This week, on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop, we're asked, "What's the hardest part of writing for you?"
What a great question! The answer is super easy. All of it's hard!
But seriously, it depends on so many things. Beginnings are difficult because unless I feel like I've nailed the opening, I can't move on. I just sit there re-writing the opening until it works enough to get me going. It feels like I'm in my car, ready to head out onto the road, but until I put it in gear (and turn on the engine) we're not going anywhere--no matter how hard I press on the accelerator.
Endings are time consuming. They're definitely not as difficult as beginnings, but I HATE books that just stop, so I have to feel like the ending is complete or I can't put the book to bed.
Middles are usually not that bad--because I'm a plotter. I can't imagine what hell pantsers must go through because the only time middles are hard is when I haven't prepped enough and don't know where I'm trying to go.
Caveat: It's not that middles are never difficult, but they're significantly less so--in general.
Dialogue is occasionally difficult, but again that's mostly because I hate big blocks of dialogue, and mindless chatter, and it's not always easy to convey information through dialogue in an entertaining way.
Sex scenes aren't hard, per se, but they are also time-consuming. They can get boring. And if they're boring to write, I figure they're going to be boring to read. Also, like dialogue, they have to mean something. And (once again) ALSO like dialogue, they can't just be words on a page, or voices floating in the ether. You need to work in movements and descriptions and that kind of writing can feel tedious.
Other than that, it's a piece of cake!
Now, hop on over to Leslie Hachtel's page to learn what part of writing she finds hard. And don't forget to check out her new book, Finding Me.
FINDING ME
Neasa MacKenzie wants to have an adventure. Living and working in the sixteenth century at Eilean Donan castle, she is lucky enough to meet Skye and Harper, both from the future. And they have a way for her to travel to their time. It is also a chance to check on Davina, a villainous woman who managed to go to the future and might pose a risk.
What she doesn't anticipate is meeting the love of her life and facing untold risks, as well as experiencing the present day through the eyes of one from hundreds of years ago.
Facing tests of courage and strength, can she hold on to all she has found or will she be thrown back to a past that threatens?
IT'S RELEASE DAY!
Gone With the Wine
POUR DECISIONS, BOOK TWO
Check out the second book in this new, Multi-Author Series.
Where there’s a wine, there’s a way.
Jansen
I’m trying to start over after a soul-crushing end to my hockey career and my marriage—so I buy a winery. I have no idea what I’m doing, but at least I have a reason to get out of bed in the morning. I hate asking for help, but when I meet the winemaker next door, I’m jacked to have an excuse to see her again. She’s gorgeous and full of life, with grape juice-stained hands, a sunburnt nose, and long legs in cut-off shorts. But Bianca’s not so eager to help a grumpy rich celebrity who thinks he can just buy a winery and become a winemaker.
Bianca
Holy crap, I’ve inherited part of the family winery. That should be a dream come true, but I left Napa to get away from my family baggage. I have no choice but to go home and help my sisters get through harvest season, but I’ll be making a quick exit back to my rising star wine career in Argentina. Meanwhile, our new neighbor is a tall, dark, and ripped temptation. He needs a winemaker, and I need a laboratory—so we make a business deal. But while we work together picking, crushing, and fermenting, the attraction between us is causing another chemical reaction. And with wine and with life, it’s not healthy to keep things bottled up…
Meet the Martinelli sisters: Rosa, Bianca and Allegra. These partners in wine have just inherited a once-storied winery in the heart of Napa Valley. They’re living the dream, right?
Not so fast! Because, as it turns out, not everybody is happy for them. And that includes their Uncle Geno who’d assumed the property would come to him.
There are hoops to jump through, barrels to get over, and a mountain of regulations they'll have to scale. But the sisters are crushing it—and we don’t just mean the grapes. They’re making wine, falling in love, and working together to restore their inheritance to its former glory, one pour decision at a time.
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