Before I talk about my little dilemma, I just have to say…

ONE WEEK UNTIL THE RELEASE OF HOTTER AFTER MIDNIGHT!!!!

Sorry. Had to get that out.

Ahem, now back to my post…I’ve got a dilemma. I’m working on my demon story and there is a secondary character, one that I actually didn’t give a whole lot of thought to when I was plotting this story.  You see, I planned for her death.  So, that was pretty straight-forward. But, now that it’s ah, killing time (so to speak), I find myself hesitating.

I think I want to let her survive.

And there’s my dilemma. To kill her or to let her live.  Not really the kind of issue I face everyday.

I just finished a big scene with her (quite possibly her last living scene), but I feel like I’m a bit at loose ends with her.  I could easily write the story with her surviving–or with her becoming the latest victim of my brutal killer.

I may have to try writing a bit each way–and see what I like better.

Any other writers have this problem?  When a character you’ve clearly planned to have an abrupt end seems to raise her hand and ask for just a wee bit more book time?

It’s an absolutely beautiful Monday down here today-with temps expected in the mid 80s. So, um, yeah, I’ll be heading out soon. But first…I wanted to post my paranormal workshop handouts for any authors who might be interested.

(This is the workshop I presented at the recent Silken Sands Conference; the focus of the workshop is giving human flaws and character traits to non-human characters). If you’d like to view the material, just click here.

The workshop material will be up permanently (well, okay, for the next couple of months anyway) in my “Extras” section–just click the “For Writers” button.

Have a great Monday!

Happy Friday!!  I’m blogging today over at The Romance Studio–talking about just how hard it can be to let some characters go…

If you get a chance, drop by for a visit!

I’m blogging over at The Bradford Bunch today about the anti-heroine. If you get a chance, drop by and share your thoughts on the villainess gone (a bit) good.

There are now only two weeks left before the official release of HOTTER AFTER MIDNIGHT. Two weeks. Jeez–I remember when it was eight months, six months–now, two weeks! I can’t wait to walk into the bookstore and see this particular book on the shelves. Can’t wait.

In the meantime, to keep my mind off the upcoming release and to focus my nervous energy (cause, yep, I’ve got lots of that), I’m staying busy. When I came back from my conference, I had the final galley of BLOOD HUNT (my novella in Secrets, Volume 25: Wicked Delights, due out this December) waiting for me. I plan to finish that up tonight–and I’ll be posting an excerpt from that story, too. For those who’ve read my other Red Sage/Secrets works, this tale isn’t part of my werewolf series–instead, it features a vampire heroine and the bounty hunter who has the unfortunate luck of stumbling into her path. The lady literally has a taste for bad boys.

After I finish up my galley review, I’ll get back to my WIP–and hopefully finish up the rough draft of Niol’s story in the next few weeks. I’m at a turning point in that story, the big build up to the climax, so the action is much faster now.

I know lots of folks out there will be heading out to the big RT Convention–I hope you all have a fabulous time! Please feel free to come back and share your awesome stories with me. 🙂