Holding the details back for the sake of…well… an entire book series.
As it turns out, I can’t tell you everything. I can’t tell you who falls in love and who dies. I can’t let you in on my larger story arc or what the future holds for my magical family. This stinks, y’all. I would LOVE to tell you everything in my head and all the ideas I have scrawled in notebooks. I WANT to tell you who falls in love with who and who ends up being the bad guy. My rambling late-night writings are shared only with the lonely corners of my hard drive.
“Can I stay?” She had to ask, maybe he’d lie so the both of them could forget the truth.
Regret soured his words. “You didn’t want to stay.”
Afterward, it had been awful to sit there staring at herself in the mirror knowing she’d made the choice to be alone. All she’d wanted was to go running back where she could still touch him. She wanted to go back to the moment right before she’d gotten up to leave. She wanted to live there for eternity—right before she knew it had to end. “I was stupid. I was… I thought I had forever to figure out what I wanted.”
“You don’t have forever anymore?” He took everything else so serious, except her. Even then he looked amused. Well, she supposed she was an anomaly for him. Maker knew, he’d always be that same inexplicable miracle for her.
She shook her head because she’d already explained, countless times. “I never had forever to begin with. I’m not the sort of mage who has a life so long. I thought it was over and…”
“And?” Brown eyes expectant. Did he already know?
“All I wanted was you. Maker help me, all I wanted in the end was you.”
??? by LM Jervis
The best I can do is share my quotes with you–quotes that may (or may not) end up in a book someday. Many of these little notes have come from mouths of fictional characters during my mental interviews. I’m sure you’ve seen them in other blog posts. Some have appeared courtesy of a muse at 3 am or on instagram. What I can promise you is that each of these little literary breadcrumbs is a seed. What grows from them is some dubious prose that (after much editing) will sprout scenes and chapters and installments for your bookshelf and TBR pile. No writing is ever wasted.
I want to tell you all about Antoni Rashid’s mixed lineage and reserved nature. I want you to know the reason my dear Michael Hadden is special. I can’t wait for you to know what Jade Samson has to contribute to the world. Most of all, I want you to have in your heart the same love for Anna Carter’s incredible recovery and kick ass future as I do. Not revealing spoilers is hard work! (Writing is easy.)
Suspense is required, dear readers. I need to keep you guessing so happy surprises still happen and you never quite know what’s coming next. Considering I have been alone with these ideas for the last 3 years, I think I might explode into a mist of creative particles if I had to keep ALL this under wraps. Little quotes sneak out from under the lid I keep on my stories. Shoot, I must have crossed the threads when I screwed it on…
Okay okay, you talked me into it.
Not all my characters have theme music… in fact only 3 do and I can tell you I wish they all did. Need to connect to a character? Listening to their theme song is a great way to do it. It’s like slipping on their psyche for three minutes. Theme songs would certainly make my life easier. Unfortunately, I going to still need the traditional, typed profiles for the 30 or so men and women who lack musical accompaniment in my head.
Only because it is wearing on my spirit to be alone with all my ideas and characters and dastardly plans… here is the theme song for a character in the books. I’m not giving you any more than that. I’m just going to leave it here and when you know you’ll know (nobody ruin it).
It won’t be a mystery for long, don’t worry.
Love and Gratitude,
