Dateline: August 21, 2018
This round of rewrites is FINISHED.
That’s a complete series revision completed since May. No wonder my insomnia has been worse than usual. Of course, I will probably start all over because inevitably I (and my stalwart beta reader + editor + sister) have found a few typos.
In addition, of course, I've written and published five new ones. Since May. Which is bananas.
Want to know what else is bananas? The 10,000 words done on historical novel #3, the nearly-complete novella #17, and the just-under-half-finished novella #18.
THIS WAS NOT MY PLAN.
(I did not have a plan.)
Whatever. In case I sound a little punchy, it is most likely due to the Empress 1908 gin, which my new friend Jeffrey at Total Wine & More helped me find this evening, and which is magically delicious as well as possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever poured into a glass.
It is a plot point. I am drinking for research. Shut up.
Anyway, the point of this post was to recommend a starting point with my story universe. The order of publication is not chronological for the characters, so just reading from the beginning will require you to jump around a bit. Some readers hate that. I refer you to my guide pages, which give the time period for each title.
ANYWAY AGAIN, about where to start:
I suggest MILLION DOLLAR DEATH, for the following reasons:
it is short; it is written in alternating first person point-of-view chapters so you hear from both the male and female leads; it is chock full of characters who got their own stories later. It’s also a fair introduction to my writing style, themes, and milieu.
To be super clear, the milieu is modern-day big-city, featuring professionals mostly in their 30s or older, many of whom are creative, roughly half of whom are not white, and many of whom are not straight.
Happy Reading. The Empress and I are going to bed now.