I told you guys yesterday about the erotic romance I’m working on with my CP and good buddy, Maria. The tentative title is The Garden of Pleasure. Maria has taken great joy in calling it The GOP just to make my eye twitch.
I love Maria Geraci. There are only so many people who I will allow to make my eye twitch and she’s one of them. Of course, I’ve decided to retitle our book to Pleasure Garden so I can call it PG and tell her that she needs to write hotter love scenes so we can get at least a PG13 rating. I mean, this is Erotic Romance. Sheesh.
(hah. like she needs to spice anything up. that mamacita can burn up the page with some steamy sexcapades)
Anyway, the point of my blog (as if I really ever have a point…I do ramble a lot) is I’m now actively working on two different books. I’ve never done the multi-writing thing before.
It’s kinda hard to shut up one character and then turn to another one and say, “Okay, it’s your turn.” Sometimes, the one character won’t shut up! And other times the other dude says, “Um, I feel neglected, so I think I’ll play hard to get.”
And then SOMETIMES nobody wants to come out and play.
Grrr. Stubborn-assed characters. Who do they think they are? Me?
A good thing I’ve discovered from this multi-writing thing is that it keeps me thinking and plotting and dreaming about my stories constantly. And I find that I’m glad to have something to work on. When I’m having difficulty with one story, I close it and open the other one, just to see what happens. And usually, I get a page or two out without too much self-torture.
I never thought I’d be a multi-book-at-one-time writer. I think I’m gonna like it though.
Bitchin' Fiction: Musings by author Melissa McKenzie / Melissa Francis 
Good for you! Multiple writing works for me because, as you say, when one story’s character(s) isn’t speaking to you, the other’s will usually gift you with something. It’s kind of fun story-hopping, though not always easy.The story you and Maria are writing sounds…HOT!!! *grin*
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Hot! Is that why the snow/ice is melting outside?Glad it’s workign for you, Mel. Ellen’s being wicked and brewing up something while she goads me on with my work and works her own stories. That woman is amazing. And very wicked. Can’t wait to see more of your PG or GOP.
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He He….you can’t change the title without a group vote, Mel.
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All in favor of changing the title, say “aye!”rofl!
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Sorry, i didn’t hear anything…
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LOL, Mel }:)
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so…that’s three votes for…great! we have a new title!
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Okay, we can change it to Pleasure Garden. No problem. Oops, gotta go back to working on The GOP…Yes, you can change the title, but you can’t change my nickname for it. Bwa ha ha ha ha ha!
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Mamacita,Mean and hurtful. Sniff.
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LOLOL! Frankly, I don’t know how the two of you will keep your hot story from becoming a comedy! Your combined voices crack me up!
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Good deal on working out those pesky, pouty characters from two books! And uh, not that it makes any difference, but I like PG better. Sounds catchier! But that’s just me.
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Well as I write about 3 at the same time I can tell you it can get a bit complicated. Nice editor recently sent me list of revisions on the cowboy story-question 9 being “Who is Eden?”duh-that would be a character from my published Regency erotic romance who slipped in there accidently despite 3 million re writes and 3 CP’s!!
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