“It was the first time I killed a man.”

The writing has commenced… now remember guys between Didi and I there is NEVER any discussion of
1. How the story will start or end
2. Who should do what/ write what/write how.
3. Twists or turns
4. We won’t play by any rules, we write it how we like it and that’s that!

All we plan to do is author will start, she’ll interpret the prompt how she wants then hand it to the other author by our agreed deadline. She then picks up and lets her imagination run just as wild based on what author A has produced, and finishes up the tale. None of us know how the story will start or end. The part for us is practising flying by the seat of our knickers as writers as they call it. (Something I don’t do my knickers are firmly held up, I’m a plotter, I like to plan lol). From interviewing my writing partner in crime she’s all over the place, both plotter and planner so this should be a lot of fun! See you Tuesday.

Let Me Tell You A Tale….. 1 hour left to vote. One writing prompt is in the lead ! #amwriting #suspense #writerslife

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Okay people, this is it! The voting for the first ever Let Me Tell You A Tale duo writing prompt response is coming to an end. We have one prompt in the lead… “It was the first time I killed a man.” Didi and I are beside ourselves with excitement over this prompt, it’s every suspense writers dream… so thank you for voting. All comment votes or poll votes will be counted. If you want to get involved and give your view then vote…. now this first voting poll is working on London time, and will close at midnight so Didi and I can set to work, ready for Tuesday’s post.  Leave a comment or head to the poll here

The next poll will be on USA time when Didi is in the driver’s seat.We’ll take turns across the Atlantic so that no matter where you are in the world voting you’ll get in on time!

Good night from London,

Kim.

 

FREE Four Chapter Sample! Release date 12/5/17 #amreading #romance #newrelease #freesample

THIS IS A RE-BLOG GUYS!

Happy Friday !

To celebrate the end of the week, and just seven days until Havana Heat’s release date, here is a free four chapter sample PDF download.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. My plan is to chain myself to my laptop to meet some deadlines. I have a guest author article to write and I need to crack on with Lover’s Retreat, book #2 of the Romance Set in Paradise Series for a June release date.

You’re welcome!

Free download on this link below:

Four Chapter Preview – Havana Heat by Kim Knight

 

Book Blurb

Havana Heat is book one of the Romance Set in Paradise Series of modern, steamy, suspenseful and romantic stories, set in exotic locations around the world. In Havana Heat readers are transported to the paradise of Cuba’s capital Havana, following the romantic heat build between Spaniard Detective Sebastian Garcia, and London born and bred wedding planner Melinda Jones. Melinda’s path crosses with the handsome and charming detective at Casa De Amor Hotel as a guest at her client’s exotic location wedding. Both characters are in search of a slice of paradise, away from their own troubled love life back home. Once their paths cross the romance and sizzle begins.

 

When all hell breaks out at Casa De Amor Hotel, and conflict builds over their past, both characters are faced with a decision to take a risk and see out their romance, or walk away. Forever asking themselves what could have been. Romance, thrills and excitement await in book one of this modern romance series set in paradise.

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A Leap of Faith

Great message. A real feel good vibe. Nice job Denise.

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A LEap of Faith

Notoriously, her own worst enemy

Riddle with ongoing insecurities

I can’t

I’m not good enough

What a farce

She chides

Frozen in self-doubt

A hindrance no doubt

She wavers

Dizzyingly on the edge

Dangling on the precipice

Of change

Clashing affirmations and negations

A powerful mental tide

I can’t

You can

Just do it

A falter, toes meet ledge

Heart drumming

Eyes close

A spiritual soar

A leap of faith

Finally, success

Artwork: Victor Bregeda

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THANK YOU FOR THE VOTES KEEP VOTING!…Let Me Tell You A Tale… Voting Closes 20/5/17

 

Here are the first writing  prompts from Didi and I.  Please Vote for our first challenge, what would you like us to tell a tale about? We’re super excited. Let us tell you a tale…  There are no rules, just creativity. And we’ll  have no idea what the other author has wrote, until it lands in our inbox. There’s no pre-planning! A Tale will be posted each Tuesday.  Click here for more details

 

Writing Prompt: A Tiny Story- Crime Thrill & Suspense! #amwriting

TO GET YOU IN THE MOOD FOR THE CHALLENGE THAT DIDI AND I ARE DOING.. REBLOG OF MY FAV CHALLENGES!

Gabriel clenched his teeth feeling the porcelain slide. He took a deep breath, relaxed his jaw. “You have two choices,” he said, “you can leave on your feet or on a gurney…” (Continue to write about who Gabriel is and who he is talking to.)Female-Private-Investigators-Eliza-0614333632_1

Gabriel looks Sanchez in the eye he waits for his response. He is losing his patience with this no good snitch. Gabriel pulls back the trigger on his gun and steps forward, pushing his face in front of Sanchez. The two men square up. At six-foot-two, Gabriel towers over Sanchez’s five-foot-ten height.

“I’ll say it one more time for you Sanchez, just in case you never heard me correct.”

“Who the f*ck ratted out on me? If it wasn’t you then who?”

Placing the gun to the right- hand side of Sanchez’s temple, he continues.

“You can leave on your feet, or on a gurney Sanchez. Now who the f*ck—“

“All right, all right, like I said it wasn’t me Gabriel, you know I’d never do that”

“Keep talking Sanchez.”

“I was over at the bar yesterday, I heard whispers that Don wants to settle an old score with you.”

“What bar?”

“The Nag’s Head— Over in Camden Town.”

“So you’re saying Don O’Conner ratted me out to the poe-poe, as he has an old score to settle—right?”

“Right, it could have been him.”

