Today I am so pleased to welcome Jackie North to Joyfully Jay. Jackie is here to talk to us about her latest release, For the Love of a Ghost. She has also brought along a copy to give away. Please join me in giving her a big welcome!

 

My writing process basically starts out with a purpose, gets messy in the middle, and then straightens out at the far end. That is to say, my characters tend to take over, even if I am very stern with them.

I reckon I’m not the only author to experience this delightful tension, where you are making up people (in your head!) and have clearly determined that they will be sweet or grumpy, violent or sweet, troubled or anxious, and so on. Only to find out that the grumpy one has a heart of butter, or the sweet one might look like a cinnamon bun on the outside, but will cut you if you cross the one he loves.

That’s just the easy part, as it’s fun for an author to go on this voyage of discovering and to have amazing tidbits and texture develop out of a list of character attributes.

The trouble starts when you decide that Character A and Character B will start having what I like to call “intimate relations” along about the 50% mark in your story. Only both characters, in their own ways, will announce to you that they most certainly will not have intimate relations yet, and only want to be holding hands at that point. They assure you the kissing part will occur later, but that’s much later than you had anticipated.

So where does that leave you, the author? You’ve got to scramble to keep up! And it’s the scrambling that keeps me energized about my writing because characters have minds of their own, and you just never know with them, the rascals.


Bio

Jackie North has been writing stories since grade school and spent years absorbing the mainstream romances that she found at her local grocery store. As fate would have it, she discovered m/m romance and decided that men falling in love with other men was exactly what she wanted to write books about.

She creates characters who are a bit flawed and broken, who find themselves on the edge of society, and maybe a few who are a little bit lost, but who all deserve a happily ever after. (And she makes sure they get it!)

She likes long walks on the beach, the smell of lavender and rainstorms, and enjoys sleeping in on snowy mornings. She is especially fond of pizza and beer and, when time allows, long road trips with soda fountain drinks and rock and roll music.

In her heart, there is peace to be found everywhere, but since in the real world this isn’t always true, Jackie writes for love.


Blurb

Soulmates across time. A love that conquers even time itself.

In present day, all Finn wants is to leave behind the family farm and become a ghost hunter.

In 1912, Artie works hard to save enough money to escape the rumors about the kind of man he is, a man who loves other men. He has vowed never to open his heart to another.

Finn has taken up residence in a haunted hotel. There, he’s set up his equipment to track down evidence of the hotel’s three resident ghosts.

When Finn is thrust back into the year 1912, his only thought is to get home. The problem is, he’s fallen for Artie who, in the future, is one of the hotel’s ghosts.

Will Finn get back home? Or will his feelings for Artie cause him to stay in the past, leaving his future behind him?

A male/male time travel romance complete with the scent of lavender, shared beds, daring rescues, found families, root beer floats, and true love across time.

Available now! https://www.amazon.com/Love-Ghost-Across-Time-Story-ebook/dp/B088F7MB1L/


Giveaway

Jackie has brought along a copy of For the Love of a Ghost to give away to one lucky reader. Just leave a comment at the end of the post to enter. The contest ends on Wednesday, June 3rd at 11:59 pm ET.


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