Ask the Author: Sue Barr
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Sue Barr
Mary DOES deserve her own story and she is on my 2024 roster, following the current manuscript I am working on. Thank you for reading my first books written in the JAFF genre, and I hope you like Mary when she makes her debut.
Sue Barr
Ann, thank you for bringing this to my attention. It has now been corrected.
I had problems with WordPress (blame the operator, not the system) My 'official' website is: https://myblog.suebarr.org/
I had problems with WordPress (blame the operator, not the system) My 'official' website is: https://myblog.suebarr.org/
Sue Barr
I could live in my fictional town of Ravenwood in a heart beat. There's a gentle rhythm with small towns, which I miss having grown up in Shellbrook, Saskatchewan. Population 1200 (at least that's what is was when I moved away xxxx years ago...)
Sue Barr
I'm glad you asked because I DID have a mystery (which has never been solved) and I wrote it into my book According to Plan.
The phone rang early one morning and when I answered, all I heard was a digital voice saying, "Enter the four letter password into your computer now". This stayed with me and when I wrote According to Plan, starring an undercover Federal Agent and his estranged wife, a P.I., it seemed fitting that he would receive a message exactly like that from a deep, deep undercover associate.
The phone rang early one morning and when I answered, all I heard was a digital voice saying, "Enter the four letter password into your computer now". This stayed with me and when I wrote According to Plan, starring an undercover Federal Agent and his estranged wife, a P.I., it seemed fitting that he would receive a message exactly like that from a deep, deep undercover associate.
Sue Barr
I have two.
Adam Black and Gabrielle O'Callaghan (The Immortal Highlander)
Drustan MacKelter and Gwen Cassidy (Kiss of the Highlander)
- both written by Karen Marie Moning.
First, Adam and Gaby. The sheer magnitude of their physical attraction sizzled off the pages. His single minded pursuit of her made me wish I could find my own hunky Fae Prince, and when she finally gave in - yowza.
Second, Drustan and Gwen. Both of them steadfast. She has to convince him, when he doesn't remember, that he loved her and then he has to trust she'll find him 500 years later. What a love story to span the ages.
Adam Black and Gabrielle O'Callaghan (The Immortal Highlander)
Drustan MacKelter and Gwen Cassidy (Kiss of the Highlander)
- both written by Karen Marie Moning.
First, Adam and Gaby. The sheer magnitude of their physical attraction sizzled off the pages. His single minded pursuit of her made me wish I could find my own hunky Fae Prince, and when she finally gave in - yowza.
Second, Drustan and Gwen. Both of them steadfast. She has to convince him, when he doesn't remember, that he loved her and then he has to trust she'll find him 500 years later. What a love story to span the ages.
Sue Barr
I love telling stories and making up characters. When I taught Sunday School, as well as when I babysat, I told outrageous stories, using different voices and accents. I had my own puppets and wasn't afraid to use stuffed animals as supporting characters. My reward was the children asking for more. This has transferred to a desire to tell a story that adults like, and ask for more.
Sue Barr
I go on Goodreads and answer questions about my books...
All kidding aside, if I'm blocked, it's for one of two reasons.
1. I'm not listening to my characters and have taken them down the wrong road.
2. I'm too close and need to break away and let the story stew simmer. Let all the characters (spices) meld together.
So, I will take a break, think about my story - where do I want it to go, what do my characters need, why are they so boring right now... After about a day or two (sometimes a week), I'm ready to get down to it.
All kidding aside, if I'm blocked, it's for one of two reasons.
1. I'm not listening to my characters and have taken them down the wrong road.
2. I'm too close and need to break away and let the story stew simmer. Let all the characters (spices) meld together.
So, I will take a break, think about my story - where do I want it to go, what do my characters need, why are they so boring right now... After about a day or two (sometimes a week), I'm ready to get down to it.
Sue Barr
I'm currently working on Gretchen's Song. She is a quiet woman who is secretly in love with the local sheriff, but thinks he's in love with her vibrant twin, Leah.
Sue Barr
I got the idea for Man of Her Dreams as I drove to work. I wanted a heroine who was independent. Someone who made her living in a job typically dominated by men. I wanted her fearless around every man, except the hero.
Fiancé for Hire popped into my head with a scene about a one-eyed cat called Stanley.
Fiancé for Hire popped into my head with a scene about a one-eyed cat called Stanley.
Sue Barr
I'd had this idea percolating for a while of the good girl who loses her boyfriend to the mean girl. Although she had blinders on when it came to the boyfriend, I didn't want her to be a weak character. So, that meant she had to take matters into her own hands, and 'voila' - she decides to hire someone to be her pretend fiancé.
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