Christine’s
Question for Chrys: What was the most challenging part of writing Tsunami Crimes?
You
expect me to say the tsunami, right? In which case, you’d be…wrong.
If your second guess is what happens to Beth after she’s taken
prisoner by criminals, you’d be…wrong again.
The
tsunami came so easily to me. I actually skipped Beth and Donovan’s
honeymoon and touristy scenes to dive right into the tsunami. I don’t
know if it was easy because of all the research I did, my excitement,
the nightmares I’ve had of tsunamis, or my fear of drowning, but
every part of it came to me without any effort. Even the chapters
after the tsunami were a snap for me to write.
I
used a lot of my own fears and experiences throughout Tsunami
Crimes.
I depict my near-drowning incident when a wave stretched clear over
my head and crashed me into large rocks. I held onto those rocks for
dear life as the water tried to suck me back. If I hadn’t, it
would’ve taken me. That very moment is in
Tsunami
Crimes.
Even hallucinations I’ve experienced, and memories from when I had
spine surgery at fifteen, made it into this book.
Now
you’re probably asking, So?
What was the most challenging part?
Do
you recall how I said I skipped Beth and Donovan’s honeymoon and
touristy scenes? Yup. Those were the most difficult parts for me to
write because I had to go back, after reaching THE END, to fill in
those chapters. I skipped them to get to the excitement, and then I
had trouble getting in the mood for them after writing all of that
excitement. But I did it, and I actually enjoy those scenes now. My
characters deserve the happiness they experience in those moments. It
was the least I could do…before unleashing Mother Nature on them.
Again.
BLURB:
Beth
and Donovan have come a long way from Hurricane Sabrina and the San
Francisco earthquake. Now they are approaching their wedding day and
anxiously waiting to promise each other a lifetime of love. The
journey down the aisle isn’t smooth, though, as they receive
threats from the followers of the notorious criminal, Jackson Storm.
They think they’ll be safe in Hawaii, but distance can’t stop
these killers. Not even a tsunami can.
This
monstrous wave is the most devastating disaster Beth has ever faced.
It leaves her beaten, frightened. Is she a widow on her honeymoon? As
she struggles to hold herself together and find Donovan, she’s
kidnapped by Jackson's men.
Fearing
her dead, Donovan searches the rubble and shelters with no luck. The
thought of her being swept out to sea is almost too much for him to
bear, but the reality is much worse. She’s being used as bait to
get him to fall into a deadly trap.
If
they live through this disaster, they may never be the same again.
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