SPICY CHAPTER TINKERING

Primitive Palmer, Chapter One, is in the bag.

Or, is it?

Yes, and no.

It's done, but as I sit and stare at the pool and palm trees, I wonder if it needs a little something.

Switching my gaze from trees to Gaz, I seek his opinion and he agrees that it does, indeed, need a little something.

I knew it.

Panama Palmer was spicy and sizzling. So, I am ramping it up in Primitive.

Palmer and Addison (her special-man-friend) kick the book off with a VERY amorous interlude, but apparently that's not enough to please the above mentioned critic.

Yes, I did ask.

Yes, he is correct.

Yes, I will tinker with Chapter One and make it even spicier and drop in some plot hints.

First, I will put the above photo of G in the book.

No, he would probably veto that idea.

He's always right.

Damnit!

A BABY, DISTRACTIONS AND DISCIPLINE

Having a novel swirling, twirling and buzzing to burst forth through your fingertips onto a cyber-page is challenging when days roll into weeks and weeks into months.

In an attempt to get my characters busy, I realize what I have always known.

Allowing myself to become distracted and having limited discipline is a character flaw.

Think I will write it into  Primitive Palmer. A character will be unfocused and a time-waster. Yes, I like that in a fictional character. I must also enjoy it in a real person.

Here is the sleepy face of my main distraction (going shopping with her Gigi, and yes she rides in a secure car seat, she's just playing in my car for a minute).

Is it fair to blame my seven-month-old fabulous granddaughter for my lack of focus?

Absolutely not, but I could also write THAT into the book!  A tacky grandmother character...yes, that sounds about right. Now, what to name her?

Hm.

WHINERS WILL NEVER LEAD MY BOOKS

As I continue to draft my third Palmer novel, I enjoy discussing her character and those surrounding her.

As a reader, I enjoy strong women who are not afraid to be sensual.  Having said that, I also enjoy real characters with flaws. Well, flaws or real emotions.

Although Rosalind Russell, shown above and below, did not write her characters, she portrayed women with a style, strength, sense of humor and zest for living life. She played these to the hilt at a time in our history when women were not allowed to be much more than window dressing for leading men.

What I don't enjoy are women drawn as props or helpless whiners. Never will these be leading ladies in my novels.

So, thanks for the inspiration Roz!