What do you do when a story calls to you that is so far out of your norm you’re shocked and dismayed?
I don’t really write contemporaries. I don’t write military for sure. I trend to write hot hot paranormal and historical bordering on and spilling over into erotica. So why can’t I let this idea for a military themed contemporary that seems better suited for Harlequin Super Romance go? Not that there is anything at all wrong with Harlequin Super Romance. I so admire and respect those that can write within the harlequin frame work. But it’s just not anything I’ve ever remotely considered.
I heard a story about a marine on NPR that moved me greatly and automatically this kernel of a story appeared. And maybe it was just a defensive mechanism. Maybe I retreated from the harshness of the reality of the radio piece into a story in my own mind that could have a happy ending. I don’t know but that moment has passed and the story is still there. I’ll keep thinking about it and just see what happens…
Noelle
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