| "Naughty is better than nice." |
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nikki hale
| nikki on nikki "PASSION FOR LOVE STORIES" |
Growing up in Kentucky, I’d watched the old classic romance movies with
my mother. Every Sunday after church we would rush home, put dinner in
the oven and settle down to watch a love story. Except, I didn’t like how the
movies ended. Why did the hero or heroine have to die for it to be a classic?
Now many years later, I’m creating my own erotic Happily-Ever-After.
I have fun writing about characters that are sensual, sexy and sassy. Some
of the things that they’ve shared with me include:
nikki currently lives in the Tidewater Area of Virginia with her family
and is a member of the Chesapeake Romance Writers and RWA.
my mother. Every Sunday after church we would rush home, put dinner in
the oven and settle down to watch a love story. Except, I didn’t like how the
movies ended. Why did the hero or heroine have to die for it to be a classic?
Now many years later, I’m creating my own erotic Happily-Ever-After.
I have fun writing about characters that are sensual, sexy and sassy. Some
of the things that they’ve shared with me include:
nikki currently lives in the Tidewater Area of Virginia with her family
and is a member of the Chesapeake Romance Writers and RWA.
Do You? You're not sure how to answer the question. Why would anyone care if you write nekked? What does
this have to do with earning a publishing contract of your dreams? Okay, you're among friends. I promise I won't
tell. I'll answer the question first. Yes, I write nekked. I'm proud of it.
Did I hear a collective gasp? Yes, I write nekked. Every time I sit down to the computer to type. Wait a second, do
you think I could sit at my desk and write naked. I have two kids and their friends going in and out of the house. I
have a dog who has never met a butt she didn't want to sniff. Most importantly, I have a husband who would
think I'm issuing an invitation. The invitation thing it great, but I need to get some writing complete.
Writing nekked has nothing to do with clothing and everything to do with your characters and the readers.
Another way of thinking about writing nekked is a relationship. In order for the relationship to develop you have
to invest time, energy and yourself to keep it exciting and successful.
If you examine the stages of dating, you can see that writing nekked is similar. You see someone across the room at
a party. They're well dressed. People are hanging around the guy rather than looking for the nearest exit. You
work your way around the room and manage to get to the edge of his group. You find out that the guy can talk
about politics, food and best of all he likes foreign films. Okay, in reality this does not happen. For the sake of our
discussion this can and does happen. You to end up talking to each other and you exchange phone numbers. This
is similar to the brainstorming stage of you book. Everything looks really good, no one call talk you out of writing
this book. It is going to be number one on the NY Times bestseller's list.
Let's continue with the date analogy. The guy doesn't wait the two week required time limit. He calls you the next
day and talk about how he enjoyed himself. During the conversation, he mentions that there's a foreign film
festival starting on Thursday. He got tickets as a reward for doing a great job at work. Mr. Wonderful apologizes
for the late notice. Would you like to go out?
Can you see the direction this relationship is heading? In a few months the couple will announce the engagement,
get married and have a family. The couple will celebrate twenty-five years or more of a great marriage. They'll be
a shining example of happily-ever-after. If you have a great initial idea, you work with the story. The characters
are a joy. The story is exciting. You write to the best happily-ever-after. And in my reality the book does become
a NY Times bestseller and you see your name in lights.
Why does this book ring true to your readers? It's because you write nekked. You don't hid from the emotions
require to develop your characters. You pull in the feelings you experienced in your own life. We're all experience
joy, happiness, sorrow and pain. It's the stuff that makes life an interesting journey. By writing nekked, you bring
those rich moments into your story and make people pull for your hero and heroine to win, maybe even for the
villain to see the light.
What happens if you don't write nekked. It's like the date from hell. You know the date we never admit we
experienced. Let's say instead of having a great date, things don't work out. The guy is a big loser, has no friends.
He's the guy to avoid at all cost. He's Mr. Get Lost and he won't go away date. There are books published that are
like this type of date. You remember them because you don't want to create something that bad. There are points
in our writing where we may create something that bad, the trick is going back, review and reworking it till your
writing nekked.
Can you write naked? Yes you can.
I'll give you an example of writing, then of writing nekked or I hope good examples.
We don't know how the boy was feeling. And we may feel a little sorry for the boy but not too much more.
We know his name is Peter. He's somewhere with a bunch of adults. He's waited too long to go to the bathroom.
And we can invision his actions. If we work a little harder, we probably could add more emotional punch to the
little scene. It takes times to improve on the impact of the scene. Take time and look over some of your work and
see where you can add some emotional drama to your work.
People are always saying write what you know. Everyone may have experienced the first kiss, love, grief, felt the
sadness of tragic events like 9-11 and hurricane Katrina, smiled watching a baby learning to walk, the trill of
finding money in a hidden pocket or the feel of a hug. Tap into those feelings and utilized them. Embellish the
feelings and write nekked.
