I am in the cave, seriously, with just bread and water. If I had a bathroom in there, I would never come out I am sure. I not only have Infatuation to work on, but also Rand's Craving last edits. So, I am buried but I wanted to share some of my feelings on Infatuation. I knew this would be a hard book to write. Our hero is dealing with PTSD. We have never personally had to deal with it in the family, but we have had friends fighting it, still fighting it. It is painful and I want to make sure I don't patronize the situation.
Anyway, I wanted to share one of the songs that I see as sort of a theme song for Kade and Shannon. Keith Urban is a favorite with the Harmless characters. Raining on Sunday spurred A Little Harmless Pleasure, so I have a long history of listening to his music when I write.
Shannon and Kade have known each other for a while and both have had crushes on the other for so long. This song fit in a lot of ways. They both go through a lot of changes, and I think as they come out of it together, they will be stronger individuals as well as a couple. fit.
You all know how musical I am. I have to have some song for a book or I am lost. I have a future Harmless brewing, not contracted, but the title I have in my head is A Little Harmless Secret. The two characters have a passionate affair four years before the book starts and accidently run into each other at the start of the book. There are a lot of songs speaking to me including Colbie Caillat's I Never Told You, the hero's song, and two of my new favs: Sara Evans Little Bit Stronger, our heroine's song, and what is their song at the beginning of the book, Kenny Chesney's Somewhere With You. I say at the beginning because they are in a mess and we want our hero and heroine to be happy at the end, yes? So I am sure something will come to me when I start working on it later this winter.
I am absolutely in love with Chesney's song. I can't get enough of it. They are both a little desperate for love in this book, a need that will override all their common sense. But, with this hero and heroine's background, neither of them trust very easily. I already know writing this book is going to be hard on me.
I am off to finish my self edits for The Spy Who Loved Her to turn in today so enjoy the music break.
