My Stories

Mary, over at the Bandwagon, wrote a blog about the stories she's written and it got me to thinking. What do I tend to write about?

Romance, certainly.

The first book I ever wrote was when I was ten-years-old. It was about a girl and her horse - a romance of sorts, I suppose, because when I was ten, all I really loved was horses.

Next book wasn't written until I was in high school -- then I wrote three (two were collaborations):

* A sci-fi novel about an assassin and a night club owner
* A mystery about two twin girls separated at birth (I submitted this one to a teen novel writing contest and was a finalist!)
* A mystery about several murders that are seemingly unrelated

I wrote nothing but short stories and poetry for many years after this, but about five years ago, I got serious again. What have I written?

* A romantic comedy about a hockey player / housekeeper and a business owner ala Sleepless In Seattle
* A romantic comedy about two people who become roommates under duress
* A romantic comedy about a woman who goes to great lengths to stalk her cheating fiancée

What's in the hopper?

* A straight romance about a young widow and the man who had always held her heart
* A historical romance (*gulp*) about two brothers and the woman they both come to love
* A romantic suspense about a woman who finds her mother murdered and the cop investigating the crime

Oddly, the stuff in the "hopper" is all stuff I normally wouldn't write. The historical may never get written, but I jotted down the general idea. My heart is really with comedy, and those "serious" ones may end up funny... who knows?

What have you written, what's in the hopper and why do you like writing that kind of stuff?