So not to venture too far back down the path of TMI, but I guess because of that one horrible mistake I’ll never be a Platinum Card? Geeze, girl makes one LITTLE mistake… LOL. Does it count that he was FTM?

About the book. One of the greatest pieces of advice I ever got about a book was not to try and write EVERYTHING all at once. Pick a period of time, focus on that period. The start, middle, finish. Concentrate on building a plot around a period of time, not everything all at once. Start the period, with one of the plot elements being the major hurdle to overcome in that period of time. Go through the whole classic tried and true recipe: The foreshadowing of the battles/journey to come, the journey, the climax, and the wrap up. Lovingly weave in character development, substance, story, subplots and go from there. I’m still working on getting my thoughts in order on the subject, and learning lots from the authors I respect.

You have a great voice Nikki, I have every confidence you’ll tell a great story, you always do. Just don’t try to write War and Peace. Frankly you write better than Tolstoy, so you’ll be in good shape. One writer friend of mine told me that every author, regardless of what they write about, their first book i about them, because you write what you know. He assured me while that may sound bad, in the end it lends substance, voice, authenticity to your work. So don’t fear it!

I look forward to reading whatever you finally do!