TJ Wilde Trilogy · Duxbridge Mysteries · Jennifer McCaffrey Mysteries
…and then the murders began.
Each chapter was sent out to family and friends, just so I wasn’t writing in a void. I needed their feedback, which I accepted gratefully. What I also got were demands for the next chapter and the next. Five chapters in, I realized I was indeed, writing a novel. Besides, by that time, TJ, Colby, Nick, et al, were very much alive for me and I wanted to see how their stories would end. For some, not so great…
Once it was established who TJ was running from and where she was running to, there were many other questions to be answered. The problem was, I didn’t want to write a novel. I had just left my job and opened my own business. There was soon to be a Great Dane puppy arriving, and house hunting…and life. A novel was a commitment.
But TJ would not remain silent. And then Colby showed up. If I were to get any peace, the road ahead for them had to be written.
TWO
Reggie has claimed the sawhorse as his own playhouse. He hangs out under there, uses it like a balance beam, and occasionally sleeps under there. Silly boy.
I just kind of conjured them up out of my subconscious and put them in order of ascending peculiarity.
Edward Gorey
Since the TJ Wilde trilogy is completed and there are some folks new to it, I thought I might go back and explain how TJ came to be.
Believe it or not, one morning I woke up and the opening scene to Run Aground was fully formed. TJ somehow sprang to life and refused to be quiet about it.
There she was, running for her life in the morning hours, just before dawn. And where was she running to? Why, a funeral home, of course. It all made sense somehow. She explained it all:
First up, this guy gave me a scare. Then by the time we got to the vet, he was fine. Just fine. Bouncy. Perky, even. We are keeping an eye on him. But dude, I lost an entire night’s sleep and you’re “fine.”
Annie DeMoranville 