My New WIP (Work In Progress)

While I wait to hear from my agent regarding the re-write on DESERT DOGS, I have begun working on my next WIP, tentatively titled A TRACE OF MEMORY. I've played around with the title going back and forth on other possibles and had settled on THE DECONSTRUCTED MAN for a time but then went back to A TRACE.

It will be another crime novel with a 'damaged' ex-homicide detective as the protagonist. Really don't want to go into much more than that at this point as I'm still working out the plot, etc. I'm a 'write-from-the-hip' writer though I typically have a good grasp of the general plot, the beginning and the end but not necessarily the guts of the narrative. I suspect that's because I like to be as entertained and surprised by the story as my readers. It's a journey I undertake with excitement and, admittedly, some trepedation.

I love it when the characters start 'taking over' with what seems like a life of their own. At that point I kind of go along for the ride.

But right this minute I'm still working on the plot and that hasn't quite jelled just yet.