So sorry I missed you last week. I was on vacation in Oklahoma and Missouri. It was lovely in Missouri but a bit HOT in Oklahoma. Still, the park was stunning and I had my own private writer’s retreat while there. Then we played in Branson for a few days with some great friends. LOVE the Ozarks.

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I took the baton from Jenna Da Sie. If you started here, make sure you check her out and see what POV she’s into.

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This week the lovely Carrie Elks asks, Writing can be in-tense. Do you have a preferred Point of View (POV)(First, second or third person) and do you like writing in past or present tense? How about when you choose a book to read – do the tense and POV come into that choice? Have you ever written or read a book that breaks all your rules yet is so much better for it?

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I’m a bit of a pill when it comes to this. I really do not like first person. I, I, I…. I can’t stand it either to write or to read. That said, if it is done well, it is really very seamless and hardly noticeable. I guess my issue is that most people do not do it well (myself included) and I’m bored by the second chapter. Karen Marie Moning does it very well and my dear friends Juliette Cross is talented at first person as well. So even though I’m a bit of a POV snob, I will give it a try and not hate the book just because of my preference, which is third person past tense.

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I write in third person past tense. I like it. I still keep it down to earth and your in the head of either the hero or the heroine. I love old books in an omnipotent POV, but it’s just not done anymore. Readers don’t want to read a story, they want to live it through the eyes of the characters. Pretty exciting stuff.

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I have never tried second person. This would be kind of nuts. “You walked into the room, sat and stared out the window.” No. I don’t think so. Talk about detached. LOL

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That’s it for me. Keep on hopping to sexy S. C. Mitchell and see how he likes is POV.

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When demons threaten London, Lady Belinda answers the call.

 

Lord Gabriel Thurston returns home from war to find his fiancée is not the sweet young girl he left behind. She’s grown into a mysterious woman who guards her dark secrets well. When he sees her sneaking away from a ball, he’s convinced it’s for a lover’s rendezvous. Following her to London’s slums, Gabriel watches in horror as his fiancée ruthlessly slays a man.

 

Lady Belinda Carlisle’s only concern was her dress for the next ball—until demons nearly killed her and changed everything. A lady by day, and a demon hunter by night, she knows where her duty lies. Ending her betrothal is the best way to protect Gabriel from death by a demon’s hand.

 

Gabriel soon realizes, like him, Belinda has been fighting for her country. He joins in the fight, determined to show her that their love can endure, stronger than ever.