Character Interview: Meet Ryan Harper. by Terry Odell Last time, I shared my interview with Frankie Castor, who was auditioning for a role in When Danger Calls. I figured it was only fair to show you the interview with Ryan Harper who was looking for work as an action-adventure romance hero. As soon as he […]
Character Interview: Frankie Castor and Molly By Terry Odell The most important facet of any book for me, whether I’m reading or writing, is characterization. Without characters the reader loves, everything else is secondary. So, how do I find the characters for my books? I advertise, of course! Here’s how I found Frankie, the heroine […]
Make Things Happen By Terry Odell Congratulations to karaleigh2, the winner of a copy of Seeing Red. At our last yoga practice before the holiday hiatus, our instructor said she’d see us in the new year. She also said to be prepared for crowded classes for the first few weeks, as people resolved to get […]
Being Thankful By Terry Odell Because today is Thanksgiving Day here in the US, I imagine most of us are busy with holiday preparations, a big meal, maybe some football, time with family. Then there’s Black Friday (although you won’t catch me anywhere near a store), and Cyber Monday. But no matter where you are […]
When Can You Ignore Convention? by Terry Odell Authors are readers. I belong to a book club and their choices normally force me out of my comfort zone because my reading tastes lean to mysteries of all kinds. (I consider romantic suspense in the broad scope of mystery.) However, the ladies of Book Club tend […]
What Do Authors Read? by Terry Odell I’m dipping into our reader questions again this month. One reader says: “I love when authors read books. I’d like to know what genres an author reads. If they have a favorite, or least favorite book. If they have never not finished a book and why.” Speaking for […]
Where do Ideas Grow? by Terry Odell Based on my post last April, when I asked readers what they’d like to ask authors, the most common question was “Where do you get your ideas?” I don’t know about any other authors, but I just go out to my yard and pick one off my idea […]
Falcon’s Prey: A New Release by Terry Odell I’m excited to announce the release of Falcon’s Prey, Book 8 in my Blackthorne, Inc. series. It’s an action-adventure/covert ops/romantic suspense (I always had trouble staying inside boxes!). When I wrote Identity Crisis, Book 7 in the series, the hero, Brett “Scrooge” Cashman, had been left to […]
Let Us Know What You’d Like To Know by Terry Odell When we founded Booklover’s Bench, we wanted our focus to be on readers. A quote from Samuel Johnson says, “A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.” Each week in this space, one of our team shares something we hope readers will […]
Saint Patrick’s Day in Northern Ireland by Terry Odell St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th, so I thought I’d share some “authentic” information about the holiday. My daughter lives in Northern Ireland, and this is what she has to say: St. Patrick’s Day is truly a world-wide holiday, and here in Northern Ireland we […]
