Dahlia West

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Update

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So the second Moon Lake book has grown from 30K words to 57K words, just a little over halfway done. It’s the only partially completed manuscript I have, but I am working on it, tinkering away. I’m watching a lot of film noir, The Thin Man, Chinatown, Moon Lake just has that noir feel to it, even though it’s set in the woods of Idaho.

In the background, I’m contemplating a book about Elizabeth Taylor, specifically the movie Cleopatra, which gets a bad rap as “the movie that bankrupted the studio and changed Hollywood” but let’s be honest, the studio was already in the red even before the picture was thought of and it wasn’t Liz’s fault that they tried to shoot it in England and pretend it was Egypt.

I’ll be tinkering with that this summer, YEARS away from actually writing it. But I’ve been wearing a lot of White Diamonds in the afternoon and thinking about La Liz. You know, for a Walgreens toilet water, White Diamonds packs a real punch and I quite like it, even it is only $30 a bottle. I think Liz was onto something there. Some People say it smells like old lady. I want to punch Some People. But not in the nose, as they are obviously already olfactorily challenged.

For Drowning (Moon Lake Book Two) I’m wearing vintage Opium. It smells like Savannah, boozy and peppery with a hint of great sex once you get her in the sack. What are you wearing?

Comments

  1. I just read the first 4 books in the Star Valley Series. I see there are 2 more books in the series – Bossman and Shadow Rider (2017).
    I can’t seem to find them anywhere.
    Where would I find them?

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    • There are actually no more books in that series. I put up all the covers on Goodreads YEARS ago when I thought I would complete the series, but I never actually completed it. And no matter how many times I politely, cajolingly, threateningly ask Goodreads to take the unwritten books down, they simply will not.

      So we all have to keep looking at the timeline of an alternate universe wherein I actually finished Star Valley, but in this timeline, I never finished the series.

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  2. So so so excited to hear you’re working on book two. Truly love the characters in this series. Thank you!

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    • I doubt it. I’ve tried for 7 years and every single time I hit a dead end. I think it’s safe to say that Star Valley is finished. It’s been too many years and too many other books since then and I can’t seem to resurrect it. With Twister, I had half of it already written before I shelved it. I don’t have a single word written for any of the other books. That series just didn’t work out, sorry to say.

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  5. I just finished reading “Shelter” Moon Lake Book 1, for probably the 4th or 5th time. I re-visit my favorites from time to time. This time, with each page I turned on my Kindle, I hoped the series would someday be complete. The situation is perfect for Cole/Savannah and a Silas/Talullah stories. All of the characters in Shelter are beautifully developed and unique with great back stories and endless possibilities. Eagerly await Book 2. Thank you for continuing the series!!

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  7. Please tell me there will be a book 3 for Moon Lake! You can’t leave a cliffhanger like that and not continue… it would be cruel… haha! Please, oh please! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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    • I’m currently working on a Paranormal thing, but I do plan to circle back to Moon Lake after that.

      Thanks for reading!

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  8. Hi there.
    I recently finished the Burnout series, and am set to start the stark ink series next. I loved the Burnout boys, and want more! I was wondering if you had other books available under other names? I love your writing, and was sad to see there aren’t many more books to keep me busy. I DO hope you are still writing. You’re good!

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