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HAPPY TEARS
Not Without Me is my lockdown novel, started during those long and tedious days of not being able to go about our daily business, writes subscriber Maria Dean.
I’m a pantser, always have been, no planning, no plotting; I prefer to delve right in and let the characters lead the way. And the novel started well, was writing itself, until it wasn’t, and I found myself mid-way through without an end in sight. So, it got shelved whilst I worked on other things.
But then early last year, I decided that Cade and Lexie’s story could not remain unfinished, so, I knuckled down and set to work.
It’s been a tough one to write for several reasons. The first being the emotional trauma suffered by the characters with certain scenes being very difficult to write but also the past and present timelines having to be interwoven without the novel loosing fluidity.
By Christmas 2023, it was finished, and Cade and Lexie had their happily ever after.
And in February 2024, I was offered a publishing contract with Hot Tree Publishing.
I can’t wait to share Cade and Lexie’s story with the world as it will always have a special place in my heart as being my only book, to date, that I have literally cried whilst writing.
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A GOOD GUEST!
My writing journey makes me think of that John Green quote: ‘I fell in love like you would fall asleep: slowly and then all at once,’ writes subscriber Ruth Irons.