Don't let me do it!

With two books currently in progress, I just got another idea. Another young adult, this time suspense. I think. It's sketching itself out in my brain and slowly ... taking ... hold.

I absolutely cannot start writing it right now. I have to finish the ones I have. Have to. So, my friends, if I mention that I started anything else, you are to please beat me over the head with the manuscript to my current works. I will supply said manuscripts. (No, planning doesn't count because I have no control over when lovely ideas hit me. So there. :-P )

As Ally Carter said in a blog entry a while ago, if it's truly a good idea it'll still be with me when I reach the point when I can actually write it.

(But, oh, it's such a lovely idea... just sitting there... waiting)

30,000

Broke 30,000 words on Sunday. (Yay!) And got feedback from family on my my Summit Prologue and my romantic suspense summary.

I also came to the conclusion that I won't be writing romantic suspense, per se, but rather a suspense novel with a heavy romantic theme. I have nothing against category romance -- for one, they're huge sellers. And whatever people choose to write or read is their own choice, and its all about what serves our needs as readers and writers (making us think, educating us, escapism, whatever). But I just can't envision myself writing category romance. I don't think I could write a 60,000-word novel. (Props to those who can, though.)

So now I think I'll be making my second book "chick lit suspense" rather than romantic suspense... maybe. Something like that.

And does anyone know what liquor stores are called in various European nations?

Tell me what you think...

This is an idea I just sketched -- I'm forever trying to think of more book ideas, because if I don't, I know that by the time I finish my first book I'll end up staring at a blank page with absolutely no idea what to write about.

Please, please, please tell me what you think (i.e., would you read it, or is it utter drivel?)

I promise there's action. Maybe even death.


[Character 1] has a life anyone would love to have: shootouts at 10,000 feet, explosions that light up the southern sky, and drug lords stalking her through the streets of Miami are just a part of her normal day -- though the explosions get a little monotonous after a while. As a change of pace, the Bureau sends her back home in pursuit of one [Character 2]. He's sexy, smooth, suave -- and a contract killer. Sparks fly, and it isn't long before [Character 1] is reminding herself that the attraction is all part of the job.

But [Character 2] has his own agenda, and [Character 1] fits perfectly. But, "the best laid plans...often go awry" and soon [Character 1] and [Character 2] are running from the mob, and forced to rely on each other just to stay alive. Of course, it's all moot if they kill each other first.

Hallo

(In the spirit of my book, set in Germany and all that)

I do have a livejournal account, but I really prefer the look of blogspot so I'm going to make most of my writing-related posts over here.

Below (and this may look familiar, as I've posted it on my LJ account as well) is the query-letter-version of my synopsis for my as-yet-untitled manuscript, which is a murder mystery/political thriller. If you happen to find it interesting/intriguing/annoying/utter blather, please let me know. And if it raises any questions in your mind, by all means post them. I may not answer them here, but I will attempt to answer them in my book. ;-)

German detective Josef Brandt responds to the murder of American diplomat Russell Fisk at the very hotel where the G8 Summit is scheduled to open in just two days, certain that the motive is obvious: someone has taken politics a little too far. CIA Agent Chelsea LaBrecque is anything but pleased when she is assigned to baby-sit Brandt's investigation, but she isn't about to fight the Director.

Chelsea and Josef discover that Fisk's murder is just a small part of an attempt to keep a long-held secret. As they track a killer connected to one of the most powerful men in the world, they must consider which is more important: that the truth be exposed or that foreign relations between the world's greatest nations not be jeopardized.