Stormee Waters by Lynda Coker

Please welcome Lynda Coker to a special edition of Discover Yourself. Lynda is launching her newest book Stormee Waters. She also has a special giveaway going on here: Click Here for Details

Before we learn more about Stormee Waters, let's find out a little about Lynda.

• What does your writing space look like?

I have one room in the house that doubles as a writing and art studio. My author area occupies one side and my artsy stuff occupies the other. They don't seem to mind sharing the same space.

• What do you enjoy doing when you’re not writing?

I love fabric and I enjoy designing original art pieces for my home.           

• What books might we find on your bedside table?

At the moment, you'd find 18 books of varied genres and lengths. Since I enjoy doing book reviews for my blog, I read a diverse range of stories, including nonfiction. 

Stormee Waters released on January 14th.

Dirk Savage never fails to acquire what he wants until he encounters Stormee Waters and a backwash of trouble...

Stormee Waters knows about hard times. Needing to care for her aging grandmother and teenage brother, she moves to Houston, Texas and takes a writing job for a popular magazine. Her first assignment is to interview a successful business man for a series of articles entitled, Make My Man Texas-Sized. Her target, Dirk Savage, appears to have the right criteria. He's adventurous with the air of a conqueror. Admired by his peers and coveted by beauty queens and debutantes, he's just the type of man that Stormee needs to make her first article sizzle and sell. But can she handle the heat when she catches his attention?

Dirk Savage is used to acquiring what he wants, except in the illusive quest for the one woman who can fill his heart. The shock of discovering her in the naive young woman assigned to interview him sets his jaded emotions on high alert. Can he convince her that his pursuit is genuine?

Excerpt

She came back to reality and placed the box on the foyer table, picked up her purse, and stepped through the door. The evening light cast a deep shadow across the man at her side, giving the illusion that he became one with the darkness, and something more she couldn’t define. When he escorted her to a sleek, black sports car of indefinable origin, something more took on solid proportions in her imagination. Every tingling cell in her body warned her against the power of his striking personality. That feeling barely registered before another followed. Dirk Savage didn’t play by anyone’s rules but his own. She nibbled her lower lip and stole a glance at him as he helped her to fasten the seat belt.

“Don’t look so dismayed. I’m not going to ravish you, at least, not before we’ve had our dinner.”

Still leaning over her, with nothing but a thought between their lips, his low chuckle reached to the very bottom of her toes. Embarrassed by his scrutiny, she turned her head...

Buy Links:

The Wild Rose Press 

Amazon

Lynda is an author of contemporary romance that lingers in a reader’s mind long after they’ve closed the book. She lives in Northeast Texas with her husband of fifty years. They enjoy traveling, trying new foods, spending time with family and friends, and doing community service work together. When she feels the need to take a break from writing, she enjoys creating fabric art.  She offers an open invitation to view both her writing and fabric art on her blog.

Blog:  http://betweenthelinesandmore.blogspot.com

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WORLD BUILDING –Who Needs It? by Lynda Coker

FEARLESS FRIDAY

Please join me in welcoming Lynda Coker to Muse Monday.

As a writer, I learned early that creating a believable story required architectural and construction skills. The second thing I realized was that I didn’t have a clue what World Building meant, how to begin, or when to stop. And most disturbing, was how my own writing style predicted dark days ahead. 

You see, I write by-the-seat-of-my-pants. I do some plotting, but mostly, the story just evolves one weird, funny, amazing, or awful idea at a time. Thankfully, these ideas do eventually merge into a story that previously only existed in my mind, a world with its own reality and principles of existence. 

So World Building is not something I consciously and meticulously predetermine, rather, I construct what I need when I need it. (*Smiles precociously) That’s not to say that a lot of building repair isn’t required in the editing process. (Woe is me!) After all, two things are definitely needed to make World Building concrete that is strong and durable—Coherence and Consistency, which miraculously appear during editing

As a reader, I don’t enjoy being bogged down by endless description. For instance, I don’t need to see the blueprints for a 33 room mansion. Just tell me it has 33 rooms including tennis courts, swimming pool, and riding stables and let me put it all together in my own mind. I guarantee, I’ll like my mansion better than the one you describe to me in full detail!

So what’s my point? In World Building, I try to construct only those features that are necessary in order to understand the rules or laws which govern my world, the environmental territory, time and space, new technology, and the characters that people my world along with their philosophy, language, etc. As a writer, I do the framework and allow you, the reader, to decorate so-to-speak. In reality, my world also becomes your world through participation.

Blurb:

THE OCEAN BETWEEN by Lynda Coker

Between the skyscrapers of New York City and the ancient sands of the Middle Eastern nation of Ahalamin lies an uncharted ocean, not of water, but of culture and prejudice.

When financial executive, Victoria Ballard, is tricked into marriage with a Prince of the Desert, her perfectly designed life unravels. To put the pieces back together and claim the heart of a Prince, she’ll have to find a way to bridge The Ocean Between .

Book Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvtCCEoOTDE

Buy Links:

AMAZON

THE WILD ROSE PRESS 

Excerpt:

Rashid took the stairs two at a time. Identifying

The source of the problem did not take long...the

verbal tirade echoing through the lounge came from

his private compartment at the rear of the plane.

“Let me out of here! I’m an American citizen and

this is kidnapping. I’ll have you all arrested and

executed for this! I’m warning you, Califar. You tell

that unscrupulous, deceitful, desert creep to get back

here and let me go!”

Rashid took a step forward and then paused.

The sudden cessation of verbal ranting was more

unnerving than the previous clamor. The pregnant

silence made the hairs on his arms stand erect. With

this woman, he was certain the calm was a precursor

to worse atrocities. He hoped he was wrong and she

had exhausted her vile temper instead. The thud of a

solid object slamming against the other side of the

door ridiculed his supposed control.

He yanked off  his robe and headdress. Slinging

them toward the back of a chair, he barked a

command to his two bodyguards.

“Give the pilot orders to depart...NOW!”

Both went forward to deliver the message,

almost jamming the small doorway in their attempt

to pass through at the same time. Consumed with

his own anger, he could not find any humor in the

speed with which they fled one loud, but small

woman. He wondered about the quality of his

personal security.

Spearing Califar with a glacial look, he

motioned him forward. “You will ignore any sound

you hear from the other side of that door.

Understood?”

“May I speak frankly?”

Rashid stiffened. “If you must.”

“This woman you’ve made your wife is a

stranger to you and to our customs. These are

extreme circumstances for her. Despite her less than

respectful manner, she is still deserving of the gentle

persuasion you always accord the women in your

life.”

“Are you telling me how to treat my wife?”

Rashid lashed in reply.

“As your servant...never,” replied Califar. “As

your friend...I offer a reminder. Guard well your

actions this night and remember with what care you

have always protected what is yours.”

“I will deal with the princess in whatever

manner suits me,” growled Rashid.