Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Some thoughts on Starting Over


Starting Over had made it through the beta process, gotten its final polish, and is now in the hands of my graphic designer. It's getting SO CLOSE!!!

I'm incredibly excited about this one! More than any other book I've written (and this is #24) I feel like this one has been building for years.

We've watched Colt grow up before our eyes, from that skinny teenager in Wyoming who we met in Coming Home (back in 2015) to a young man trying to find his way. We also watched his relationship with Elijah fall apart, and ever since then Colt's been trying to pick up the pieces and move on. That's part of the reason for the title, Starting Over.

But the title fits his love interest, Renaldo Medina, too. Ren used to have it all: a famous boyfriend, a successful IT company, money, prestige. But for the last three years, his life has been on a downward spiral. His relationship ended on a blindside, his resort is failing, and he doesn't know what to do with the next chapter of his life.

Even though this is a May-December romance (the two main characters are 21 and 41), I love the fact that they have a lot in common, including the fact that they're both trying to answer the question: what's next for me?

Answering that question takes them from friends to lovers, and it brings Colt back to his home state of Wyoming, so his story comes full circle. In order to figure out where he's going, Colt needs to understand where he's been. And Ren is at his side, every step of the way.