Author of the Wynter Wild books
In Minor Key (Wynter Wild book 8), Wynter and her brothers are about to take their indie rock band Rule212 on tour.
Barring unforseen diversions and detours, this is the route their three-week tour will take them, starting in Aurora CO, ending back home in Seattle WA:
Continue reading “Rule212 on tour!”Continuing on the headless girl theme, I present the cover for book 8 of the Wynter Wild series, which is titled Minor Key.
In book 7, Wynter received from her brothers (well, Indio picked it) a Les Paul Standard 2008 guitar with a desert burst finish and custom bridge pickup… so with the help of some digital wizardry I went ahead and gave her that guitar on the cover.
In book 8, her band Rule212 goes on tour! Everyone is excited about that, but of course things don’t go exactly to plan. A tune in a minor key is both beautiful and sad, and this story has a bit of both.
In the chapter of Duet (Wynter Wild #7) I recently uploaded to Wattpad, it’s Wynter’s prom night.
She’s not much of a dress girl, but in keeping with social convention she borrowed an appropriate bridesmaid dress from Dusk and it looks something like this (along with the dendrobium orchid corsage):
Natural Harmonics is book 6 of the Wynter Wild series. The reason Wynter looks so happy on the cover is because her band is finally getting gigs and she loves playing live!
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Wynter and her brothers are ready to rock venues all over Seattle. No one can deny the natural chemistry Rule212 has on stage. Behind the scenes there’s tension brewing.
It’s not easy to work, play, and live together. Family means everything to Wynter and she’ll do whatever it takes to keep it together.
But something at the very heart of this family is ripping it apart. They are finally learning that things went wrong years before they were born.
No secrets or lies—it’s one of Caleb’s house rules. So why does everyone keep breaking it?
Wynter plays in an all-girl band (that isn’t all-girl), Mail Order Chicks, starting in book 5.
They play mostly 80s-90s British pop covers, so I made a playlist of the songs mentioned along with a few others they’ve probably played now and then.
You can find a more extensive playlist from the Wynter Wild books in this blog post.
Wynter’s brothers each ride a different motorcycle. I know nothing about motorcycles, except what it feels like to ride on the back of Caleb’s bike because my husband owned it, back in Arizona.
Caleb’s bike is the 1985 Honda V65 Magna. It was manufactured for a few years during the mid 80s, and as the first power cruiser it really was called the “Beast”, V4 engine, 1100cc, 116 horse power, with fast acceleration, low vibration, and high top speed. The bike below (1983 model) includes the “goofy” saddle bags that Caleb is so proud of.
Continue reading “The Fairn Boys’ Motorcycles”
I asked my wonderful Wattpad readers to vote on one of two covers for Duet (Wynter Wild #7) (same model, different poses). This one won, so here is the finalized book 7 cover!
Wynter is now fully in the swing of playing live gigs around Seattle, and sometimes farther afield. She lives for that hour on stage, a bubble of music shared with her brothers while the audience clamors for more. Offstage, things aren’t running quite as smoothly.
Today I’m trawling baby naming sites to come with a new character name. I’ve accumulated quite a number of characters in my 10-book series, so any time I add in a new character (or decide to change an existing character’s name) it becomes a bit of a drama to find something that isn’t too similar to a name I’ve used before.
I keep a list of every named character, along with a brief description, if given (I tend not to over-describe them), and when they were first introduced. Currently the list has grown to over 300 names. Many of these are obviously minor characters or even off-hand references to people who never appear on-screen, but I’ve tried nevertheless to keep the names distinct.
Continue reading “Naming Characters”
A long time ago I created a Pinterest site for the Wynter Wild series, when I was researching ideas for their new home.
It’s since expanded into individual boards for each of the main characters – not that I can imagine any but Wynter actually using Pinterest.
So far I’ve made the following boards:
You can follow my profile (or individual boards) to keep up-to-date as I add pins to keep pace with the series plots.
Distortion is Book 5 in the Wynter Wild series, and it’s out now on Amazon!
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Wynter has helped to create a safe place, an eccentric home in the mountain with her older brothers. Her music career is taking off with an overseas recording opportunity and a new all-girl rock band.
She has everything she needs, but her brothers could use some help. Indio returns from London and there’s a room waiting for him, if he’ll take it, as well as an old flame in the wings. Caleb has a new chance at love, and Jesse continues his search for the perfect girl. Through everything, Wynter maintains her dream of making a success of their band Rule212.
Out of the blue, their mother Miriam returns. Her years of neglect have already distorted her children’s chances for love and happiness. Does she stand any chance of reconciliation? Will Wynter and her brothers seek closure on the past, or do they want revenge?
Sara Creasy