Into the Fire

I don't know how unique or unusual it actually will be, but this latest novel I'm working on is a bit of a different kind of love story. It's told mostly from the male protagonist's first-person point of view. Of course, as a female author, I'm taking a risk by working to get his voice, his perspective, and his actions correct and believable. I did this approach with one of my older novels Breath of Life, but that protagonist had a totally different personality from this one. This hero is a bestselling author who's moved away from the publishing hub and all that went with it in his life to an obscure location in northern Idaho on 30 acres of forest with a two-story cabin he remodeled along with building a guest cottage with a garage and a 3-bay garage/shop for his vehicles. 

With those of us who are what is known as "seat-of-the-pants" writers, we never know what's going to happen as we begin our stories, but there's a lot about the style of this novel I really didn't see coming. I'll have to go with it for now, but the words of a special friend who was the beta reader for many of my novels are echoing in my head. She told me she didn't prefer a lot of dialogue in stories. 

Anyway, that's a mini-preview of "the next one" in the lineup . . . 

Father, you are the giver of good and perfect gifts. I thank you for every inspiration, character, story, words. Apart from you, I can do nothing. Thank you is never enough. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.