Women Under Fire

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An Interview with an Interesting Character

One technique authors use to get familiar with their characters is conducting an interview. Posing a variety of questions and imagining how a certain character would respond helps to develop a complex, believable hero or heroine. Instead of interviewing a fictional character, I’m going to share few questions from an interview I recently did. I hope you discover something new about me!

How long have you been writing?

Five years.

Do you ever suffer from writer’s block? If so, what do you do about it?

It is very difficult when you’re writing for deadline. I always go outside. Nature always helps me relax and to slow my brain from spinning.

Tell us something about your newest release that is NOT in the blurb.

My newest release has a terrorist plot. I’ve consulted with a national terrorist expert who consults with the CIA. My family is worried that either the FBI or CIA are going to come for me over my Google Searches and emails.

Are you working on anything at the present you would like to tell us about?

As I finish Women Under Fire, I’m making notes for my Regency release, part of The Code Breakers Series. A Cantata of Love. I find when I’m stressed about my writing, I love making up the next book’s plot.

What are you reading now?

Mary Balogh’s latest release The Escape and Julie Garwood’s Hotshot. I’m always reading several books at once.

What is your favorite food?

My favorite food is kale salad. I also love seafood, so it’s convenient living in Seattle.

Where are you from and what do you love best about your hometown?

I’ve lived in Seattle for so long, I consider it my hometown. Seattle is physically outstanding with water and mountains on all sides. Love my city and have made it a character in my Grayce Walters Series.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done in the name of research?

I love all the things I do for research:  go to Gay Bingo, work with Seattle’s Fire Department, go to museums in Paris, but probably the weirdest is I’m ALWAYS listening to people’s conversations. I want to hear how people are talking to each other. I once stopped and tied my shoe for 5 minutes to hear a couple argue.

Jacki Delecki is the author of Regency and contemporary romantic mysteries. Her most recent release is Women Under Fire, Book 2 in the Grayce Walters Series.

Cover Reveal ~ WOMEN UNDER FIRE

Check out the cover for WOMEN UNDER FIRE (Book 2 in the Grayce Walters series).

The first glimpse of a new book cover is both thrilling and nerve-racking for authors. There is always a moment of fear and panic when we worry that the cover artist failed to grasp our concept and we’re going to end up with the worst romance cover of all time.

I’m happy to report that Kim Killion has once again exceeded my expectations and created a cover for WOMEN UNDER FIRE that strongly conveys the romance, intrigue, and mystery on Seattle’s Waterfront in Book 2 of the Grayce Walters series.

WOMEN UNDER FIRE is in the final stages of production and will be available in early September.

Grayce Walters 'Best Dressed Heels' Contest

If you’re a shoe fiend like Grayce Walters, you’re going to love my June contest! The Grayce Walters Best Dressed Heels contest will run throughout June, and whoever posts the best high heels will win a $50 DSW gift card. Watch for details on my Facebook page.

Newsletter Sample

Dear Readers,

Thank you for your support of my books. I promise not to inundate you with newsletters, but I want to keep in touch with all of you. I’m aiming to send my next newsletter in April or May with a sneak preview from WOMEN UNDER FIRE.

Currently, I’m in the research mode for WOMEN UNDER FIRE, hopefully to be released at the end of July, 2014. I thought you’d like to hear what I’ve been doing so far. Recently, I attended Gay Bingo Night, a fundraiser for Lifelong Alliance for Aids. If you’ve read An Inner Fire, you’ll remember that James was dressing to attend Gay Bingo. I have a feeling that James will be attending Gay Bingo in Women Under Fire.

I’ve taken the Duck Tour, a land and water tour of Seattle on a World War II amphibious landing craft. I wanted a fresh view of Seattle. I don’t want to give anything away about where the big suspense scenes will take place, but I did want to get a closer look at the downtown waterfront of Puget Sound.

For doing research on developing my new characters, I’ve spoken with a national expert on terrorism. He is a big fan of Grayce Walters and was thrilled to help me. I’ve also reconnected with a psychiatrist who had previously helped me when I was developing the premise of Angie, the missing veteran with PTSD.

For A CODE OF LOVE readers, I’m also doing research for The Code Breaker Series. I’m going to be in Washington, DC and will visit again the National Spy Museum. I love spies and their stories. The next book will be the story of Michael, Henrietta’s brother. I hope you got a sense of how much I like Michael. I have great adventures and a tender romance planned for him.  I don’t yet have a title for Michael’s book.

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Hope you’ll enjoy. Sending all my best.

Jacki

A Code of Love
By Jacki Delecki

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In Honor of Our Veterans...

Dogs on Deployment president greeted by her 3 dogs after her own deployment!
-Via SeattleDogSpot.com

My next book Women Under Fire is about a Veteran suffering from PTSD who disappears. Grayce Walters with the help from the missing woman’s cat search for the emotionally fragile veteran in the homeless underground of Seattle.

Women Under Fire Second in the Grayce Walters Series will be released Summer of 2014.