Nadine: I have such bad luck with technology. I just wanted to
make sure that it still worked for me Rosette: Hello all Nadine: Hi! Lover Karen: So how are you this evening?? Nadine: Do you have prepared questions or do you prefer that I just ramble aimlessly? Nadine: As usual. LOL Lover Karen: This is a ramble aimlessly forum Nadine: I'm well. Pulled a muscle in my back but ... Oh God, it's twenty seconds in and I'm complaining about my health. I'm just like my bubbe - may she rest in peace. I'm fine thanks! Rosette: Not good, what happened, or is it a secret Nadine: Well, I was riding on my sex swing ... okay, not really. I was reaching down for something with my nearly forty-five yr-old back . Nadine: Bend at the knees nadine! Rosette: Hahaha! Aww I liked the first story! Rosette: Lordy, I hurt my knees putting some wood down my son's floor. Your back, my knees, we are a group. Anyone else? Nadine: It's a good thing I don't any author events coming up. We would be hobbling around and how would that look? Lover Karen: I like the sex swing story !! Maybe a book plot Nadine: Bubbe? Nadine: For the swing I mean. Nadine: She seems like a wild gal. Rosette: OK Best flirt line YOU ever gave, got one? Lover Karen: Was you real Bubbe like Gab's Bubbe?? Nadine: It's nine o'clock. So, if no one comes shall I just chat with you? That would be okay but you'll need to change names periodically so I don't look too unpopular. LOL Nadine: She was in that she could say outrageously offensive things, but not of a sexual nature. She was also, shall we say, at times not an entirely pleasant woman. May she rest in peace. Donna A: Hi all Lover Karen: Hi Donna and Adrea Rosette: Welcome gals!! Nadine: My husband's bubbe (age 95) does the whole guiolt trip thing and the whole is he Jewish thing. Lover Karen: Welcome to the chat. This is a totally open forum so jump in and ask Nadine a question. Andrea Figard: hello Nadine: Hi Donna and Andrea! Rosette: Oh the use of guilt, very powerful Nadine LOL Rosette: Welcome Andrea! Donna A: My daughter likes to tell her friends that she survived her Jewish mother but I tell her it isn't over yet <smirk> Nadine: Yeah - so Bubbe in the book is a combo of my bubbe, my husband's bubbe and what I will be like as an old woman. Rosette: This is a very relaxed forum everyone, so ask your questions. Anything you want Andrea Figard: awesome Nadine: LOL Andrea Figard: what is your favorite thing to read when you have the time? Lover Michelle: Hi Nadine! Sorry, I'm typing with one finger and trying to eat corn on the cob with my other hand. Hi everyone! Andrea Figard: lol Michelle Nadine: I have eclectic reading tastes actually. I do read a lot of romance. I especially like funny/sexy romance - go figure! But I also love classic mysteries, humor, books about history, lots and lots of things. Nadine: I'm a big Agatha Christie fan. Nadine: Also a big Alice Clayton fan Lover Karen: So did Agatha, inspire you to put the mystery element in to The Law of Attraction Nadine: I love Tara Sivecx's Chocolate Lovers books. Nadine: Agatha, Dorothy Sayers and Nancy Drew Lover Michelle: Did you quit working as a Public Defender to become a lawyer Nadine? Nadine: A public defender is a lawyer LOL Lover Michelle: sorry, brain dead,no sleep..construction..... typing with one finger too. Nadine: I'm sorry! I'm not laughing at you. A lot of people ask ythat! Lover Michelle: to become an author! Lover Michelle: No, I know they are the same. Lover Karen: Okay I have a huge question. Is Braden REAL!! and if so can I have his location. Nadine: Actually, yes and no. I quit being a public defender specifically when my elder son was born. My schedule would have been just to heavy and stressful Nadine: But I still did criminal defense part-time privately. Rosette: How do you do it all, with you home schooling as well? Lover Michelle: So if I take out my husband while going through this construction phase, I know who to look up to bail me out? Nadine: I did give that up entirely two years ago to homeschool and then last year I also began writing. Rosette: Do you follow a certain schedule throughout the day? Nadine: So, technically, I hung up my power suit to homeschool but it was with the hope I would be able to begin writing soon. Donna A: Bet that was scarey Nadine: Yes, in the summer it's more relaxed but in the fall we homeschool from 9-12 and then the kids have speech therapy, or another type of therapy. My sons are Autistic by the way. Then they have free time and I try to Facebook etc. then at night I write. Rosette: BTW I loved wearing power suits when I worked. Not suits actually but getting dressed up. And the shoes, sigh, I missed the shoes. Nadine: It was scarier to send them to school actually. Rosette: That's one full schedule Rosette: I bet coffee is your best friend Nadine: It's easier now that I have help! LOL (The Literati Girls are doing a lot for me.) Rosette: Welcome Stacey! Lover Karen joined the chat 55 minutes ago Nadine: I liked dressing up too. Nadine: You do feel more powerful! Rosette: Please feel free to ask your questions, this is an open and relaxed. Lover Karen: Donna what was you favorite part of the book?? Rosette: I miss that the MOST! Nadine: Hmm. I like different parts for different reasons. I liked the week of court cases because the