Well, I Never!

So hi. How are ya?

Just in case you are curious about my writing process, I thought I'd tell you just a bit.

I'm a scene writer. I form a scene in my head; including location, time of day, body position, etc, and then I add in the conversation. I go over the dialogue thousands of times in my head. And then I sit down to write it. I can spend weeks thinking about the same scene before it finally makes its way on to paper, and I typically can't think of more than one scene at a time. Once the scene is written, I number it (I do a entire outline beforehand so I know how many scenes I will have) and then I save the document. I keep writing this way, one scene at a time until the book is done. BUT. I do not write the scenes in order. That's the fun part. I have to piece everything together like a puzzle.

Why am I telling you all this? Just because I wanted to share something with you about book one in the Wilder Times Series. I started writing it back in 2009 and one of the very first scenes I wrote was the "I Have Never" scene. Even though I've written dozens more scenes for the trilogy since then, the "I Have Never" scene remains one of my favorites.  Not because it's anything poignant or pivotal, but just because it's fun. And because of the budding romance. (I am such a hopeless romantic!) If you don't know the scene I am talking about, get thee over to Amazon and start reading.

Have you guys ever played the "I Have Never" game? Would you want to play it today? It's very simple. All you have to do is try to trump the other players by saying something that you've never done before, but you are pretty sure that the rest of the world has done. You want to drop some jaws.

Here's my "I Have Nevers"

I have never ... had a manicure

I have never ... flown overseas
I have never ... eaten lobster (or crab or clams or pretty much anything else that belongs in water and not on a plate)
I have never ... been pulled over by a cop (knock on wood)

So how about you? What have You Never?

Play along for your chance to win (and for some darn good entertainment as well.)