First off, I’m very excited to have My Fake Fiancee on shelves this month in company with some of my fave authors. I thought the covers this month were scrumptious. Though why my heroine is wearing her bathing suit in the bathtub has me in a puzzle ;-)  Oh, well. In the scene she’s um, not!

So, sometimes as an author, you end up writing a book completely out of season, which is what’s happened to me. I’m writing a Hockey Encounters book right how. With the whole world in a heat wave I am writing about ice. And cold. And winter coats. Honestly, I sweat just thinking about it. This would probably be a fun exercise at a writing workshop, a kind of test of the imagination. Okay, it’s 90 degrees outside, write about a snow storm. Or, we’re in a snowstorm, quick, write about sitting on the beach on a hot summer’s day. I’ve actually found a hockey rink that’s operating, so that’s good. And sometimes I stick my head in the freezer for inspiration :-D  But mostly I’ve been sailing. I recently got invited to crew on a 35 foot sailboat. I am having so much fun. It’s always a fun bunch of people and we are racing. The first night I went out the crew was so slim I actually had to do a pretty important job. I was tailing, which means I had to pull and winch one rope that operated the jib and another that operated the spinaker. I was doing great. Until in the heat of the race somebody yelled at me to ease off the jib. No problem. I eased. And eased, and let more rope out until finally somebody yelled at me to STOP. Seemed I was letting down the wrong sail. Which is not usually a good way to win a race!! However, in spite of my newbie disaster, they keep asking me back. And yesterday we won our race. What a thrill that was. Then I came home sunburned and wrote a bout snow, and cold and hockey…

Meanwhile, another friend of mine invited me to play pool. Now, I have never ever played pool before. Not even once. So, picture me in a bar, getting a lesson on how to play pool (which naturally involved a nerve strengthening beverage) and then this couple comes up and challenges us to a game. Talk about pressure! I mostly tried not to do anything stupid like knock the white ball in a hole, and let my partner do the heavy lifting. It was great fun. Fortunately no one was serious. And then I came home and thought THAT’S how I can get my princessy figure skating heroine to go out with the jock hockey player. He’ll challenge her to a game of pool and she won’t be able to resist. That’s what I love about writing. The greatest scenes come in the most unlikely places. Now If I could just figure out a way to get a sailing scene in a hockey book…

Hope you’re all staying cool, except when you’re reading some red hot Blaze.

Happy Reading

Working on my Hockey book...

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