Hello Blogites,
During my recent sojourn across the pond to England, I had a great deal of time to think about not only my current book, but also my next one. Us writers are never happy to be just thinking about our current projects, especially when they're almost finished.
I've been mulling over my next novel for a while. I've had all sorts of ideas and thoughts about where to go next. However, while in England, I suddenly got a huge dose of inspiration. I was in London, skulking around shops and museums, when I heard The Beatles song, All you need is love. I started mulling the words over in my head, all you need is love, all you need is love, all you need is love, love, love is all you need, and suddenly it came to me. Obviously, it's just a shell of an idea, but this is how it starts. This is how This Thirtysomething Life: A Diary, began.
I think This Thirtysomething Life: A Diary is in many ways my ideal first book. It's a comedy, it's about all of the things I love reading about and I think, hopefully, both men and women will be able to relate to it and appreciate it's humour. However, I want my next book to be something different. Something deeper, which is why I was so excited about this idea.
My next book is going to be called, Love Love Love. It's going to be about the three parts of love, falling in love, being in love and losing love, hence the title. It's still going to be a romantic comedy, but with much more drama than Thirtysomething. More a romantic dromedy if you like. Obviously, it's only a hollow shell still waiting to be filled in with the guts, but I'm already excited about it. I'm working through some ideas at the moment, characters, a very loose plot line, and I won't start writing it until the middle of the year at the earliest, but I love this process. In many ways, the beginning of a novel is the most satisfying part for me. That initial spark, meeting the new characters, finding out about their little flaws and quirks, it really is like the beginning of a new relationship.
Am I sharing too much? I just thought it might be nice to give you an insight into what I'm working on and how my process works. I think it's exciting and fun, but like people who find train spotting quite the hoot, I'm probably boring you to death, so I won't say anymore.
I hope that in a year from now, I'll be writing a blog about my wonderful new book, Love Love Love, it will be fully conceived and hopefully partially written. At least then you'll know how it all started. You can say you were there when it all began. You too can be one of the cool people!
Blog soon x
