Ask the Author: Jean C. Joachim
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Jean C. Joachim
I would go to Monroe, Connecticut, home of the Connecticut Kings football team. I would go to the Savage Beast for a blue cheese burger and hang out with the men from the team and their women. And if one was available, I might just make a connection!
Jean C. Joachim
One book from V. L. Locey and two from Kathleen Ball. Plus a Nero Wolfe mystery and a few more on my Kindle.
Jean C. Joachim
It's hard to give up my first fictional couple, Mac and Callie Caldwell. I think I came close to them in feeling when Griff Montgomery and Lauren came along in my First & Ten series. But each couple is so dear to me. If I don't fall in love with them, I can't write the story. So, perhaps, it's closer to the truth to say that the couple I'm currently writing is my favorite couple. Until the next book. Maybe that's a cop out, but I have to feel it to write it. Does that make sense?
Jean C. Joachim
I don't writer's block. If I hit a snag where the story isn't flowing,which usually happens in the middle of the book,I go for a walk with my pug or watch a movie or go out to lunch.Walking helps as I work out the book, plot points and character arcs. Then I come back refreshed and can usually go back to it with no problem.
Jean C. Joachim
I get to disappear into exciting stories that end happily every day. I love getting my characters in trouble, then bailing them out. It's an emotional roller coaster and it's fun and rewarding.
Jean C. Joachim
Keep writing. Write every day.
Jean C. Joachim
I'm currently working on two books, which I almost never do.One's a holiday book called Finding Love in Santa's Thrift Shop. And the other is the second in my football series, First & Ten. It's called Buddy Carruthers.
Jean C. Joachim
Each story, the characters. I have to feel something for the characters and then they inspire me to write.
Jean C. Joachim
It's hard to say where ideas come from. Since this is a sequel, I'd have to say the hero was in the first book and I thought it would be fun to give him his own girlfriend. We did and they took us on quite a ride!
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