and pouring rain. Even as I did, I concentrated on the sounds and sights and the anxiety and thought about using the situation in a story. That's the life of a writer.
Almost all of my stories begin with a situation. Some come from my own experiences. Others come from the news. In Cowboy Commando, I kept thinking about the policeman who had killed one wife and maybe more and how he manipulated the system to get away with it. that was the beginning of my story idea. From that I added many complications including the fact that her preschool daughter may have witnessed the murder. The story opens with the best friend having kidnapped the daughter to save her from her muderous father and to get some media attention to the crime.
Think of something has happened to you or a freind recently or something you've read in the newspaper that might make a good jumping off spot for a romantic suspense. Any comments?
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Starting the Intrigue series
I found all that in Cutter Martin and Linney Kingston's story, plus a lot more. Tune in again when I'll talk about setting up the story. And if you know others interested in writing in general, writing romantic suspense or writing for Harlequin Intrigue, please send them to the site.
Your questions are welcome!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Cowboy Commando
Gotta love the hunk on the cover.
I got the inspiration for this series from reading Lone Survivor. It's the true story of a SEAL's adventure and made me very proud to be an American and extremely impressed with the bravery and skills of her service men and women. I felt I had to write about them and this is the resulting series. I'll post more later about how I transformed the inspiration into actual stories.