tension was building. S. Donahue joined the chat 54 minutes ago Nadine: I liked the scene with the garbage because it made ME laugh picturing it. Nadine: I loved the bar scene because of the banter. Donna A: I loved the phrase “...a one nighter with a meal plan.” Rosette: Are any parts close to the real deal? Nadine: Actually, I don't want to sound immodest but I loved my whole book. LOL I gave myself permission to write it exactly like I wanted to! Nadine: Yeah Lover Karen: That was such a good phrase Donna, I love Nadine's dialogue Rosette: Haha she is NOT going to elaborate folks LOL Lover Karen: Hi Vanessaf, jump in we don't bite. Too hard vanessaf: Just wanted to pop in and say hi! I'm doing this from my phone so I don't know how much I will be able to interact Lover Michelle: What has surprised you most regarding the feedback from TLOA? Lover Karen: Vanessaf phones work well on chatzy Rosette: Well thanks for joining Vanessaf! Donna A: I can't stay long I've got to finish packing for AAD Nadine: Once back long ago when I was a single girl there was a prosecutor I had chemistry with. We didn't get together though. The chemistry was definitely there though Also the characters all have qualities of people I know - but their compilations. AND the cases - many of them are based on cases similar to ones I handled! Donna A: When do we get The Home Court Advantage? Nadine: they are - not there Nadine: November 19 Donna A: Cannot wait. vanessaf: Can't wait!!! Nadine: What surprised me the most? That as many people loved it! I thought some people would but I didn't anticipate such a big response right away. Nadine: And I'm shooting (if possible) for book 3 in Feb. Donna A: Woo Hoo! vanessaf: Is it November 19 yet?!?!?! I need the second book like yesterday...hahaha Nadine: That one is Adam's book. Lover Karen: What does everyone hope will happen in Home Court Advantage Nadine: You're going like it! I'm having fun writing it! Lover Michelle: Table sex or solo shower scene! Lover Michelle: Whoops, did I just say that out loud? Donna A: Heh Michelle Nadine: What is this solo shower scene you speak of? I don’t think I've ever read one of those! Nadine: excuse typos please. vanessaf: I really want to find out who the letter writer is! Lover Karen: OMG the ECKFACTOR Lover Karen: Do you all think the letter writer plot with get more intense, I think secrets abound. Lover Michelle: Okay, Nadine, I will send you an email with my highlights. Nadine: You haven't figured it out? LOL Actually, it's not fair because you don't learn something until book 2. Then it makes sense. But there was this whole other secondary storyline I planted and nobody picked up on it! Lover Karen: OMG Nadine: Yes, it gets more complex - and I guess intense. Lover Karen: The complexity of the political aspirations of the family of both Gab and Braden. I think the chief of staff picked up on them vanessaf: I have my suspensions. I think I'm going to go re read the book again Lover Michelle: Dang,now I need to reread. Nadine: That's not it but that's pretty good! Donna A: I've got to run. Night all. Nadine: It's not that big a deal. You'll find out right away in HCA. Nadine: It's like there are two things going on ... vanessaf: You're killing me here @Nadine Lol Nadine: Anyway, book 2 is basically about Gab and Braden and their friends solving the mystery as Adam and his future love interest are thrown together and as Gab and Braden continue to be cute and sexy together. vanessaf: Nadine: You're going to love Adam's story too! Lover Karen: Night Donna Nadine: Night Donna! Rosette: Night Donna thanks for joining us! Nadine: You won't find out immediately who the letter writer is - but you will find that out - you will also find out that there was more going on than you realized. That's what I meant to say. Karen, you weren't that far off actually Okay, I don't want to give away too much! Nadine: Not quite though ... Nadine: I've decided to put a mystery element in all the books by the way. Rosette: Do you have other ideas that want to be future books? Nadine: That's kind of what makes them unique - they are funny and very sexy and have some mystery and some courtroom stuff. That's sort of different - you know? Lover Karen: How long do you think your series will run for. Will all the characters be lawyers. Nadine: I've been thinking about this series but I'm already thinking ahead to Adam's book. Drew will also get a book for sure. And probably Mark. Then I might just keep writing more mysteries about the couples that develop! Nadine: If I keep writing about these couples then yes - although one potential partner at least is not a lawyer. Nadine: It depends on how fresh it stays and how much people connect with the characters. Nadine: In other genres using the same characters is common. I might want to try it with romance too. Nadine: romance Rosette: Well you will have a nice future in writing for sure. Nadine: The other books will be written from the POV of the primary female character in that book. Lover Michelle: Nadine, has your husband read TLOA yet? Lover Karen: Will you characters of other books still be involved in the future books? Nadine: I don't know! I told him he could if he wanted to (which he did) but I said I didn't want to know what he thought! LOL Nadine: My husband is a