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Cia's Stories, I’m over there with her today! Stop by and say hello.
I thought I’d talk about Nighttime Wishes that's been released at
Smashwords and All Romance. The story is definitely science fiction, which is a
favorite of mine. It was written with an anthology in mind. Of course, the farther I got into the story the clearer it became I wouldn't be able to stay under the maxium word count. That's what led me to submitting it to Romance First.
Combining non-humans and elements of space, world building,
new societies and such fascinate me. While it is fun, it’s also tiring. The
very same thing that’s so fun is also so time consuming, lol. When I wrote this story I had
said I hadn’t done tentacles before, and after thinking about that I found I
was wrong. There was a part in Ch12 of The
Harvest that basically involved a toy that was controlled by the wearer and
had tentacles. Duh, what was I thinking???
*Laugh* anyway it got me to
thinking and researching. I hunted down a bunch of stories that had some sort
of tentacle creature in it, and most were either man-made globs or aliens.
There were some really good stories, too. The more I thought about it though, the
more I wanted a creature whose tentacles weren’t the focus. Sounds odd, right? I
wanted mine to be more than just
tentacles, let’s say that.
I spent lots of time researching
different alien looks. Luckily I watch that show Face Off, anyone know what I’m
talking about? Now there’s a good place to get ideas and blend them to make
your own alien. Then there’s my old friend Google, lol. I had my alien, Ziang,
in mind, but I’m a visual learner; I needed to see something so I can reproduce it with words. This is actually
something I do a lot.
Then on to my human. Oh, my. He
was such fun. I have to say the artist who did the cover for my eBook did a
bang up job. She nailed the look of Shawn, perfectly. I think he’s really cute.
Then there’s his sense of humor, lol. *wink* I didn’t have to spend as much
time researching him—never do for humans; they’re just easier.
Of course, there are secondary
characters: a bunch of old southern county farmers, a lonely sexy sheriff named
Bryan who is the main character in the sequel Nighttime Dreams, and two FBI agents. One I’m calling Agent
Asshole, lol. Bet y’all can guess why.
That’s the why and how
come I wrote this and the sequel. :)
~M
