Susan, sometimes it's really useful to write a sidetrack scene, to get it straight in your head how the characters are reacting, even though the scene itself is not supposed to go into the finished book. Think of it as the 90% of the fiction berg you don't see....
That's a good point--especially since one of the challenges I'm facing in this scene is trying to find a way to hint that while James is putting on an impressive act of confidence, control, and seductiveness, what he's thinking is, "I've never been with a virgin before. I wish her eyes weren't that big and scared. I don't want to hurt her. How is one supposed to do this, anyway?"
Deb, is late better than never? I would love to read anything you've got as a reader, no edits, cross my heart. Please?
is late better than never? I would love to read anything you've got as a reader, no edits, cross my heart. Please?
Deb, will you be interested in an across-the-ocean not-well-enough-with-her-English reader (I'm from Israel)? Because if you do, I second Deena here.
Deena, Nilly, you bet. Profile addys?
yes, of course! please! I love you! will you autograph my baby?
will you autograph my baby?
BWAH! Hell, my own's got a really nice tat on her lower back....
Insent, Deena.
YAY!
(and hello lovely Nilly!)
Deena, it occurs to me that I should probably warn you (no spoilers, because the scene and premise get set in the prologue) that the killer in Still Life kills pregnant women. There's absolutely no blood, guts or gore in the book, nothing messy, but that's the scenario. Are you OK with it (crossing fingers)?
