Comments on: Manuscript Milestones: The Moment of Conception http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/ Ten Authors. Five Genres. One Blog. Because the only thing scarier than a loaded gun pointed at your head....is writing about it. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:50:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: kh http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/#comment-224477 kh Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:29:15 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1173#comment-224477 cool thanks roxi and i will cool thanks roxi and i will

]]> By: Roxanne St. Claire http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/#comment-224471 Roxanne St. Claire Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:31:48 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1173#comment-224471 kim h - YOU GOT IT! THE FIRE STILL BURNS is indeed the book inspired by some frat house misbehavior on my part. (But, oh, he was a cutie! Bet he still is.) Email me at roxannestc@cfl.rr.com and let me know which of my backlist you'd like, and it's yours. Thank you!!! kim h – YOU GOT IT! THE FIRE STILL BURNS is indeed the book inspired by some frat house misbehavior on my part. (But, oh, he was a cutie! Bet he still is.) Email me at roxannestc@cfl.rr.com and let me know which of my backlist you’d like, and it’s yours. Thank you!!!

]]> By: kim h http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/#comment-224467 kim h Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:06:30 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1173#comment-224467 the fire still burns the fire still burns

]]> By: Roxanne St. Claire http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/#comment-224435 Roxanne St. Claire Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:42:43 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1173#comment-224435 Good guess, kh! But...no. HINT: It was a Desire, yes, and there is an actual reference in the first chapter to a wild night she'd spent with the hero when they were in college. She even mentions the name of the fraternity... Good guess, kh! But…no. HINT: It was a Desire, yes, and there is an actual reference in the first chapter to a wild night she’d spent with the hero when they were in college. She even mentions the name of the fraternity…

]]> By: kh http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/#comment-224434 kh Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:00:43 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1173#comment-224434 sins of teh past sins of teh past

]]> By: Roxanne St. Claire http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/#comment-224432 Roxanne St. Claire Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:48:31 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1173#comment-224432 Steph P - you're very close, but no. :smile: Steph P – you’re very close, but no. :smile:

]]> By: Stephanie P http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/#comment-224431 Stephanie P Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:10:08 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1173#comment-224431 I'll take a stab at it. Like a Hurricane I’ll take a stab at it.
Like a Hurricane

]]> By: Terry Odell http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/#comment-224427 Terry Odell Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:20:03 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1173#comment-224427 <blockquote>And no one guessed the book inspired by my fraternity house adventures!</blockquote> We probably all have it already! I know I do, along with all your other books.

And no one guessed the book inspired by my fraternity house adventures!

We probably all have it already! I know I do, along with all your other books.

]]> By: Roxanne St. Claire http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/#comment-224426 Roxanne St. Claire Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:16:58 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1173#comment-224426 I loved hearing all your conception stories! The Viking story makes me want to read TORMENT even more, Karin! And, I do love to think about how songs influence our story ideas. The funny thing is, twenty-five writers could all hear the same song and all have an idea, and no two stories would be the same! And no one guessed the book inspired by my fraternity house adventures! :twisted: I loved hearing all your conception stories! The Viking story makes me want to read TORMENT even more, Karin! And, I do love to think about how songs influence our story ideas. The funny thing is, twenty-five writers could all hear the same song and all have an idea, and no two stories would be the same!

And no one guessed the book inspired by my fraternity house adventures! :twisted:

]]> By: Allison Brennan http://www.murdershewrites.com/2008/11/04/manuscript-milestones-the-moment-of-conception/#comment-224425 Allison Brennan Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:36:02 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=1173#comment-224425 Great blog, Rocki! All my books had a spark somewhere. Sometimes it's a news article, or a snippet of a conversation, or a series of things which suddenly come together . . . For THE PREY it was reading a newspaper article about a man who killed his family then himself, and his neighbors were shocked because he didn't seem the type. For SPEAK NO EVIL it was following the Taylor Biehl tragedy. When I had to come up with my option book after the NO EVIL series, I was kind of stuck -- I had a lot of ideas, but nothing that really "clicked" for me. I wanted to write Will Hooper's story, a secondary character from the No Evil series, but nothing jumped out at me. Then I remembered that he had to leave SPEAK NO EVIL to testify at the appeals hearing of a killer he put in prison. I started getting a feeling for the past case, but I was stuck ... the killer was on death row. Getting him out on a technicality seemed too easy, having him break out of San Quentin too hard. I had just heard a news report that California was transporting prisoners to other states because of prison overcrowding, so I thought, what if Glenn's plane goes down? Naw, it didn't seem fresh. I googled San Quentin just to read about the history of the prison, and stumbled across a seismic report . . . that's it! Earthquake! As a native Californian born and raised only 30 miles or so from the prison, I know about earthquakes! Everything clicked after that. Great blog, Rocki! All my books had a spark somewhere. Sometimes it’s a news article, or a snippet of a conversation, or a series of things which suddenly come together . . .

For THE PREY it was reading a newspaper article about a man who killed his family then himself, and his neighbors were shocked because he didn’t seem the type. For SPEAK NO EVIL it was following the Taylor Biehl tragedy. When I had to come up with my option book after the NO EVIL series, I was kind of stuck — I had a lot of ideas, but nothing that really “clicked” for me. I wanted to write Will Hooper’s story, a secondary character from the No Evil series, but nothing jumped out at me. Then I remembered that he had to leave SPEAK NO EVIL to testify at the appeals hearing of a killer he put in prison. I started getting a feeling for the past case, but I was stuck … the killer was on death row. Getting him out on a technicality seemed too easy, having him break out of San Quentin too hard. I had just heard a news report that California was transporting prisoners to other states because of prison overcrowding, so I thought, what if Glenn’s plane goes down? Naw, it didn’t seem fresh. I googled San Quentin just to read about the history of the prison, and stumbled across a seismic report . . . that’s it! Earthquake! As a native Californian born and raised only 30 miles or so from the prison, I know about earthquakes! Everything clicked after that.

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