The Twenty-One-Year Contract: Sequel to Secrets, Shame, and a Shoebox by L. B. Griffin | Author Guest Post

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The Twenty-One-Year Contract: Sequel to Secrets, Shame, and a Shoebox

by L. B. Griffin

The Twenty-One-Year Contract: Sequel to Secrets, Shame, and a Shoebox
Historical Romance
2nd in Series
Setting – 1950s London
Wild Rose Press (May 9, 2022)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 382 pages

Kathleen Gray—talented, a little wild, at times rebellious, but always popular—has a fun, easy life in rural Somerset, with a doting family.

Suddenly, they are gone, everything is changed, and she has only Uncle Jack. Try as he might, he cannot be father and mother to her—he has a business to run and his own life to manage.

Kathleen takes a chance and becomes Kate Westfield, fending for herself in London, with a new life built on her hopes and dreams and new friends. She could hardly have imagined that one of those friends has a shoebox full of answers.

Guest post from the author

I didn’t realise until recently that there was a formula written by Debra Dixon. There are probably many more people out there who have written the same information but in a different way. I didn’t realise I had a formula. It’s something I do without thinking.

Well, I like to share, I’m only human after all.

So, here goes:

May I suggest with every question posed you start bullet pointing some answers. You will be surprised, I guarantee.

Goal – what do your characters want to achieve or do?

Motivation – What drives your character – think about this for a moment. Now start

Conflict – what stops your character from getting what they want or achieve?

If we consider those three simple, yet not so simple steps, you are well on the way to having an idea where you are heading. In fact, I would suggest that the GMC may well mirror the whole of your own writing experience at some time or other?

My goal is to complete the book.

The motivation is my characters shouting at me: ‘oi are you listening, hurry up and tell my story’

And last, but not least, the conflict. This is: When I can actually put pen to paper without upsetting the whole household?

These three elements are essential. Without all three it will be linear, flat, uninteresting.

Of course, you will need to consider each step carefully.

Ask yourself:

What are you looking for in a book, the answer will help you to think outside the box.

What makes you want to write it. I know I’ve said this before, but if you’re not invested in what you’re writing, it’s unlikely you will finish your story or inspire someone to want read it.

Easier said than done.

The next couple of steps: What genre do feel you want to write in, and do you have some ideas?

Ah. There’s the rub. What genre and what am I going to write?

I assume you have a feel for a certain genre. That is not only helpful, but essential. Read everything you can get your hands on. Take a reflective view on what works for that author and what you like about it. Emulating a style is fine, but be you, writing is about you, for you, and how you feel about yourself when you are writing it.

Please feel free to share with your friends and enemies…

About L. B. Griffin

L.B. Griffin was born and raised in the UK. She is married and came out of retirement when she received a contract for her debut novel. Griffin loves to write stories to touch people’s hearts, She draws upon social issues that are often hidden in deep drawers but readers can identify with. Her women don’t see themselves as courageous, strong, or survivors, but they certainly are.

Her debut, Secrets, Shame, and a Shoebox has received superb 5 star reviews, amongst them Whispering stories and VINE VOICE reader/blogger Michelle Ryles, singing high praise: ‘Incredibly well-written, Secrets, Shame, and a Shoebox is a magnificent debut. It’s a poignant, disturbing and a heart-warming page-turner that has left me chomping at the bit to continue Harriet’s story.’

The sequel, and also standalone – The Twenty-One-Year Contract, is already receiving fantastic five star reviews such as: VINE VOICE “This book will have you laughing, crying and cheering.”

L.B. Griffin continues to turn silent stories into courage, hope, and survival. Be warned, she is a self-confessed chocolate-raisin and strawberry addict!

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Website www.wifeinthewest.com

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