Choosing a location to set a book is an essential part of the preparation process, but at the moment I am not thinking about where - it's going to be the South Wales coast - but when. And no, it's not an historical.
It's contemporary, but I'm thinking about which season it could be set in.
In the old days, when books took maybe a year or more to get into print, I don't think it was quite such an issue. Books happened when they happened - or so it seemed to me.
Now books are season appropriate. With the production rate moving up to two books a year, a summer story and a Christmas offering is often expected as a norm. Indeed, Christmas books certainly seem to be much more of a thing these days.
But now autumn too seems to be moving into the frame. With the emphasis on pumpkin spice, autumn decor, like door wreaths, celebration of Halloween, autumn is also becoming a thing.
As you know, I'm not a great fan of this time of year, mainly because it's always so dark, but the New Idea seems to be trying to set itself in the autumn. I'm not sure if that is simply because it is autumn, or if something else is going on. Certainly at the moment the Idea is coming up with a gothic tinge to it. You know I'm always threatening to write a gothic romantic suspense. Is this one it?
There seem to be a lot of creepy houses and stormy moonlit goings-on going on. And did I mention the wolf? No - it's not a shifter romance. Logan is 100% human. He's the hero - he's been wandering around in my ideas bank for a while. She doesn't have a name yet. I'm working on that, but nothing has felt right so far.
Maybe once that happens I'll have a better grip on what exactly is happening here.
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