I first
wrote Lessons around 1995. I believe it was my forth novel. (The first three: a
YA, a romance and a mystery – they will not be published.)
For
me, the story and the characters came alive and when I started writing it was
as if someone else was telling the story, and I was just the typist. When I
finished the book, I was busy in my real life, so I didn’t do anything with the
manuscript. But some fifteen years later I decided to release it as an eBook.
Before
release, I did some major rewriting, editing, sent it through a beta reader and
then to a professional editor.
I
wasn’t ready to leave the characters, so I decided to write a second book, this
time a mystery. When I initially wrote Lessons, I wrote about the timeframe I
was living in. When I started The Senator’s Secret, I wanted to do the same
thing. So from the time Lessons ends and The Senator’s Secret begins, there is
a 16-year span.
When
reading the different books in this series, the reader should not expect the
same read. While she’ll find many of the same characters, it won’t be a formula
plot, similar to other books in the series.
For example, there is far more explicit sex in Lessons than in The
Senator’s Secret. I didn’t do that to be salacious, but because the story
called for it.
Lessons
is a story about a happily married woman, who finds herself a widow and
confronts a discretion from her past. One reviewer wrote: "Lessons" is a deep, rich story of love, family and
friendship.
For
more about The Senator’s Secret, read tomorrow’s blog.
