Kindling Flames: Burning Nights (The Ancient Fire Series Book 6) (25 page)

There comes a time in every writer’s life where then get stuck while writing a story. Something doesn’t go as planned, or they realize that they don’t have enough information on a subject to continue what they’ve started. This is how I felt about Burning Nights.

The first part of the book was simple. It was fun to write and flowed well, and then I got to the Hawaii part.

Not only did I get tied up in the fact that I was now writing in a real world setting that I was unfamiliar with, I didn’t like the way the story was turning out. Unhappy with what I’d done, I cut over twenty thousand words out and dropped the story in lieu of something that wasn’t irritating me. I jumped over to my dragon series and plugged away at that for a few stories.

This helped to clear my mind of the detritus the original version to Burning Nights had left floating in my brain. Every now and then, I would jump back to it and reread it or add a bit here or there, but I was having a really hard time getting into the story. It was mainly the unfamiliar setting that was holding me back. See, if you use a real world setting and get it wrong, there’s always a slew of people ready to point out your errors. And that terrified me.

But fear is only your mind holding you back and I received so many requests for the fifth instalment of the series. So, despite the fact that I didn’t have enough information on the location I wanted to place the story, I had to push on.  CTP and I set a deadline goal and I filled my lack of knowledge with as many travel videos as I could find. So, to anyone in Hawaii that may be offended by incorrect details, I’m sorry.

As to those that helped me along my way. Thank you.

Thank you Mom and Laura for reading over my stuff and keeping me real, Kathy-Lynn for always pushing me for that next chapter, Krys for understanding when I spend way too much time tapping away at my keyboard, and everyone that loaded up those stupid travel videos on YouTube. How you can make such a magical place as Hawaii sound so mind numbingly dull, I will never know.

And last, but not least. Thank you to my fans for reminding me there are people out there waiting for the rest of the story.

Originally from Ohio, Julie always dreamed of a job in science. Either shooting for the stars or delving into the mysteries of volcanoes. But, life never leads where you expect. In 2007, she moved to Mississippi to be with her significant other.

Now a mother of a hyperactive red headed boy, what time she’s not chasing down dirty socks and unsticking toys from the ceiling is spent crafting worlds readers can get lost it. Julie is a self-proclaimed bibliophile and lover of big words. She likes hiking, frogs, interesting earrings, and a plethora of other fun things.

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