Several years ago when I first started to write Virginia Templeton
she was a character in a screenplay. It
was very hard for me to swear or do sex scenes, but I kept trying hoping I
would leave my fears aside when I was writing a scene. In a screenplay you
don’t have to go into detail the same way you do in a novel so Virginia Templeton
was just the character in the screenplay that would allow me to practice my
writing skills. She would help me learn not to be afraid of allowing myself to
write sexy characters or characters that swear and do bad things. It was no
reflection on me; they were my characters thoughts and actions, not mine. I continued to write strong woman but without very much
swearing and with very little sex. But in my mind whenever I needed to be strong in life situations I always
referred to Virginia thinking what would Virginia do in this circumstance, and
it usually worked because I got my strength
from thinking about her.
When I began to do radio shows on Blog Talk Radio I had
several shows on Romance Writing and loved having guests on the show that were
romance writers because I thought they seemed to have so much fun writing their
characters and writing romance scenes. I love to have fun and I thought I might
try to write one, but I didn’t. Then I
met Bethany Cross on my show when she came on to help me with the phone lines
and the chat room. She had mentioned she wanted to write and I encouraged her
to write a short story. She wrote her first short Erotic romance story and she
became a Rebel Ink Press author. She writes really good stories with great
characters and great descriptive sex scenes. She urged me to try and offered me
help if I needed it.
I thought about it
but still I didn’t think I could. The more I thought about it the closer I came
to beginning my first sexy short story. I needed a character and so Virginia
Templeton came to life in my first short story. I started to write her story
and loved writing a woman like Virginia Templeton who was sexy, smart and very
powerful. When I had trouble Bethany urged me to keep going and insisted that
everyone would like the Diva I created.
I had no idea that
when I finished the story readers would connect to her with such passion. They
loved the fact that Virginia is such a powerful woman. Now when I sit down to
write, I write for Virginia Templeton. She allows me to get to where I need to
be and it’s been great.
I feel as a writer I
have grown and my fears have disappeared and it’s a lot easier to swear and
write very sexual scenes. Virginia Templeton has been so much fun to write
because she’s such a complex interesting woman and she helps me connect to the
reader.
The icing on the cake is readers love her strength and I am
on my third story in the series and have enjoyed this experience more than any other.
About the Author:
Madison Montgomery is an author,
screenwriter and Blog Talk Radio Host. The first book of the Virginia Templeton
series, Every Man Wants Her is out now and her second book, It’s
Never Enough released the end of September 2012. In November the third
book of the series will be released.
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