What's With The Short Stories?

Authors have so many irons in the fire these days. My irons include being a GREAT wife (**wink**), raising three teenage boys, raising three fury kids, sister, daughter, niece, neighbor, employee, chauffeur, neighbor, patient, chef, therapist, and on and on. Any author would rattle off a list similar to mine.

So see, my life is really no different than yours. Only I write! And I write in two different genres: chick-lit and cozy mystery.

As you can see from my list, there isn't a lot of time left for me to write, which is why I'm always writing at my kid's practices, school functions, and anywhere I take them.

I have two target audiences for my career, the romance enthusiasts and the mystery lovers. I can't keep them happy all the time, but I can make an attempt.

My writing muse works a little different for me. I can not start a series and stop writing to start a different series. While the characters have taken residence in my head, I have to finish out their story. Currently, I'm in my mystery cave writing away on the Magical Cures Mystery Series and The Divorced Divas, leaving Grandberry Falls and Postcards from Paris in the wings.

I love all my readers and would do anything I can to keep them happy. That is why I decided to write the Small Town Romance Short Story Series.

(The Dare Me Date is the second in the Small Town Romance Series! It just come out in time for Valentine's Day!)

Short stories are hard for me to write. It's a day in the life of a new character in a fictitious small town. They are packed with fun and a bit of romance to wet the mouths of my readers and keep them happy. The idea behind the series is to write one for each holiday (including the Hallmark ones) and at the end of the year, compile them into a book that will be in print and ebook.

This way I will keep all my readers happy while I continue to finish up the mystery series I have started. Then it will be reversed. I will write short story mysteries while I continue to write on the new romance series.

So....what do you think? Would you like your favorite authors to cater to your reading needs?

One LUCKY comment will win a copy of the TWO short stories I have out in the Small Town Romance Short Story Series! Winner will be announced on Friday!!