Last summer I saw a commercial for a reality show where
strangers would get married. I’m not sure how they were paired and I never saw
an episode. My immediate thoughts after I saw the commercial were that they’d
stolen my idea! Somehow, they had deduced an idea I had for a story that,
though completed, I still as yet have not published. Of course, that’s not
possible. People have similar ideas all the time.
I still have not seen this show and can’t recall what
channel it was airing on so I don’t know how they decided to make their
matches. My idea was to have the couples paired by a very successful dating
service. However, I realize that very few people would actually marry someone
that they’d just met. So how could I make it work? That was when I decided to
set it into the future. I wanted this matchmaking company to be one that people
would trust. Despite that, you know as a reader, that things will never run
smooth when you’re suddenly married to a stranger.
The first in the series will be about Sienna and Jakob. It’s
shorter than the other stories. The purpose is mostly an introduction to the idea.
At the moment, I have three stories completed. I don’t have a publication dates
yet. But stay tuned for blurbs, excerpts, and cover art.
(Oh, and in case you haven’t looked, I'm working my
creative fingers off. Check out those climbing numbers on my Works in Progress
page!)
