Carmen DeSousa

Good morning and happy Easter Monday, friends. Kelly invited me over for a chat, so I am spending the morning with her, discussing how I get my ideas, what type of books I write, and myths I believe real. Please stop by, and if you’re are interested in reading my current romantic-suspense, She Belongs to Me , simply leave a comment, and I’ll have Kelly do a random drawing Wednesday of all commenters and send the winner a complimentary copy. I look forward to meeting and talking with you all. Happy Reading! Carmen DeSousa Follow this link for the entire interview and to enter drawing: Kelly Hitchcock

Thanks for stopping by; here's my guest blog courtesy of Just Romantic Suspense . Hello, dear readers, I’m Carmen DeSousa, a newcomer on the block, but I believe you will enjoy my novel SHE BELONGS TO ME . Readers who adore J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts, Kat Martin, Iris Johansen, and Nicholas Sparks have been loving it; in fact, She Belongs to Me has been neighbors with all these great authors on Amazon’s top 100 paid bestsellers in romantic suspense. I brought the mini synopsis with me to share with you, and below, I found an archived email of She Belongs to Me’s protagonist, Jaynee. After secrets and a mysterious background leave a wife’s life hanging by a thread, a husband must look for answers in the only place he knows—the past. When wealthy construction company owner and Charlotte detective, Jordan Monroe, meets Jaynee for the first time he is awestruck and determines to make her his wife. Jaynee, however, has a history she cannot easily overcome and is fearfu...

My Newest novel will be available this spring. So, I've been sharing little snippets of the prologue—six sentences at a time—until it publishes. If you’d like a brief look at the mini synopsis and last week’s six sentences, you can sample them through this link: Land of the Noonday Sun We left you off last week with Walter hearing his father's peal of agony. This week's six: “He couldn’t frame the word. ” Walter bolted out of bed and sprinted down the hall toward his parents’ room. His heart pounded fiercely in his chest. His legs felt heavy and sluggish as if he was in a nightmare. “Dear God,” he prayed, “Please…” Rounding the corner of his parents’ doorway, he saw his father administering CPR on his mother. “Dad?” he choked out, his voice trembling, “Is Mom—” he couldn’t frame the word. I hate to leave you here, but rules are rules. Want more? There is a sneak peek at Land of the Noonday Sun at the end of She Belongs to Me , available now through Amazo...

My Newest novel will be available this spring. So, I've been sharing little snippets of the prologue—six sentences at a time—until it publishes. If you’d like a brief look at the mini synopsis and last week’s six sentences, you can sample them through this link: Land of the Noonday Sun We left you off last week with Walter wondering how his father could have worked after everything that had happened. This week's six: As Walter thought about his father, anger replaced his tears. “Typical,” he muttered in disgust, exhaling in the dark room. Maybe his father was the reason their family was so deplorable. No, he needed to stop blaming others and accept responsibility for his actions. “Priscilla,” he heard his father’s peal of agony. “Priscilla, my God, no, please don’t do this to me!” I hate to leave you here, but rules are rules. Want more? There is a sneak peek at Land of the Noonday Sun at the end of She Belongs to Me , available now through Amazon and AmazonP...

Okay, he didn’t say ‘blog’, but he would have if blogging had been the thing back in ’97. I didn’t look that date up, so if it’s wrong, oh well. As I said, this isn’t a mission statement; it’s a memo, rather a ranting to fellow authors. I just realized—though my husband and kids have known for some time—I’m obsessed. There, I said it, and admission is the first step. A friend of mine once said, “If you don’t like what you’re doing, ‘work’ is a four-letter word. Well, I love my job. My job is to write, which entails my favorite pastime, reading. If you’re an author, you should understand this. Yes, we write, but really, we write only about ten percent of the time. The other ninety percent of our time, we read; editing our own writing (requires reading), reading other authors’ works to keep our craft sharp (requires reading), researching characters (requires reading), learning how to become a better writer—reading blogs and books on writing (requires reading), and hey you’...

I’m guest blogging today with Minnie Lahongrais—I mean Sinner, as I believe she has taken over the blog from Minnie today to conduct my author interview and then tomorrow because of my controversial blog post, “Yes, I am a Christian, and yes, I write Romantic-Suspense”, so make sure you visit tomorrow too. As Sinner is somewhat feisty when she takes over, she made me promise not to share my entire interview, because she wants you to come visit and play with her for a while today. So, here are the first couple of comments she allowed me to share. For the rest of my interview and tomorrow’s blog please visit: Lahongrais How did you come up with this story?   Honestly, I just sat down one day and started typing. I had an idea, and from there, it just blossomed. How do you get your juices flowing? I use little snippets of reality and mix in a whole lotta ‘what if’. I will literally be driving down the road and an idea will pop in my head. Thank goodness for Dragon Dictat...