Threads

A week ago, the divine Liza asked Fiorella to consider inserting another plot thread in Honeysuckle Dreams.  Overnight, the ever-fertile brain of Fiorella came up with an obscene caller, and she spent two days trying to work him into the story.  "Trying" is the operative word: the idea wouldn't fit into the timeline and the caller was such a threat to the heroine that HD became romantic suspense rather than dark romance.

Brilliant idea number two was a war between competing methamphetamine rings, which actually worked into the timeline well and Fio thought was a real winner.  But Liza didn't like it and was concerned that editors wouldn't either.

Enter brilliant idea number three, an actor visiting town to get background for his role in the upcoming movie based on a thinly disguised historical novel about the town.  He contacts the heroine because he's playing the character based on the heroine's rascally great-grandfather. Liza likes the idea initially, but she wants to discuss it with Fio further on Wednesday.

Fiorella will keep you in the loop.  Hope she doesn't have to come up with brilliant idea number four.