Gabriel lowers his gun and takes a step back from Sanchez. He looks him up and down. A fully-grown man tied up to a wooden post in the centre of a south London warehouse. He can’t help but laugh at the sight of Sanchez in nothing but his underpants. He circles him, like a lion about to pounce. Racking his brain over what score Don would want to settle. Then again, Gabriel North has a reputation as one of the most feared men in London, he has made plenty enemies.  He hails originally from Birmingham in the midlands, but moved south after he realised the streets of London really can be paved with gold— the black market is booming down south in London.

 “Now why would Don want to rat me out to the police Sanchez?

“He got wind of the deal you made with Joe, from what I heard Don wanted to get in there first— take over that area of London to distribute his goods to.”

Gabriel pauses to take in what Sanchez has said. He has a point, the deal he made with Joe in reality is an invasion on Don’s patch.

 “You better not be lying to me Sanchez?”

Gabriel, pokes Sanchez in the chest  with his gun to punctuate his question.

“No sir, that’s what I heard”

“All right, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. I want you to head over to the Nag’s Head and find out what else Don’s up to.”

“You want me to inform on him?”

“Yes, and you better be worth the time I’m giving you to do it—I want answers and fast”

Gabriel nods to his henchmen in corner of the dark warehouse, as a signal to un-tie Sanchez. At least he has a starting point. He now knows who ratted him out to the poe-poe.

His next move is to find out exactly what it will take  for Don O’Connor to retract his statement to the police. Be it money, a threat to him and his family or worse death, Gabriel doesn’t care. Don will be the next visitor to his warehouse, as soon as Sanchez informs him of exactly what Don is up to.

 

To be continued! I actually have to stop writing ( sigh)  the phone rang-I have visitors on the way to see us today. So I guess I better start the housework and change out of my pyjamas. I’ll be back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing Prompt: Write a Short Story Using Four L Words- Lipstick, Lust, Loss and Locked…

Lipstick story TO GET YOU IN THE MOOD FOR MINE AND DID’S CHALLENGE RE-BLOGGING MY OLD FAV WRITING PROMPT.

Writing Prompt: Write a short story using four L words Lipstick, Lust, Loss and Locked.

I came across this writing prompt in the same book I did my Private investigator  writing prompt from.This short story continues on from the  private investigator, now we hear from Mr X’s other women she kept a diary. If you’ve not read the private investigator short story you can here so you know the back story. Just for fun I decided to link up these 2 writing challenges.

Dear Diary,

 I never should have  went there, I know but it’s too late now we’ve been caught. Mr X’s wife tagged him with a private investigator can you believe that?  We were so careful where we met, what time we met and how often we left the office together.

We  started out as just a bit of fun, every boss messes around with their secretary right? No harm done, as long as no one finds out. Just our secret we kept locked away.  Looking back, at times I’ve felt bad for his wife, the poor thing stuck at home with the two small boys all day, unaware that her husband has a fetish for lipstick , high heels and lingerie-  on girls 10 years younger than him.

“Come to daddy” he’d say, his eyes lusting for me as soon as I step out of my  figure hugging dress, revealing just my Victoria Secret’s lace lingerie set, stockings and four inch Louboutian heels. The red soles of my four inch heels  always turned him on, just like my lipstick. Red is  his favourite shade. He likes the full on glamorous and  made up look.

 Everyday for the past 6 months I’d catch him eyeing me from head to toe through his glass window from behind his desk. His eyes were always full of lust as  I threw back  my head of blonde curls and licked my blood red lips.

 He’d wink at me, I’d blow him a kiss while no one was looking, we both knew the code that meant it was on! By lunch time he’d be so hot under the collar he’d call me into his office and make sure the door was locked. It was our little  secret, his wife’s loss   was my gain totally, Mr X was wild behind closed doors. He loved  the thrill of getting caught bending his secretary over his office desk, it excited him. That man was  like a dog on heat.

Silly me, I was the other women and now his wife knows, some private investigator called Kim  something or another managed to gather all the evidence she needed and served us up on a plate  to his wife- the b*ch I could kill her with my bare hands, talk about spoil a girl’s fun! Still it was fun while it lasted. My secret I’ll keep locked away.

 

Cheat
Mistake

*Surprise* The Suspenseful Collection… Are You Ready?

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I was thrilled to cross paths with another suspense author on the other side of the water, Didi  As  fellow suspense authors we read each other’s suspense novels. It became clear there’s a mutual author love and respect between us! I got about sixty pages into Aggravated Momentum and thought hold on, strong female lead?- check, fast paced writing style? – check, writing in first person so the reader is in the same room as the characters?-check. This reminds me of someone, I wonder who?  lols.

 

Is it a surprise we spoke about being writing buddies, to entertain you and sharpen our craft as writers within our beloved genre? Each author will have no idea at all what the other author has wrote, until it lands in her inbox! No pre- planning, no discussion, just one prompt and off we go starting or leading the tale.As well as suspense we may  turn our hand to genres that  we have never dabbled in before,and have a lot of fun along the way.

This interactive writing challenge is simple and insanely creative. It’s a group effort and we are so glad to have you join in the writing fun!!  I hope you’re ready to challenge Didi and I by choosing which prompts we can transform into stellar suspense!  Give us your best shot!  You vote on our weekly prompt, and we provide the entertainment. It’s that simple!  The super easy steps are as follows:

STEP ONE: Every Wednesday well post a voting pole with a few prompts to choose from.
STEP TWO: With the click of a button, you cast your vote on a prompt. (voting will stay open for three days.)
STEP THREE: READ AND ENJOY!  Every week on the following Tuesday we will post the short story that transformed from the very winning prompt you chose!
 
All comments on the story posts will be open. We love feedback, and I’m willing to bet you will never guess who wrote what!!   Therein a challenge of your own! (Yes, one of us writes in British English, and one of us in American. We are well aware, and ready for some trickery. Trust me, we are brilliant at adapting styles.)