Killer Heels “Stiletto”

If you’ve been around for about 5 minutes you know I love a good reveal. A good rot day in bed. A good lemonade refresher from Starbucks and an oversized cable knit sweater. So welcome to my world of chaos and a sort of behind the curtain of writing my first book. I figure Saturdays will be the update of what I worked on that week or at least talking about the process of all things writing. So welcome to Killer Heels Saturdays.

 I’m documenting every single step. It may not work for all writers but this is a little bit of my diary and to look back on what worked, what didn’t work, and what I could have done more of or less of. This isn’t going to be the cute, polished version. You won’t get “I woke up today and wrote a chapter while sipping herbal tea and watching the sun rise.” I hate herbal tea and I hate early mornings even more. This will be the real version. The frustration, the wins, and everything in between.

The thing is you never really get to see the writing process. Not the true, unfiltered, “what am I doing here” journey. Of course, we see a lot of the phone camera set up and watch me type videos, and all though I love them for the ASMR aesthetic, that’s not me and likely will never be me. Typically, to my knowledge, you don’t really see authors or get to know anything about them until after the book is done and most of the time published. Usually you see the authors smiling, glowing, and holding the hardcover of their work like it didn’t just emotionally exfoliate them down to the bone. What about the moments someone decides “ok fine brain, I’ll write the book you can’t stop thinking about.” Or the messy middle plot? What about the messy middle plot that makes no sense or the character who refuses to behave? What about the outline that gets rewritten 22 times, the drafts that should be burned, the edits that feel like a breakup, the business side no one warns you about, or the launch prep that turns your brain into mush and on fire at the same time? That’s the part I want to show everyone. Writing a book isn’t just a creative act, it’s a transformation and a purge that deserves to be witnessed or at the very least documented.

So, here’s what you will get with me…. Every Saturday I’ll take you behind the scenes of my process. Please remember this is mine and may not be anything that anyone else who has written a book looks like. You’ll get to see how the idea first whispered to me. How I decided to commit to writing it. How I built the world, the characters, and the emotional spine of my new series and this first book. How I outline, how I draft and redraft and like spiral some. How I deal with creative blocks without setting my laptop and maybe my home on fire. Also, everything from editing to publishing and launch day and much more that I’m sure I’m not thinking of.

This is in no way a masterclass. This is not one of those “10 tips for aspiring writers” type posts. This is just me and all the glory of my emotional, chaotic, over stimulated, gremlin self is getting it done. You can expect a lot of sass, honesty, humor, doubt, vulnerability, creativity, emotional real life plot twists, and occasional gremlin meltdowns. I want this Saturday series to feel like you’re sitting on my couch, all cozy, watching me work through the motions of all life throws at me while writing this book. I’ll probably do a lot of explaining about how a character ruined my life, I’m dramatic so buckle up, or why I should have never started this but also, you’ll get the fun of me dancing around when a scene in my head plays out perfectly on paper. When the two characters just work. Finally!

Really this may even be a bit of a selfish series. Writing a book is a long walk in very tall heels and I don’t want to do it alone. I want you to see the whole arc from the spark to finish and hopefully fall in love with the book series like I am. Maybe it’ll inspire someone to do their own creative thing and maybe it’ll mean you’ll want to buy the book so you can read the story you watched me write in all the chaotic glory that is me. The first entry drops next Saturday. Expect her to be dramatic, honest, walking around in heels for no reason other than to feel the pain, and she’s ready.

XOXO,

Savi Monroe