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The characters I create are no more sybaritic than myself, although who knows if that would hold true were I to suddenly find myself flush with substantial investments and assets. I see myself in my characters. An occasional sharp cynicism. I need to write more of that. I hold my tongue too often robbing the world of a treat.
FBI Books and Personality
Beneath, I am a complex woman, driven, intensely observant, with an internal hidden sense of romance and drama. I try not to take myself too seriously. I approached FBI books and the craft of thriller writing through instinct. I write for many reasons. Often I'm trying to prove to literary friends who are sometimes snooty, that I am a genuine novelist. I wish I could say I write to make money in large quantities. But, this is no money making venture. However, it is an expression of my extraordinary side.
I think I am in part the characters I write, and some exploits come from personal experiences. I continuously, collect names, places, plots, restaurant menus, and details from reality that translate into fiction. The things I write, have a precedent of truth. I am a somewhat attractive and conflicted person with a hidden desire to be a secret agent. My characters are also what I am not. They live my fantasy.
I'd love to be a woman dining with a lover, guiltlessly drinking wine and enjoying being a female. I wouldn't mind traveling the world and secretly daring to spy as an alter ego. I wouldn't mind, heady, intoxicating drinks that were shaken not stirred. I'd like to leave a man, reeling, lightheaded, and keen for me. I mean, who wouldn't? I'm not saying I'm a loose woman, but one who appreciates the opposite sex. I would also like my characters to reflect a tough, quintessentially, gritty layer, a hidden quality, allowing my reader a blank slate for their own thoughts.
For now I'm planning a set of six Josephine Chronicles, full of FBI special agent, Lexi Hunter's, exploits, and love affair with Black Op, David Gabriel Lyons. Don't be fooled by his middle name. He's no angel.
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