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Our Writing Process

We have learned a lot about ourselves and the writing process on this journey. To be able to say, "We wrote a book", really took the cake. To know that there are people, other authors and writers out there that have stories living in their heads that may never see pen to paper. To have completed a story start to finish and see the story out there now in the world for others to see is a huge accomplishment in itself.  I cannot tell you how differently our final first chapter looks compared to our initial first chapter. There have been many changes and revisions, and we could not be happier with our final completed product. But there will always be something that could be updated or changed. But being able to stop and be happy enough to share with others is very exciting.  At first we were rouge, we wrote our first chapter together and had a small idea of how our outline would look, but we pieced together chapters each picking what we were excited to write about in the story. I...

When you decide to write a book

Sitting in quarantine, watching some throw back 90s movies with my 10 year old daughter. Trying my best to make sure she has exposure to some of the greatest rom-coms that era has to offer. 'She's All That', 'Win A Date With Tad Hamilton', 'Never Been Kissed'. Only to be left in the middle of the movie for time with friends on Minecraft.  My mind started to wonder how great it would be to write a romance that would be worthy of a generation. Keep in mind I am not Danielle Steel - I start to think about what that romance would be like. What would my lead character's names be? What is their occupation? Is it a torrid love affair or a wholesome Hallmark?  I start tracking some of my ideas and pretty soon I come up with something to send to my friend Rachael.  Rachael and I have known each other for the better part of 12 years. We have experienced a lot together - from raising children, to aging parents. We have exchanged many ideas over the years, from shor...