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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

His decision could cost her life - HIS Desire (H.I.S. #1) by Sheila Kell

Published: November 5th, 2014

Description:

Can Jesse Hamilton, the head of H.I.S., protect his client when his past and his heart have put them both in jeopardy?

When FBI Special Agent Kate Ross is injured in a drive-by shooting, Hamilton Investigation and Security, Inc. (H.I.S.) leader Jesse Hamilton, believing she is the target of a killer seeking revenge against him, pulls the full force of H.I.S. into action to protect her.

Kate doesn’t believe Jesse, the only man to make her seethe one minute and lust after him the next, when he approaches her with a note from the Facilitator stating someone he loved would die shortly, and he knows in his gut it’s Kate. After a second attempt on her life, she can no longer fight his protection or her attraction to him.

After making a mistake that cost his wife her life, Jesse vowed to never love again, but Kate stirs something in him that puts his protective instincts into overdrive. Keeping her alive and out of his heart is more difficult than he expected. Then he makes a decision that could cost Kate her life. Is history due to repeat itself?

GUEST POST
Sheila Kell's Thoughts on How to Engineer a Roller Coaster
(the perfect mix of love, lust, action, suspense .... and the key points in a Romantic Suspense)

When I began writing, I researched like crazy - 'how to do this and how to do that'. One thing I learned is that all authors seem to have their own method to their madness. Some are gifted enough to start on a blank page and write out a best-seller without blinking an eye, but others need a little more planning and forethought. I learned by experience that I am the latter. I tried to just start writing and got quite a bit on paper, but when I read it...well, let's just say it made it to the wastebasket. So, I began an outline.

A rough outline helped me look over where I went with the story. After I put down what I wanted, I looked back over it for the topics you asked about. What did each chapter, each scene do for the reader? Then I started marking out and coming up with new ideas to give it a roller-coaster feel. I'm a proponent of three's. Which means I try, notice I said try, to have a mix of three's in major scenes that highlight, lust, suspense, etc. And, I try to space them out so there is always something different happening. I've gone so far as to move scenes around or create new ones to keep that flow. 

I'm not saying that writing an outline and going in three's then going over it with a red pen and critical eye to see what feeling it should invoke in the reader is the right way. That's just how I do it, and it works well for me.

About the author:
Sheila has been an avid reader since she was young, believing in fantasy worlds, women sleuths and happily-ever-after. Instead of writing as a career, she followed in her father’s footsteps and joined the U.S. Air Force. After 12 years, she left the military as a disabled veteran then spent 12 year in higher education executive leadership.

After reading her first romantic suspense novel, Sheila finally knew what she wanted to write. She has since retired to fulfill that dream.
When not writing, she reads or spends time with her family. She lives in Batesville, Mississippi with three rescue cats.


1 comment:

Sheila Kell said...

Thank you for sharing <3. I enjoyed the interview.