corporate executive and he reads sci-fi and non-fiction. Nadine: I wasn't sure he would love a romance novel. vanessaf: I know some authors have to sit in a certain spot in their house and have certain things near by when they write, when you write are you that way? Nadine: He wanted to read it though! He probably did. He's told me that he's very proud of me Lover Michelle: Nadine: I usually write on my laptop on a lap desk in bed at night or in a comfy chair in my bedroom. It's just because it's night and it's comfortable. Lover Karen: Do you need the quiet to write?? Lover Karen: Or is that the easiest time?? Nadine: So, what do you think - if I manage to get a series of different types of sexy funny couples together - coulod I keep giving them mysteries and have it stay interesting? Or would that not work? Nadine: Yes, I need quiet and it is also the easiest time because my kids are asleep. Rosette: I think so. I love a good mystery mixed in with some romance Nadine: The hard part would be keeping them sexy. I think it could be done though. If not, I'll just make up some more people Nadine: AND here come the typos! LOL Lover Michelle: I love humor and sex and romance! That's a winning combination for me. Nadine: Me too! I could just write that for something different too. A stand-alone with just that for example. Or a novella. Lover Michelle: I enjoy stand-alone books. I don't think there always has to be a series. And you can take a break between books in a series. vanessaf: I think that would work, the sexy funny couples together with a little bit of mystery Nadine: I'm adding in the mystery almost as an afterthought! A lot of people surprised me by comparing me to Janet Evanovich! I didn't realize the mystery element in LOA was such a big deal but some people really liked it and I realized I did too and it made it a little different. JE's books don't have as much sex. Nadine: So - it's distinct. It's got more sex than that type romantic comedy mystery and it's got more mystery than sexy romantic comedies like Wallbanger. Nadine: I think I found my niche! vanessaf: How many pages do you think the second book is going to be? Lover Michelle: I think you did too! Rosette: I love mystery myself, and I love when a book offers more than one genre Nadine: The last book was 70k words which came out to 236 print pages I think. This one I would like to make a little longer. I felt like LOA was on the short side of a novel. BUT it depends on how the story flows. I don't want to force it. You know? So, I'll guess between 70k-80k words. vanessaf: Nadine: Yes - but sometimes that's hard to market. You have to market the author rather than a genre. Rosette: I so agree with that! Nadine: There was a great article about that recently. I'll have to send it to you. About an author who went from being traditionally published to indie b/c her work crossed genres and her house said they couldn't market it. She's doing great! Rosette: I read it! She' from the UK right? Rosette: Yes I read that article and loved it Nadine: She markets herself - not a genre. Yes! Rosette: Haha yup, and I totally agreed with her. Nadine: Me too. I like being an indie Rosette: She had a great following and that is what really counts, the readers Lover Karen: Nadine: Yes! You need to be able to reach people. That's the big challenge. But if you can connect with people who like your books it's a great feeling to be free Rosette: You really have more control with your writing being an Indie. It's hard work but in the end you still own your baby. vanessaf: Rosette: OK so when are you going to write a paranormal LOL? Nadine: That's how I feel personally. There are other people who feel more comfortable with traditional publishing though and if that works well for them that's great. I have nothing against traditional publishing. It just wasn't the right choice for me. Nadine: There are funny sexy paranormals! vanessaf: It was nice chatting with you all, but I have to go eat some dinner. Lol I am on California time Nadine: And one of my dear friends is Kym Grosso (who I beta read for!) Rosette: Thanks for joining us vanessaf Nadine: Have a good dinner Vanessa! Bye! Lover Karen: This was fun Nadien Nadine: Kym writes paranormal. Nadine: oh, she was the last one! Nadine: Okay Yes, it was fun but what a crazy transcript this will make! Homeschooling, writing etc. Rosette: I'll need to look her up Nadine: sex swings vanessaf: Bye Rosette: Haha sex swings was in the beginning vanessaf: Thanks Rosette: Bye Rosette: thanks again Rosette: See online Rosette: you Nadine: Yeah! She was just reviewed by someone from USA Today. She's an indie from Philly. her last book was like #5 in paranormal on Amazon. Rosette: I did a Yoda Rosette: Woot, I'm looking her up now woman! Rosette: Thanks for being with us tonight this was cool!!! Nadine: She writes about vampires and werewolves. And cops Nadine: Thank YOU! I had fun. I had better go though or I'll Chatzy yiur ear off all night. Okay girls! Goodnight! Lover Michelle: Night chicas! Congrats on another successful day of your blog tour Nadine! Rosette: Nice combo, OK I need to let the dogs out. See you on the other side Nadine Nadine: Thank you! LOVE the blog tour! Nadine: Bye! Rosette: Yay! It's a huge success and GREAT reviews!!! Rosette: Night Lover Karen: Night