Ask the Author: Bonnie Dee
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Bonnie Dee
I have no plans for a sequel. Once, a very very long time ago, I pecked away at a story about the couples' daughter feeling like an outsider in the town, set in the '50s. But I never got very far with it.
Bonnie Dee
Sorry. don't come to goodreads often and didn't see your question. The third book I bind together in my mind with HH and BD is Scarred Hearts. Another very quiet, Beta hero in a very different setting--bootlegging Appalachia.
Both hero and heroine are outsiders and each has a lot of support to give the other. So i would recommend Scarred Hearts. Thanks for asking.
Both hero and heroine are outsiders and each has a lot of support to give the other. So i would recommend Scarred Hearts. Thanks for asking.
Bonnie Dee
I have an agent that handles audio book sales. Periodically she asks for a list of my available books and tries to sell them to the acquiring editor at Audible. Currently there are no plans to make an audiobook of The Masterpiece. Perhaps in future *fingers crossed*.
Bonnie Dee
Sorry. That was a stand alone. No sequels planned, but thanks for asking.
Bonnie Dee
Believing I could complete a full novel. But persistence won out and I finished something. Once that hurdle is over, it's a matter of refining it over and over until it's worth presenting to a publisher (or these days, self publishing)
Bonnie Dee
Thanks! We are currently working on rereleasing the book since publisher Samhain has closed. Our co writing was done very patchwork rather than linear. She was more interested in writing the parts with co-workers and friends. I loved the family and street kids parts. Our collaboration was a one time thing but it launched my entire career.
Bonnie Dee
Lauren and I were friends who both wrote fanfic for The OC back in the day. We both loved the story of Ryan, the outsider in a rich world. When I decided to try to write with an intent to publish, I was nervous to try my hand at it all alone. I contacted Lauren and together we wrote Finding Home (with Ryan firmly in mind). She focused on the work related parts and I on the family and the street kids. It was a very patchwork way of writing that required many edits to stitch it all together. Since then I've co-authored with several other people, in particular Summer Devon. We pass the story back and forth chapter by chapter in a linear fashion that is much easier to follow. If a writer has very firm opinions about what they want to do in a story, it's better to write solo. If you're willing to yield and be fluid about the plot, then having a partner is good. AS you can see from my back list, I do some of each.
Some of my personal favorites of my books are early ones like Bone Deep and A Hearing Heart, both featuring damaged heroes, and more recently Scarred Hearts, which is set in post WWI Appalachia. I prefer historicals as a reader. As far as m/m titles, The Gentleman and the Rogue is still one of Summer and my most popular books. I like The Professor and the Smuggler as well because I find the professor character endearing and the Cornish setting interesting.
Hope that answers most of your questions. Thanks for asking.
Some of my personal favorites of my books are early ones like Bone Deep and A Hearing Heart, both featuring damaged heroes, and more recently Scarred Hearts, which is set in post WWI Appalachia. I prefer historicals as a reader. As far as m/m titles, The Gentleman and the Rogue is still one of Summer and my most popular books. I like The Professor and the Smuggler as well because I find the professor character endearing and the Cornish setting interesting.
Hope that answers most of your questions. Thanks for asking.
Bonnie Dee
It has crossed my mind. I do want to be all inclusive. But I don't know if I could get the vibe right. The other reason not to is that I'm already stretched in too many directions. Early on in my career I wrote in whatever romance subgenre I was in the mood to. I didn't think about author branding and as a result didn't earn a solid readership in any one category from historical to contemporary, fantasy to light bdsm. More recently I decided to stick to a two-pronged approach of het contemp and gay historical. And lately even that has narrowed down to one. It's difficult for an author to make any headway in the market when she's all over the map.
Bonnie Dee
Exercise and time outdoors. Work on something new and shelve the stuck project for a bit. If possible, ship it to some writer friends to brainstorm ideas. Even if I don't happen to take any of their suggestions, their advice often unlocks new ways of looking at the plot.
Bonnie Dee
Finish something, anything, otherwise you'll have a lot of starts and no finished product. It's good to write a short piece for a "call for submissions" at a publishing house. That way you have a theme to write to, a word count constraint, a deadline, and it's easier feel accountable to finish. Like being assigned a lesson in school.
Bonnie Dee
Currently I'm working on The Copper which will be released in March. It's a gay historical about a policeman and a lord who meet when the vice squad busts the gay bordello where the lord has spent a night of debauchery.
Bonnie Dee
Often I'll get a glimmer of an idea from some movie or show I've watched. Some idea or theme I'd like to see expanded. From there, my brain is off and running.
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