When Life Is Good

One of the reasons I started writing was because my day job wasn’t at the happiest place on earth. I worked for a police department and for the most part, people don’t call or come in because they are having a good day. You are there to help. It’s not a job for everyone because essentially you are helping ordinary people in unordinary circumstances. I was always an avid reader and at that point in my work life writing became a way to leave work at work. I started my romantic suspense series there.

For three years I worked at perhaps the most twisted job I’ve ever had. Each day was darker than the day before and I wrote some of my darkest writing during that time period. Each piece became more and more about the ugly side of human nature. For someone who loves sweet and senusal romance it was as if someone else were writing those pages.

The past 6 months have been among the most peaceful and settled of my life. I have a great job with outstanding people. My attorneys are incredibly bright people who believe in being a team. I look forward to going to work every day. My commute is a pleasure because I take a bus and someone else deals with the driving so I can write or nap or read. Home life is pretty settled…and my writing…

Well I’m on a roll with With All Dispatch. I got some great insight into my hero, Gareth, this week. He’s not vulnerable – yet. He’s a basic guy who has a mission that nothing is going to get in the way of. I like him a whole lot! The thing is, with the personal emotional angst I experienced in the sucky job gone, getting to that dark moment of romance is a little harder. Gareth and his lady, Molly, deserve their happily ever after.

I’m finding I’d rather be moving along with this story than doing most anything else which is a good thing from a writing standpoint…not so good when there’s a house to be cleaned!

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