One of the projects I have been working on over the last few months is creating a series of novella's around Abbie Harper's past lives. In Time After Time we also met Penelope Broadhurst, the beautiful, kind daughter of a pastor living in England in the early 1800's and in Time Trip we will meet Sarah Dunne, another of Abbie's past incarnations. For inspiration I looked to a completely different time period and found that Sarah belonged to the hippie generation, a true flower child.
Below is the blurb for Time Trip (coming mid 2016). It's 1969 when seventeen year old Sarah and her best friend Casey agree to join brothers Logan and Jake on a cross country road trip. From the moment she meets Logan Sarah feels drawn to him in a way she can't explain. But then there is her growing romance with Jake and the strange dreams that have started to plague her at night. As their destination draws closer Sarah is soon confronted with having to choose between brothers, a decision that might ultimately cost her her life. Time Trip is the first in a series of novella's that I have had a lot of fun writing! Stay tuned for more news. bye for now Wendy x
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Always so much fun to make lists and nothing is better than a list of favorite books! Here goes my top ten!! 1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Classic tale of the love between Heathcliff and Cathy set amongst the English Moors. While it doesn't have a happily ever after the passion and the depth of feeling between Heathcliff and Cathy is entrancing. 2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The story of a poor, unlovable orphan girl who finds a place in the world at last beside a man who is more broken than her? Haunting and beautiful I could read this over and over. What can I say? I love the Bronte sisters #fanalert
There are so many others I could add to this list but I would be here forever!!
As you can see there is quite a bit of variety ranging from classics, historical romances (bodice rippers hehe) to young adult. But they all have romance and heart stopping love at their core and most have a happy ending. Another thing they all have in common is the way they've influenced my own writing. Just a flick through Time After Time and you will find references to Healthcliff and Cathy and in Harris House is strongly influenced by Jane Eyre. What are some of your favorite books? And how have they influenced you? I would love to hear your stories. bye for now Wendy xx Like a lot of writers I find Pinterest to be a wonderful source of inspiration. From quotes, to settings, to music and to characters I can spend hours browsing images and pinning pictures and words that really speak to me, in fact, I often do. It's a huge delay tactic #guilty #sorrynotsorry For my writing I often start with a setting. Just like in Time After Time the first place I imagined was Broadhurst Manor and the smaller, quaint parsonage nearby where Penelope lived. For my latest WIP I kept returning to images of a lonely English home set among the Yorkshire Moors. It is after all no secret that I am a huge Bronte fan. You can see some of the images that inspired Harris House here. From there I add the characters in my head who are so real and vivid that if I passed them in the street I would recognize them instantly and we would probably end up being best friends. Then, through the writing process, I really get to know them such is the case with Danielle. This image, sourced from Pinterest, is almost exactly how I visualized her in my mind. Beautiful, young, haunted and about to fall in love in the most tragic of ways... Introducing Danielle - who is about to arrive at Harris House only to be drawn into terrifying world of Cameron and Lillian Harris. Next time I will share the inspiration for Cameron Harris.
bye for now Wendy xx I've been busy and my poor blog has been neglected for way too long. But I have been busy working on another WIP and I wanted to share a little inspiration of what to expect from my next book, coming late 2016. The inspiration for Harris House. The mystery of Harris House. These words #sigh. They set the mood perfectly for the romance between Danielle and Cameron. So just a little teaser, but I should have more for you shortly. Bye for now, Wendy xx Time After Time, and in particular the idea of a girl remembering her past lives came about through a series of ideas. For one, I love and adore the early eighteenth century English period. Wuthering Heights is one of my favourite novels of all time and I've always wanted to write a novel set in the English countryside, in particular the wild moors where Cathy and Heathcliff fell in love. That was always going to be the setting for Penelope and Heath's story. The second inspiration came from somewhere completely left of centre. The Twilight Zone, yes that old television show with the haunting music. I remember staying up late one night and catching an episode which has stayed with me for years. The episode was one where people were reincarnated only they REMEMBERED their previous lives and were conscious of the fact that death wasn't the end for them and that once dead they would only be reborn - maybe somewhere better. I found the idea incredibly thought provoking. In this episode the world was a mess and suicide was common place, with people taking their lives for the merest of disappointments in the hopes of being born in a better time and better place. Since then, I've been fascinated by the idea of reincarnation and what would really happen if you could remember past lives..... I have lots of ideas on how this could work in future novels. Stay tuned! So there you have it... a freaky 1970's (?) television show is the inspiration behind Time After Time. Oh, and I also love creating stories of people who are destined for each other. Soppy, I know, but I'm a hopeless romantic like a lot of people. happy reading! Wendy Time After Time released this week! Yay, have been doing a little happy dance all week. So wonderful to see it up and about the place and have loved receiving feedback on my debut novel. Keep them coming as I love hearing from readers! A lot of people have asked me if there is going to be more of Abbie and Marcus and the short answer is no. Not at the moment. I do plan to write Rebecca's story but otherwise I have decided to leave Abbie and Marcus for the time being. But of course, never say never.... In the meantime I have some other exciting works in progress that I am looking forward to sharing soon! Happy readings, Wendy |
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