Manuscript Monday
Last week, I shared the news of my participation in Lori Foster’s next benefit collection, with proceeds going to the Animal Adoption Foundation. Which I thought would be a great way to launch into something that I hope to make a weekly post: Manuscript Monday One day a week (give or take) when I post something from or about my latest writing endeavor.
This week it’s a bit of background about “Gimme Shelter” (tentative title), the novella I’m working on as part of Lori Foster’s next benefit book. The basic guidelines were that it should be sexy, fun, & contain a pet as a secondary character.
Gee, let’s see…
Can I do SEXY?
Given some of my past books (knitting & vampire, to name a few :wink ), I’d be willing to say yes. But I’m also basing my hero, Dean Maxwell, on Supernatural‘s Dean Winchester—you heard me; I’m giving my hero his name & his looks & working out a few personal fantasies along the way—so sexy is pretty much a given. :turkey
Can I do FUN?
Well, poor Dean is thrown totally out of his element when he discovers three tiny, rain-drenched kittens in a drainage ditch late one night after work. He has no clue what to do with them, but thankfully has a neighbor who will. Gee, I wonder what will happen when he goes knocking on her door at midnight during a thunderstorm. And she won’t let him dump them on her, so he’ll just have to spend the night…
Can I do PETS?
That might actually turn out to be the hard part. There are definitely pets in my story. Erica has five of her own—three rescue cats & two rescue dogs. And now Dean has shown up with his three little furballs. I have to be honest: I can’t wait to see how this Yours, Mine, & Ours thing turns out when Dean & Erica decide to get together. :sled
So I think I’ve got all of the elements necessary for a great novella. And even though the holidays have me moving slower than I’d like, it’s coming along pretty well. I’m really loving the characters & being able to put animals—especially rescue animals—front-&-center.
More to come as the story moves along… :orny
Comments
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Hollie says:
This book is already on my wish list!!! :prettylights
On December 10, 2012 at 4:58 am
Heidi says:
Where’s a thumbs-up “like” button when you need one? :effinsanta
Oops, no, that’s not it. Guess I’ll have to settle for :prettylights
On December 10, 2012 at 11:24 am
Jay says:
:xmas
And a very merry Christmas you…uh, I meant, she will have. :tree :reindeer
Can’t wait to read it!! :prettylights
On December 10, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Heidi says:
LOL Yeah, she (if you mean my heroine) will be having a grand holiday. She’s having nice, sweaty sex right now, which is also a better time than I’m having. :hohoho
My Xmas will be nice if I can get this story finished & turned in by then, since I’m running a little behind. :peekaboo
On December 10, 2012 at 8:03 pm
Laura J says:
Dean. Oh this works. This works very well. :orny
On December 10, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Heidi says:
I know. As soon as I started thinking about my hero, I thought, “I need a strong, sexy blue collar :turkey type.” DEAN!
Plus, it gives me a chance to finally use him as research instead of simply fuel for my personal fantasies.
On December 10, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Ruth A. Chestnut says:
:cheers It sounds like its going to be a fabulous story. I love books with animals in them. Definitely on my look for it list.
:xmas
On December 10, 2012 at 8:25 pm
Cindy Rushford says:
:hohoho Sounds like a great story 🙂 It shall also be on my wish list 🙂
On December 10, 2012 at 9:21 pm