Title:
August Fog
Author:
A.L. Goulden
Release
date: April 1st, 2014
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Book
Description:
Monica Waters is
a television editor living in Los Angeles reluctantly passing through her
thirties in a damaged marriage to the love of her life Alex. They've worked
hard since Alex's affair years ago to get to a place of predictable happiness
in all areas except the bedroom. She's learned to accept the mediocre sex life
in exchange for a comfortable and stabilizing companionship to her best friend.
When an artist
from New York named Quinn Matthews moves in next door, all of the fire Monica
has learned to suppress flares an obsession into a scalding and dangerously
secret relationship. Quinn invigorates her lust for art, flesh and a life she
hasn't been living and forces her to make the most difficult decision of her
life. Will she clench to her commitment and history with Alex or be swept away
by the life and lust she used to dream of with Quinn?
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Guest Post
How did you come
up with the story?
There is a little bit of real
life in the story. I was laid up on the couch for a summer, forced to quit my
job, because of three stress fractures in my ankle that wouldn't heal. I was
reading a lot to pass the time and eventually started writing. There really was
a sexy neighbor, he really is an artist, but there was never really an affair.
Luckily I'm married to a man that finds my overactive imagination amusing and
he never once thought it was autobiographic.
So many of the books I was
reading had a similar heroine who was "damaged" as well as the same
alpha males. I wanted to build characters that were realistic and flawed to see
if I could make them sexy as well. People you would know. Your best friend or
coworker. Real life is complicated and real love is even worse. I knew Monica
wasn't always going to be likable. As much as we'd like to deny it, most of us
aren't when we're going through life changes or stressful events. But that
wasn't a reason not to connect to her or even understand her. I didn't want a woman who just callously throws away her
life-long commitment because she needs to have sex. Monica loves her
husband. He's her best friend. But she realizes that she wants more than a
friend and Quinn reminds her that she's more than just this wife.
I struggled with the premise
of an artist, because it's been done so many times and is a little cliche. But
I know a lot of real artists, painters, sculptors, whose lives are very free
and I wanted Quinn to have that. It's an element in Monica's past that she let
go of and forgot about. So, I looked at it like another opportunity to take a
cliche and make it more realistic. There are secrets behind him that will
eventually test her ideas of freedom and trust. It's all about her growing into
who she is supposed to be and finding out in her mid-thirties that she hasn't
been honest with herself.
I set out to create a story that touches on the complications of love and commitment. It's been an adventure and I've learned so much. I never thought it would be a finished novel, much less multiple, but once I got into it I didn't want to stop. I know I still have a ton to hone and learn, but I'm finding that the challenges of writing are so addictive that I can't imagine ever quitting now. It's become my vice I guess. The reality is that I have another career still as a Production Designer and Art Director in film and television so writing does tend to be crammed into my nights and weekends or between shows.
About
the Author:
Im a designer, author, wife and dog-lover living in the South Pasadena
area of California. I got my BFA in Film Production from the Academy of
Art University in San Francisco, but my love of a good story came way before
college. I remember writing my first full story in fifth grade on a
typewriter. I cut and pasted it into a book, complete with cardboard cover and
taped binding. Things have changed a lot since then. With the magnificent
digital age I can produce books and give them to the world without a sticky
mess.
In collegeb numerous instructors and peers praised my
dialogue pushed me to hone my storytelling skills. Of course
the need to cut and paste was still there, so I went into the world of
Production Design and Art Direction for films and television. It
gave me the ability to connect design to storytelling in a way that no
other career can. The past 18 years have spun a unique perspective on
visually emotional tales of relationships and the thread that ties all things
together. Now I’m shifting focus on the driving force thatn brought me here…
stories. I hope that I can share a unique perspective on life, love and the
pursuit in all of the above.
Official Website: http://www.author-algoulden.com/
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