Book info:
Title: WHITE KNIGHTS
Author: Julie Moffett
Excerpt:
your writing process look like? Do you know the whole story when you start?
Or do you just start writing and go with it (seat of the pants writing)?
If you plan it out, how do you do that? Outline, notecards,
post-it-notes, etc.
fair trifold boards. I use color-coded sticky notes (one color for each
character, a color for action and/or events, and a color for emotion) and stick
them on the board in the rough order of how I want things to play out in the
novel. When I’m ready to write the chapter, I pull down the sticky notes and
know exactly what needs to go in the chapter. Things don’t always go as
planned—that’s part of the creative process, and that’s okay. Still, my plots
can be complicated with a lot of moving pieces and international travel, so I’m a careful plotter. I like to write series, so
I create a series arc, as well as detailed character arcs, and finally the plot
arc for each book within the series. I’ve don’t this with all 11 books (so far)
in my geeky Lexi Carmichael series, and now for the White Knights series. It’s
a bit of different process when writing a stand-alone novel, of which I’ve done
several. But I’m a definite plotter and outliner.
family qualifies in that category. Wacky, technically-absorbed and wonderful!!
However, I do quite a bit of research on the other scientific aspects of my
stories to make it as accurate as possible while still having fun with it.
People (some I know and some I don’t), as well as events in real life, inspire
me. The characters encompass a lot of traits from many different people,
myself included.
long as I can remember. I wrote my first book in the second grade when I
penned a love story between Prince Valen and Princess Tina who met, fell in
love and got married on Valentine’s Day. I still have it. It was a big hit with
all the girls in my class. The boys held their noses. After that I won a 3rd
grade poem contest about a haunted house. In the fourth grade, I wrote in my
school memory book that I wanted to be an author when I grew up. I wrote for my
college newspaper, and later moved into international journalism. Eventually I
got brave enough to pen a novel for publication purposes. My first book was
published in 1993 and was a Scottish historical romance called Fleeting Splendor. So, I’ve been around
the block, so to say!
say you must plant butt in char and write, a lot. Get your story out. Don’t
worry if the first draft is crap, you can fix it. You can’t fix a blank page.
Just don’t give up. If you want it bad enough, you’ll get it. Persevere!
voracious reader across all genres. Those authors influenced me by making me
love reading so much it made me want to write my own books. I love Mary
Stewart, Victoria Holt, Michael Crichton, Robert Ludlum, John Le Carre, Robert
Crais, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, JK Rowling, Tess Gerritsen and Nora
Roberts/JD Robb, among a thousand others. I adored Nancy Drew and the Hardy
Boys books as a kid. There are SO many more. I really
love books of all kinds!!
Princess Bride (!), Star Wars, Harry Potter, the Matrix trilogy, Hunger Games
trilogy, Star Trek and Indiana Jones. My two sons make sure I stay current on
all the Marvel movies, most of which I like. In terms of TV shows, I like
Supernatural (Dean!!), Stranger Things, Agents of Shield, and that American
Ninja Warrior show where people try to complete those impossible obstacle
courses!
music ALL the time while I work. I like just about every genre of music and
have a zillion playlists. I pick a random playlist every day and just go with
it.
super spicy ones, and the Blue Diamond Bold Almonds Habanero BBQ. Once I start eating them, I
can’t stop. Mmmmmmm! So good!
About the Author:
Julie Moffett is a bestselling author and writes in the genres of mystery, historical romance and paranormal romance. She has won numerous awards, including the 2014 Mystery & Mayhem Award for Best YA/New Adult Mystery, the prestigious 2014 HOLT Award for Best Novel with Romantic Elements, a HOLT Merit Award for Best Novel by a Virginia Author (twice!), the 2016 Award of Excellence, a PRISM Award for Best Romantic Time-Travel AND Best of the Best Paranormal Books of 2002, and the 2011 EPIC Award for Best Action/Adventure Novel. She has also garnered additional nominations for the Bookseller’s Best Award, Daphne du Maurier Award and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. Julie is a military brat (Air Force) and has traveled extensively. Her more exciting exploits include attending high school in Okinawa, Japan; backpacking around Europe and Scandinavia for several months; a year-long college graduate study in Warsaw, Poland; and a wonderful trip to Scotland and Ireland where she fell in love with castles, kilts and brogues. Julie has a B.A. in Political Science and Russian Language from Colorado College, a M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and an M.Ed from Liberty University. She has worked as a proposal writer, journalist, teacher, librarian and researcher. Julie speaks Russian and Polish and has two sons. She greatly enjoys interacting with readers at her website: www.juliemoffett.com.
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The Princess Bride is one my favorite movies, too.
I've never seen it. I know, I know, I really need to watch it.