My Writing Process - blog tour

Hi - Jane Jackson has very kindly invited me to take part in the My Writing Process blog tour. You can read more about her award winning historical fiction on Jane's blog or by clicking on this link to her website Everyone involved in the My Writing Process blog tour is answering the following questions, so here goes..... What am I working on? I have a butterfly mind, so tend to work on a number of things at once. I find that way, if I get bogged down in one, I can turn to the other. The first thing I am working on is a serial for Woman's Weekly. I recently became fascinated by the fact that we all have secrets and hide some aspects of ourselves from even our nearest and dearest. An idea began to form about a successful man in the public eye who hides something very dangerous from everyone even his wife. What happens when the oh so perfect 'front' he has created starts to unravel is the basis for my story. I am also planning a historical which gives me an excuse to read lots of books and pretend I am working. I really enjoy the process of writing serials and thinking of a cliffhanger for the end of each week. My next one, 'Finders Keepers', I have coming out on February 4th in My Weekly. I am also working on a sequel to 'The Lemon Grove' How does my work differ from others of its genre? I am trying to inject a lot of action into my serial as well as a large dollup of emotion/romance. I love romantic suspense myself and films in that genre and imagine my scenes as scenes from films. Why do I write what I do? I think crime and romance together are an extremely high octane potent mix so many of my contemporary books involve both. Having a lot at stake gives a writer the ability to appeal to readers' emotions and generally speaking we read books and watch films in order to 'feel' something. How does my writing process work? Haphazardly I'm afraid. I am getting better at planning because I know that is the way to avoid a 'soggy middle' but I do find it hard being disciplined and envy writers who are. Thanks for reading about My Writing Process! The Tour continues on January 20th with: Kitti Bernetti who writes in the popular Secret Library range