Point of Views

I always write third person—usually with only two POV’s—the hero and the heroine (since I write romantic suspense). But every now and then I like to shake things up a bit so I’ll turn the killer loose. In Out of the Darkness and Silencing Evil the killer has his own POV. I think it’s more exciting this way—at least is for me. It’s like you’re watching a movie and you get to see what the killer is planning for his victim before the characters know it. And you’re on the edge of your seat thinking: Don’t go in there stupid, you’re fixing to get an axe to the back of your head or something along that line. The really fun part about writing a book like this (as a panster) you don’t know who the killer is until much later in the book. I’ve started a new project about a serial killer (which is why I thought of this post). Right now I’ve got three—maybe four possible’s, who could turn out to be the monster, and I don’t have a clue who it is. I know who I want it to be, but so far suspicions are leaning more toward the others. Someday I’d like to try writing one where all my characters have POV’s. But since most of my stories now are in the 65,000 to 80,000 word range, two or three max is all I can handle.

Believe it or not, this week I’ve seen my first sunrises in I don’t know how long. I’m a night owl, I go to bed anywhere between one and four am, so I’m usually not up before eight. This week though, I’ve been getting up at five-thirty every morning to go into the country and feed and water animals that belong to a friend who’s husband had heart surgery. It’s been a real treat. They have a huge brood—six dogs, seven cats and two horses—to care for. Since I love animals it’s been fun getting to know them all. And the sunrises have been spectacular. Especially this morning. As I was driving out there the pastures were covered with this mystic fog, just as the sun rose above the horizon. You can bet that’ll go in one of my stories. And yesterday, while I was out there, we had a light rain and on my way back to town I got to see a rainbow. It was almost a full rainbow, only the middle was missing. It was another one of those moments when I wished had brought the camera. I have a lot of those moments.

Hope all is well. Take care my friends!