Nora After Dark Contemporary

⏮Comforting the Grump (Chapter 3) Trigger Warnings: Please note this story will have mentions of alcoholism, though not from either of the MCs but from a parent. It’s only described in some detail in the prologue, but it is mentioned occasionally. There’s also some...

⏮ Comforting the Grump (Chapter 2) Trigger Warnings: Please note this story will have mentions of alcoholism, though not from either of the MCs but from a parent. It’s only described in some detail in the prologue, but it is mentioned occasionally. There’s also...

⏮ Comforting the Grump (Chapter 1) Ennio I pushed open the door to Giovanni's, the jingle of the small brass bell announcing my arrival like a fanfare suited for someone far more important. The scent of garlic and oregano wrapped around me like a warm embrace from...

⏮ Comforting the Grump (Prologue) Trigger Warnings: Please note this story will have mentions of alcoholism, though not from either of the MCs but from a parent. It’s only described in some detail in the prologue, but it is mentioned occasionally. There’s also...

⏮ Comforting the Grump: Creating Ennio’s Character We’re at the fifth and last post about developing the characters and story for Marnin’s book. Make sure to read the previous posts first! And as before, a heads up for spoilers in this post. Among authors, there’s...

⏮Picking a Partner for Marnin Make sure to read the previous posts first, where I explain what we’re doing in these posts and where we’ve explored Marnin’s character and background. Warning: if you hate spoilers, skip these posts. I can’t prevent spoiling some...

⏮Comforting The Grump: Creating Marnin’s Character When I started developing the Forestville Silver Foxes series, I had the core plot for five books: Tiago, Auden, Tomás, York, and Marnin. And I had their partners picked out already too. When you develop a...

Make sure to read the previous post first, where I explain what we’re doing in these posts. I’m giving you a behind the scenes look into creating the next Forestville book! Warning: if you hate spoilers, skip these posts. I can’t prevent spoiling some things I have...

I thought it would be fun to show you a little behind the scenes on my process to write books. Since I’m starting on the next Forestville book (Marnin’s story!), I figured the timing would be perfect. So I’m gonna take you along in my process of creating a book so...