I apologize for the late post but my head has been hurting all day and I can’t think of another excuse other then honestly I was doing some writing on the anthology again because I got stuck on one chapter of November’s Kiss.

The started with pain in my back and headache. I pushed through it though I wasn’t evening planning on writing on NK but I’m starting to get into the new book rhythm. You know that rhythm. Wake fire up the computer boot up the document write on it add a sentence here and there and then throughout the day and then it’s time to go back to bed.

Anyway, I worked on section two dealing with the relationship of one character’s relationship with their sibling and the close and trust both share and then I had to stop and do something else.

Boy oh Boy.

I’m trying to figure out how to explain this.

Truth.  This book is taking places as writer. I’m really pushing telling the truth about people and relationships even when I want to hold back. Family. Yeah. Family is complicated and simple. How much can you accept from your love ones and the make up of who they are. What does real love look like when it’s accepting of the person and not always what their choices are? In the book, I’m trying to figure out that answer.

Loyalty and trust are big themes I’m trying to convey strongly in the first draft. It’s a trial on my mind and confidence that’s why I think it’s slow going because I’m writing situations that are very dramatic but I’m trying to show brotherhood at it’s heart and manhood at it’s height.

Sorry for a bit of the mystery and round about talk but I’m trying to share more my writing thought process without giving you to much details about NK that don’t matter right now. It’s still just a first draft.  Maybe I’ll fail in the attempt but I’m trying to push myself because I love the message and characters that drive the story themes I care very much about.

L. M. Parker

P.S.

I really do love the characters in November’s Kiss.

Today sucked I got no sleep and I have a headache and had distractions without end throughout the day but on the lighter side of life I got some writing done so I’m happy.

I couldn’t get any morning writing done and afternoon writing was no where in sight because I had to be distracted by life’s demands on me. So must of my evening writing was where did as much work as I could do on the book.

I’ve worked on section one finishing the first chapter and it’s a interesting foreshadowing for sections two and three I then moved on to section two. In section two I worked on adding a few chapters adding in details and a new chapter in part.

Note: I’ve finally set my mind on a city for the story. I was choosing between Boston or Baltimore. I chose Baltimore because I know the city well and I would have to do more research about Boston.

I ended the day working in section three. Boy o boy this is looking good. A bit emotional but strong in the message of the book in general. I completed two chapters and I might only need one or three chapters to make a fun ending.  I’ll keep you posted.

L M. Parker

P.S.

I might not need to write a murder scene but I will have to write so

type of scene to explain the where they got the dead body.

hmm

I have to plan.

Not much to say about today in the realm of novel work. I got a chapter going by hand for section one of the book. I wrote it by freehand in my paper notebook at lunch at my day gig.

I’m just in the process of writing the book as it comes to me. The real fun part is still weeks away when I make the adjustments to connecting all the book sections together.

I can already see I’m going to enjoy reading the book when it’s finally done. Oh yeah the comedy. I don’t know if I mentioned this but I’m big fan of having some type of comedy in what I write. That wasn’t always the case.

Writing comedy or what I think of as funny situations and jokes wasn’t intentional at all on my part. It kind of happened because of the makeup of characters and a bit of my own sense of dark humor coming into the mixture. Though in this book there is a bit of dark moments in it with a few twists I hope not to telegraph to early. When the shocking moments happen I want them to punch the reader in the face as much as it did me when I discovered that was going to happen in the story.

There will be a lot of rewrites in the future.

The book is still in the planning mode. That is strange to say for me as I am writing the first draft but it’s really like that. I don’t know what changes I’m going to input along the way and I’m trying to be real about these characters and not down play them. There is a mixture of romance, drama and maybe a murder in the novel.

The book is still in that experimental stage where the elements are mixing in my head as I’m writing.

I’m discovering what type of creature it’s going to be.

I’m keeping the chapters short and compact but I’m hoping to refine the pace on the second draft. I’ll keep you posted on my process.

L. M. Parker

P. S.

Everything I’m doing is organized for the way I write to save time. This would be a lot more harder to do without an outline I wrote along with the character sheet and notes.