I write love to write nekked, I hope you will too.
this have to do with earning a publishing contract of your dreams? Okay, you're among friends. I promise I won't
tell. I'll answer the question first. Yes, I write nekked. I'm proud of it.
Did I hear a collective gasp? Yes, I write nekked. Every time I sit down to the computer to type. Wait a second, do
you think I could sit at my desk and write naked. I have two kids and their friends going in and out of the house. I
have a dog who has never met a butt she didn't want to sniff. Most importantly, I have a husband who would
think I'm issuing an invitation. The invitation thing it great, but I need to get some writing complete.
Writing nekked has nothing to do with clothing and everything to do with your characters and the readers.
Another way of thinking about writing nekked is a relationship. In order for the relationship to develop you have
to invest time, energy and yourself to keep it exciting and successful.
If you examine the stages of dating, you can see that writing nekked is similar. You see someone across the room at
a party. They're well dressed. People are hanging around the guy rather than looking for the nearest exit. You
work your way around the room and manage to get to the edge of his group. You find out that the guy can talk
about politics, food and best of all he likes foreign films. Okay, in reality this does not happen. For the sake of our
discussion this can and does happen. You to end up talking to each other and you exchange phone numbers. This
is similar to the brainstorming stage of you book. Everything looks really good, no one call talk you out of writing
this book. It is going to be number one on the NY Times bestseller's list.
Let's continue with the date analogy. The guy doesn't wait the two week required time limit. He calls you the next
day and talk about how he enjoyed himself. During the conversation, he mentions that there's a foreign film
festival starting on Thursday. He got tickets as a reward for doing a great job at work. Mr. Wonderful apologizes
for the late notice. Would you like to go out?
Can you see the direction this relationship is heading? In a few months the couple will announce the engagement,
get married and have a family. The couple will celebrate twenty-five years or more of a great marriage. They'll be
a shining example of happily-ever-after. If you have a great initial idea, you work with the story. The characters
are a joy. The story is exciting. You write to the best happily-ever-after. And in my reality the book does become
a NY Times bestseller and you see your name in lights.
Why does this book ring true to your readers? It's because you write nekked. You don't hid from the emotions
require to develop your characters. You pull in the feelings you experienced in your own life. We're all experience
joy, happiness, sorrow and pain. It's the stuff that makes life an interesting journey. By writing nekked, you bring
those rich moments into your story and make people pull for your hero and heroine to win, maybe even for the
villain to see the light.
What happens if you don't write nekked. It's like the date from hell. You know the date we never admit we
experienced. Let's say instead of having a great date, things don't work out. The guy is a big loser, has no friends.
He's the guy to avoid at all cost. He's Mr. Get Lost and he won't go away date. There are books published that are
like this type of date. You remember them because you don't want to create something that bad. There are points
in our writing where we may create something that bad, the trick is going back, review and reworking it till your
writing nekked.
Can you write naked? Yes you can.
I'll give you an example of writing, then of writing nekked or I hope good examples.
We don't know how the boy was feeling. And we may feel a little sorry for the boy but not too much more.
We know his name is Peter. He's somewhere with a bunch of adults. He's waited too long to go to the bathroom.
And we can invision his actions. If we work a little harder, we probably could add more emotional punch to the
little scene. It takes times to improve on the impact of the scene. Take time and look over some of your work and
see where you can add some emotional drama to your work.
People are always saying write what you know. Everyone may have experienced the first kiss, love, grief, felt the
sadness of tragic events like 9-11 and hurricane Katrina, smiled watching a baby learning to walk, the trill of
finding money in a hidden pocket or the feel of a hug. Tap into those feelings and utilized them. Embellish the
feelings and write nekked.
I write love to write nekked, I hope you will too.
| Rules were created to be bent Life is too short not to have dessert Being bad has its benefits Naughty is more interesting than good Sometime you need more than two people to have fun Why not have it all? Men, murder and romance. Bad boys make very good toys Why settle for a slice of cake when you can have it all? You just have to exercise with the right man or men afterwards |
| nikki on writing "DO YOU WRITE NEKKED?" |
| Then Peter looked around trying to find his mother. He ran from room to room. He wet himself. He cried out for his Mommie. He waited too long to find her. |
| Peter tried to pull the air into his lungs as he ran from one room to another. The air tasted funny to him. The people's loud voices pounded in his head. He wiped his wet palms on his pants and tried to walk, no run faster. He didn't make it in time. Tears dripped off his chin and joined the puddle of water at his feet. Peter slumped to the floor, his anguished little cry silenced the room. "Mommie," Peter wailed. He wasn't her big boy anymore. He'd waited too long to find her and now everyone knew. |
