The question in the lagoon this month has been: What’s the one thing you cannot write without?
We’ve had a plethora of fabulous answers from writers all over the world. Today’s answer comes from Carlene’s music nut rock sister, Lea Bronsen!
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Thank you so much for inviting me today! What a lovely blog this is, and I’m really pleased to visit.
What is the one thing I cannot write without, you ask? Let me think… I don’t necessarily need my laptop—I’ll type or scribble on anything I happen to have at hand: my smartphone, a doodled-on page in my Filofax, the tiniest post-it note, a folded magazine someone left on my commute, a napkin some gorgeous café waiter handed me with a white-toothed smile…
Hmm, I don’t need to be at any particular place either—I’ll write on the bus with strangers staring from the corner of their eye, in bed propped up against my favorite pillows, elbowing for space at the dinner table, lying on the grass while kiddos play soccer around me, and even in the bathtub savoring a hot— (ahem… TMI perhaps, lol).
This is how my latest book Mine to Love, which I’ll talk about in a bit, came to life. Little by little, with a variety of means and at the weirdest of places.
See, as long as my imagination is at the rendez-vous, I have everything I need to write, except… time.
Yep. The biggest hindrance getting any words onto paper is everything else I do in life: having a full-time job and devoting my days and nights to three beautiful daughters and a husband. Would you believe I considered doing NaNoWriMo this year? Ha ha, what a face-slap moment it was when it hit me that I simply don’t have the time 😀
XX Lea
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A Bit About Lea: I like my reads hot, fast, and edgy, and strive to give my own stories the same intensity. After venturing into dirty inner-city crime drama with my debut novel Wild Hearted, I divide my writing time between psychological thriller, suspense romance, and erotic contemporary romance.
I love to hear from my readers! Write to [email protected] or meet me on:
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A Bit About Lea’s Latest Release, Mine to Love…
The writing conference in sunny Cannes was fantastical, a dream. Back at home, reality catches up with author Andrea Johnson and the sexy cover model of her book, Yushka. With tough working schedules, challenging family relations, and seductive temptation from all sides, the couple’s explosive romance is put to the test.
Will their love be strong enough to have a future?
Welcome to the pond, Lea! I’m telling you, the moment someone invents a time-giving machine, lines the likes we’ve never seen before are going to circle the world, filled with all us desperate writers. I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. Your book looks great, too! Fishy kisses, xoxo.
Thank you so much for hosting me, Carlene! I completely agree with you; the day we have a time-giving machine, the world will be richer. In the meantime we’ll just have to keep fighting 🙂
Have a lovely weekend!
<3 Lea