I first want to start this out with a disclaimer. I am not British. I have no British relatives. I have never even stepped foot in the UK, so I am by NO MEANS an expert on this. This is not a how-two packed with advice. I'm merely an American indi ...
The Motherhood Dynamic
Relationships with parents can be tricky. For many, Mother's Day is a happy occasion, but for many, it's bittersweet or downright painful. I love exploring family dynamics in my stories, and I understand that the relationship that each of my characte ...
Kennedy and Theo
This is the scene where Kennedy outs her brother, Theo. This piece got written (for me) then put in, then taken out, then put back in (edited shorter) then removed, and well, then just left it to fragmented memories here and there, but you get the gi ...
Silas and Erin
As I said in my previous post, I've got a TON of deleted backstory from Take Me Down. I'm sure many readers may question WHY Silas was with Erin for so long. (I did try and give her some redemption by the end of the book, showing her regrets, and tha ...
Kennedy’s Move to the States
I have a ton of deleted material from Take Me Down. Both Kennedy and Silas have a pretty heavy backstories and even though I wrote it, a lot of it wound up getting cut from the book. But, I still want to share these parts of the story with my reader ...
Meet Kennedy
Kennedy was a tough nut for me to crack. I have to say, she’s been one of the toughest heroines that I’ve had to write to date. The first reason, I decided to make her British. Since Silas is losing his vision, attraction to him is not the physical. ...
Meet Silas
As authors, we are constantly pulling inspiration from some of our favorite stories, movies and television shows. I can’t ever seem to watch or read something without an idea spinning up in my mind how I could twist it and make it my very own. Take ...
Scott and Brandi
These are the deleted scenes from Scott's time apart from Tori, when he had a brief stent with Brandi. A lot of this was shortened and recapped in Brandi's head as memories in her book, to give my readers a gist of what was going through her head, b ...
Shitty tour guide
This was a deleted scene from Burn for You. This happens after Chad shows up on Scott and Tori's doorstep in the middle of the night (my evil plot device to torture the reader a bit more with Tori's secrets). Anyhow, I really loved this scene but I ...
Blondie and Blaze
This was a deleted scene from Chasing Fire. When Scott and Tori first show up in Miami, he leaves Blaze in charge of his girl and they wind up shopping and then Tori gets a tattoo. Blaze winds up in bed with the girl from the swimwear shop...and it d ...