Juggling Act

May 6, 2013 by Linda O. Johnston in category Pets, Romance & Lots of Suspense by Linda O. Johnston tagged as Alpha Force, Harlequin Nocturne, Linda O. Johnston, Pet Rescue Mysteries with 1 and 0

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I love to write–but I love to have written even more!

Over the past week, I’ve been juggling between a few stories Iâ€™m working on. For one, I have to complete a proposal for a Harlequin Nocturne romance that Iâ€™d suggested some time ago. I had fun getting back into that story and into Alpha Force mode. Alpha Force is my Nocturne miniseries about shapeshifters. Love them! I wrote a rough first draft and Iâ€™m now editing it.

Plus, Iâ€™ve come up with some ideas for a couple of new mystery series. Iâ€™m also working on proposals for them. And, yes, Iâ€™ve done rough first drafts, for one of them, at least.

I must have a lot of characters occupying my brain, since I do have to call on them, usually one at a time, and have them speak up even when Iâ€™ve been working in a different genre. They always come through for me and tell me what comes next on the page. Itâ€™s a good thing Iâ€™ve been at this for a while.

How about you–do you have more than one character or type of story in your mind at a time? If so, how do you handle them?

Linda O. Johnston
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Linda O. Johnston

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Linda O. Johnston, a former lawyer who is now a full-time writer, has published 52 books so far, including mysteries and romantic novels. More than twenty-five of them are romances for Harlequin, including Harlequin Romantic Suspense and Harlequin Nocturne. Her latest release is Colton 911: Caught in the Crossfire, for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. She has also written several mystery series including the Barkery & Biscuits Mysteries and Superstition Mysteries for Midnight Ink, and the Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mysteries and Pet Rescue Mysteries for Berkley Prime Crime. Nearly all Linda’s current stories involve dogs! Linda enjoys hearing from readers.

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