Month: August 2014

I had the pleasure of spending a wonderful week, at the beach, with my family. Although, I am back to the grind, I thought I would share a few gems I stumbled upon. On Wednesday, Dearest Husband and I headed into Wilmington, NC for a child free night of dinner, and a walk on the water front. Beautiful downtown, if you have never been there.

My first find of the night was this…

Who doesn’t love cupcakes and wine, right? I really think they should have named their business Heaven. I was pretty excited about this delectable find too, until we came across this…

The filming of Fox’s TV series, Sleepy Hollow. I know, it’s the back of Tom Mison’s head, but it’s the best I could do, before being told I wasn’t allowed to take photographs. Hey, at least the crew guy didn’t make me delete my photos. Admittedly, I have never seen the show, so I can’t tell you if it is good or bad, but you will find Tom on my list of imaginary boyfriends, -er character research list.

Having never been on a set – film or TV – it was quite entertaining to watch the process. For those of you who are unaware, you have most likely watched a show, or movie that has largely been filmed in North Carolina. The Wilmington area particularly, has been a favored location for film, and television alike.

Back in his college days, Dearest Husband used to grumble when he had to walk completely out of the way to get to class, because Dawson’s Creek was filming on campus at UNCW. And speaking of teen dramas, I even found a little homage to One Tree Hill, the series that filled our void after Dawson, Pacey, and Joey said their final goodbye’s.

Remember Brooke’s first designer line, Clothes Over Bros? Ah, Chad Michael Murray, you stole my tween heart in that grey hoodie all those years ago.

We all think of Hollywood as being the mecca of film, but you may be pleasantly surprised to learn how many well-known films and TV series call North Carolina home. Iron Man III, Tammy, The Hunger Games, We’re The Millers, just to name a few recent Box Office hits. As well as, hit shows like Sleepy Hollow, Under the Dome, Homeland, and Revolution.

For me, writing a scene is much like watching the outtakes of a movie just before the credits roll. Some days, my characters get it right on the first try. Others days, well, let’s just say there are a lot of mental “cuts” being called. After a while, my beloved characters cut their eyes with a “get it together” look, before finally walking off the set. Leaving me to hope they show back up later.

When I started plotting my current project, I knew that I wanted to add a little more of a villainous character, and he was surprisingly quite fun to plot. It’s easy writing a villain, when he is being a villain…but what about those early scenes when he’s disguised as one of the good guys?

I find it far more challenging to write a romantic scene between said villain and my credulous heroine, when I can’t stop screaming from my chair offset, “Don’t trust him!”, which earns me exasperated sighs from my characters.

“I know, I know!” I promise, we have to get through these scenes.

And so, for the sake of not getting bogged down, my page gets the big red stamp.

(Romantic scene here)

But the show must go on, and eventually I have to get over my aversion to her poor decision. So how do I move on? I thought you would never ask. With a little thing called research. And by research, I mean staring endlessly at this…

One look at this stunning photo, and there are plenty of words to describe just what I, -er my heroine, would love to do to him. What can I say, I’m an Avengers fan…okay, okay, I don’t really give two cents about the movie, only Chris Evans, but shhh, McVet thinks I watch it because it’s a great movie.

Thank you for visiting my page.

I appreciate your patience while I get my site up and running. Coming soon, the wonderful world of what it means to be a wife, mother, and aspiring Contemporary Romance Author.

With the completion of my first manuscript, second manuscript started, querying, editing, plotting, life is a bit busy. Be sure to stay tuned for exciting news about my journey, and all my I Love Lucy moments along the way.