Trisha’s Comments (group member since Jan 09, 2014)

Trisha’s comments from the Spy Vs. Spook series Mark & Quinn group.

Gina wrote: "Hi All! thanks for the invite Trisha dear! looking forward to more Mark and Quinn!! :D"

Hi Gina! You're very welcome. I hope you have fun in the group. :D

Andri wrote: "Hello everyone. I found this group when Tinnean posted a link on facebook.
I am a huge Tinnean fan. I especially love Mark and Quinn. <3"

Hi, Andri! Welcome to the group! :D
I hope you have a great time talking to us. There's also a thread where you can ask Tinnean questions. Plus we have threads dedicated to each of the books. Have fun!

Have questions for Tinnean? This is the place to ask them! Tinnean has kindly said I could open this thread so you can ask her anything about her boys. The next post will be hers and she can post if she has any rules about questions.

Thank you for this, Tinnean. :D

Alicia wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Alicia wrote: "I wonder if this one is going to pick up where Wills and Theo's story left off? I'm so excited. Do we have a date of publication?"

Um, it's with the editor right now...."

Glad you're happy about that! :D

Alicia wrote: "I wonder if this one is going to pick up where Wills and Theo's story left off? I'm so excited. Do we have a date of publication?"

Um, it's with the editor right now. So it depends on when she gets them back and when she's finished with them. But I think she's hoping to have it out in the next couple of months. xD

Bookwatcher wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Bookwatcher wrote: "Trisha wrote: "I have the cover for the next book in Mark and Quinn's world. Tinnean has also been kind enough to tell us a little bit about the cover and why sh..."

Same here!!! I need more Mark and Quinn!!! :D

Bookwatcher wrote: "Trisha wrote: "I have the cover for the next book in Mark and Quinn's world. Tinnean has also been kind enough to tell us a little bit about the cover and why she went with something a bit differen..."

You're welcome! You're not the only one looking forward to the book. I'm really excited to read it. So excited! :D

I have the cover for the next book in Mark and Quinn's world. Tinnean has also been kind enough to tell us a little bit about the cover and why she went with something a bit different this time around. Thank you, Tinnean!



I always wanted my covers drawn, but somehow they never looked the way I pictured the characters in my head. As a result, I was never happy with them.

Because I kept picking cover artists who used photos, Dreamspinner finally paired me with Reese Dante for Two Lips, Indifferent Red, and she did a great job, as did LC Chase for The Light in Your Eyes books, Pick Up the Pieces and Foolish Me. I decided to go with photos from there on.

When Dreamspinner declined to publish the remaining Spy vs. Spook books, (I plan on 3 more: If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going; Such a Night; and Complications) I was left without a home for them. Most publishers are reluctant to take on a series that’s already established, so I felt my only recourse was to self-publish. However, in order to do that I needed someone who could do the cover art and the formatting, as well as someone for the editing. I asked around on Facebook for writers who were self-publishing and was pointed in Patricia Logan’s direction. She recommended Jeff Adkins for the cover art and Liz Bichmann for the editing.

I liked Jeff’s work and contacted him, and the upshot is we decided to work together. I told him what I wanted: a character in the background whose features were rather indistinct, but a very noticeable gun in the foreground—this time around, Mark was packing a Smith and Wesson Model 500. Fully loaded with .50 caliber cartridges, it weighed more than five pounds and could punch a hole in a brick wall. Jeff sent me a number of pictures, and after comparing them, I finally requested the picture that is now the book’s cover.

Now we come to the title. Originally, I gave Jeff: If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going, Spy vs. Spook Book 4. I’d toyed with the idea of changing the name of the series, since Mark and Quinn were no longer in an adversarial relationship, but I was afraid readers who were following the series might not realize it was about Mark and Quinn. The other day, my good friend Gail Morse pm’d me and suggested I return the series’ title to Mann of My Dreams. (When I’d first posted this online, I’d contacted another friend and asked if that was too lame a title, but he was all for it.) I gave it more thought, and came up with something I was pretty sure would work.

But… Jeff already had the Spy vs. Spook title. Could we change it?

You betcha! So now we have a completely new title, and best of all, it ties in with the previous books.

If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going: Mann of My Dreams Book 1, The Continuing Adventures of Mark Vincent and Quinton Mann.

It’s great when things fall into place. *big grin*

Bookwatcher wrote: "Trisha wrote: " I'm just annoyed that I can't read it now. xD "

I will reread with you
Lol"

LOL. If I can wait that long. But when I finally get this I might just jump straight in. xD

Bookwatcher wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Bookwatcher wrote: "Foolish Me by Tinnean

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor...
T..."

Yeah, I will read it and I'm pretty sure I'll love it as much as the original version. I'm just annoyed that I can't read it now. xD

Bookwatcher wrote: "Foolish Me by Tinnean

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor...
The Light in your Eyes: Book Two
A S..."

Still haven't got it, but hopefully I will be able to buy it soon. xD

Bookwatcher wrote: "Me too!"

Yay! :D

Bookwatcher wrote: "No no
I will wait you :)
I may start some hours before of you :D. That I should do, because you read so fast our buddy reads is like... I'm in the first chapter, you are reading the last phrase of ..."

Haha! Okay, that might not be a bad idea at all. :)
I'm excited to read this one!!! :D

Bookwatcher wrote: ":))))
Yay! :)))))"

And feel free to start it on the day if I don't have it. Really, I don't mind. :))

Bookwatcher wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Bookwatcher wrote: "I already preordered the new book! Foolish Me
Someone is planning to read it too? We can buddy read it :)"

Yeah, whenever the two of us have the time. And whene..."

Will do. :)

Bookwatcher wrote: "I already preordered the new book! Foolish Me
Someone is planning to read it too? We can buddy read it :)"

Yeah, whenever the two of us have the time. And whenever I can get my hands on it. LOL.

Lori K wrote: "OK thanks, I loved these books and keep hoping for more."

More should be coming soon. :)

Lori K wrote: "Yes, I've read all of those. Are there new books?"

Not at the moment. Just the ones we have listed here. :)

Lori K wrote: "Forgive me for being behind, have you written past what was free on Crvboy? Which book picks up after those?"

Um... I have a thread for her online stories on Crvboy. So if you click the link in that thread, you should find those stories. :)

Smith wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Bookwatcher wrote: "You know if there is a reason to this deny?

They didn't like the fact the next book is Mark's book (it's awesome, though)...."

F-the publishers. I'm thrilled s..."

Mark's awesome! :D