I used to wonder if two people fell deeply in love, was it because of them getting to know each other so much that they did, or was it because they saw each other so much that they couldn't find themselves not seeing each other and thought they were in love? Was it because the feelings of just having someone there to talk to daily, someone to laugh about, cry about, or discuss your day overwhelmed your senses and you thought you loved them because of that? Or does it go deeper than that? Is it because deep down you feel that pull, that bond with the other person? Do you feel incomplete without them? Do you know them inside and out and can tell their moods just by a word or a phrase they speak? Can you feel their feelings, their thoughts? Can you have that kind of connection because of how much you've talked, laughed, hung out together? Or, do you have this connection because of a past life ya'll had? Is it possible that you do? Or are you just trying to find a reason to why you have a connection that's so deep and strong? All of these questions ran through my head when I started my book a few months ago. A man and woman meet each other through a weather forum. They have that in common, the weather, but throughout getting to know each other, they find out they have so much more in common. Then comes the shocking discovery that they can feel each other's moods and pick up on the other's feelings. Calling each other when the other needs to hear from them at "just that time." She owns a garden nursery and he's a homocide detective. They live in different states and had never seen each other. She had decided to go visit him and they found out they had more than the deep connection, they did have a pure deep love for each other. Then comes a murder case, 4 murder cases, to be precise. They look like her and he starts getting taunting phone calls. He wants to keep her away and she wants to come to him. He's scared he won't be able to protect her. She goes to stay with him for a while to see if things would work out between them. The killer goes after her and her detective finds her almost too late, but he does get her back safely. She tells him that she's going to rent a place, a place that she's already looked at when she starts her life up there. He's a little upset because he thinks it's an easy way for her to get out of the relationship whenever she wants. He doesn't think she's really serious. She packs up her stuff and heads to her new place. She calls him up when she gets there and asks if he can go check the home out, because when she was there last, she thought she left it behind. She hides and he goes over, and she surprises him, tells him she really bought the house, she loves him, wants to marry him, can't live her life without him, and would die if he left her or wanted her to leave him.
This book has been really hard to write. I've had scenario after scenario, and they always seem to not be the right mix of romance or to the deepest level that I want. I know what I want the finished product to be, but it always seems like it's lacking just a little bit of Oooomph. I kept thinking if I would write a little more then it would finally come together. It's hard for me, to see something in my head, and not get it on paper, or the computer, just exactly how I'm envisioning it. I took a 2 week break from writing, or at least tried to. Laying on my bed one night, fan blowing on me, I finally got the inspiration for what I had been missing from a simple phrase. "Sugar, I won't be able to live without you if you're not in my life. Life just isn't worth living without you." I picked up the pen I had, the pad of paper I had brought it with me before and started writing. Before I knew it, the Oooomph had come back into the story, it was going perfectly, and most importantly, it SOUNDED perfect!
Pretty soon, A Once In A Lifetime Love will be finished and on here. In the meantime, also working on Mick & Callie's Story, also about a cop and his former love. I will be finishing that soon, also, and posting both.
