Love it when characters let slip a few more hints about themselves. It may never make it onto the page, but it rounds them out in the writer's head. I hate cardboard characters who let themselves be shoved around willynilly -- so I try not to write them...

Key West Sunset

Key West Sunset.

Well. 10,000 words into AGAINST THE TIDE, (with Chris Quinton) which is a m/m cop/buddy/thriller set in Tampa. (Why Tampa? Well, I love Florida, and Tampa is a great city. Also I wanted to include the Keys -- Key West, if you didn't know, is the capital of the Conch Republic, and a Mecca for the Beautiful People of all three sexes and inclinations. If you ever get there, don't miss the Mallory Square Sunset Celebration!)
So -- 10,000 words. Trouble is, I don't write linearly. I write scenes and hope to stitch them together eventually. I'm ace at the bromance stuff, the relationship bits, and while I have a pretty good idea of the Plot, Plot isn't my strong point...

This is DH posing for me at the end of Interstate 1.

 

 



 

 

 

 



About me.

Now back in North Wales after four years in Grand Cayman, in the Caribbean (proof positive that no good deed goes unpunished) I am 48 years married (to the same man!), with one son, three cats and one grandson. I love to read - anything, in a pinch. I think it's an addiction. I love classic SF, history, travel, and animals. I've been writing for as long as I can remember, but first teamed up with Chris Power (see Chris Quinton) in the '70s to write 'fan-fiction'. After some time (and several awards!) we branched out into writing our own brand of 'cop-show', and from that, to writing fantasy and historical fiction. I am always happy to get any kind of comment about my work. Creative criticism, even. Tell me what you liked, why you liked it. What you didn't like, ditto! MY CATS CLEO (Darktower Dilana) is a Tortie-Tabby & White Maine Coon girl, a real stunner, and already a Premier. A sweetheart who  has the whole family under her velvet paw! CLEO has no hobbies. She has Purrr-poses of Life... Watching birds, washing other cats, being beautiful. MERI (full name Adfursh Meriadoc Brandybuck, but we only call him that when he's being a bad boy) is a Usual Silver Somali. He came to us after Pippin, his predecessor, went to Rainbow Bridge. He shares many of Pip's endearing qualities. Hobbies include lying upside down while having tummy stroked, asserting dominance over all other cats, and eating. Meri is a registered Pets-as-therapy (PAT) cat. One of a select few in the country, but now retired. RUFUS (Brizlincoat Brigadier) is a Usual Somali. He is a full Premier and was on the way to Grand when he decided that this was not a good career choice. Hobbies include Escapology and plucking out his tail fur.