#TeaserTuesday Ready for a tiny snippet?

Here is a UNEDITED snippet from More Than A Billionaire, bk 6 in the Sherbrookes of Newport Series

"Look who decided to show up." Derek stood at the door shaking his head. "Trent, you and Jake won that bet."

"Nice to see you too." Gray stepped around his younger brother and inside Trent's apartment.

"I told you and Alec not to bet against us." Trent gave him a slug in the arm.

Derek shrugged. "You both got lucky."

"The four of you were betting on whether or not I'd show up today for the wedding?" Christ.

"No. We took bets on whether you'd get here in time for the ceremony. Alec and Derek figured I'd have to call Curt and ask him to take your place." Trent offered him a drink. "I knew you'd get here in time."

A fantastic insult sat on Gray's tongue but he held it back. If only his brothers and cousin were there he'd let it fly, but their father as well as a man he assumed was Addison's brother stood only feet away.

#TeaserTuesday Time Again

 Here is a short UNEDITED snippet from Loving The Billionaire the novella coming out soon. This novella will feature Ruth Taylor and Warren Sherbrooke, Callie's parents.

“Women are doing a lot of things their mothers didn’t do. I think if you want to live alone you should.” Had he just said that? He sounded like a poster written in support of women’s lib or something. Whether he sounded stupid or not, Ruth didn’t say. Instead she nodded.

“That’s true. I’m the first woman in my family to go to college. Actually, I’m the first person in my family to graduate college.”

Before their conversation could continue down that particular path only highlighting the differences between them, Warren focused back on his real reason for being there. “Do you have any plans for Sunday night?”

With a mouth full of hot chocolate, she could only shake her head.

He leaned forward prepared to take the plunge. “Neither do I. Will you have dinner with me?”

Ruth erupted into a coughing fit. “Did you suddenly forget Sunday is Valentine’s Day, Warren,” she said once she regained control.

“I know that.” When he asked woman out they came back with a yes and what time will you pick me up. They didn’t come back with smart-ass replies. Then again this was Ruth Taylor, not the usual society debutants he dated.

Ruth pointed at him. “You want to have dinner with me on Valentine’s Day?” she asked pointing to her self.

Maybe asking had been a bad idea. Perhaps the little jolt he’d felt when they shared that kiss ringing in the New Year had been one sided. “Yes. You. Me. Dinner. Sunday night.”

She bit down on her bottom lip and looked at him. “Okay.”

The tension in his shoulders disappeared. She’d agreed. “Good. What time should I pick you up?” He reached for his own mug of hot chocolate. 

The Good and Bad About Writing A Series

I love to read books that are part of a series. In fact some of my favorite books are those that are part of a series.  A series lets you not only fall in love with the characters in one book, but to see what happens to them well after their book ends. At the same time you get to know secondary characters before they go on to get their own stories.

Since these are my favorite stories to read, it made perfect sense to me that I should write a series or two of my own. At the time it sounded simple enough, create a family or two and tell each individuals' story.  How hard could that be?  Harder than I imagined.

When I started book 1 The Teacher's Billionaire in my series I made the mistake of not keeping excellent notes. With each book after that I tried to keep better notes relating to age, and what not but my note taking skills still weren't where they should be.  Now, as I complete Redeeming The Billionaire, fifth book in one series, and prepare to begin the second in my other series, I have decided it is time to get series about keeping track of important details about each character I include in a story regardless of how important they may or may not be.

In an effort to tackle my problem, I first created a Sherbrooke Family tree for my series The Sherbrookes of Newport and placed it over my desk.  It contains three generations of Sherbrookes.  Will everyone on that tree become a character in a book? I don't know but at least I know how each character is related.  Next, I created a chart listing the main characters in each book, their ages at the time of the book and how many years have passed in their book world. Over the next week or so I hope to make an actual map for North Salem, the fictitious  town where my second series Love On The North Shore takes place.  I am hoping that these steps will help make my writing process easier.  I would love to know how other successful series writers keep all their facts straight.