Evanovich Fever

Many writers prefer writing the first draft and dislike the revision process. I’m the opposite. For me, the first draft is fraught with blank spots where I sit and stare at the screen and try to figure out what comes next. Hate that part. My happiest writing comes after I’ve laid down the bare bones and thoughts begin to spark and connect.

I made progress today but it was slow and I’m feeling grumpy about it. So let me tell you about what I just finished reading….

Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich www.evanovich.com/

 The first Evanovich I read was, Plum Spooky. It was a random read, number 18 in her Stephanie Plum series, so it was out of sequence. I didn’t know what to expect, and from page one I couldn’t believe what I was reading. It was a crazy, wild ride with a chimpanzee in the backseat.

Even so, you might wonder why would I go back, start from the beginning, and read all twenty Stephanie Plum books? They do have a predictability about them: Ranger and Morelli will vie for Stephanie’s body, Lula’s going to be eating, or talking about eating, and popping out of her ‘ho clothes, together they’re going to lose their skips and Stephanie will end up wearing garbage, there will be chimpanzees and alligators and Stephanie’s car will explode, and Grandma Mazur will cause a scene at the mortuary…

….wait, get Janet Evanovich on the phone, I’ve written the outline for number seventeen.

Knowing all the above, why do I count down the months in anticipation of her latest release? Because Janet Evanovich writes the snappiest, funniest, laugh-out-loud-and-wake-everyone-in-the-house dialogue. She makes Trenton, New Jersey a destination point. Guaranteed. I’m crazy about her characters and I love what they have to say. Even now. Reaching the final page is sad because the ride has come to an end. But wait….

Wicked Appetite, a Diesel novel will be released September 14, 2010. Just a few more weeks of anticipation before we can dig in.