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The way of Santiago/El Camino de Santiago
I never thought I would get addicted to writing when my first idea for a novel popped in my head.
In fact, it all started very randomly. The ideas I had - and in which I’m working on as avidly as I can - are galloping and blossoming daily.
What started as a funny way to pass the time became a need. A necessary way of emptying my brain of ‘content’. I don’t know if that’s how it happened with you (fellow writers) but that’s how ideas flow out my mind.
I will not bother you with details of how and when characters and plots started to become alive inside my head - that’s the goal of my website : http://ritadinisinternational.webs.com
In there you will find everything (decent) about me and my writing endeavors. I urge you to participate, read and find out all the free content I have available for you to read and comment on. I’ll provide the links soon :)
Today, the big news is the release of an anthology “Suffer Eternal - Tales of the Undead Vol 1”, featuring a short-story of mine (among many others): ‘The way of Santiago’.
This piece was written in an September afternoon. The mood was appealing and the nervousness of the character invaded me. Santiago’s grief was all I lived for some consistent hours. Originally part of my vampire series on-the-go, Santiago is someone that will try, at all cost, save a very special human. Given the nature of his job, (he is a mortician), and so used to deal with death… the man finds himself wondering about someone as hurt and fragile as himself.
Find out how and why :)
This anthology is NOW available on paperback (lulu.com) and ebook kindle (amazon). Here’s a glimpse of the piece. And enjoy your readings*
‘Vaya, I felt nervous.
I had been used to dealing with nerves rather efficiently for the last ten years, but still, today I felt like a maggot surrounded by giant, menacing feet about to smash me. Vampires. They sure were looming creatures.
My footsteps echoed in the large hall of that palace-like manor, strategically mixing with all the relics Paris possessed. In such a city nothing seemed strange or eccentric. Everything was allowed and worshipped as art. Hence, the fabulous blending lore vampires had here, and what a lore–one of the most powerful in Europe.
I had been summoned to testify for the highest representatives. What an honour, or on second thought what a nightmare, and why? Well, my life hadn’t been very standard lately and the oddest things had happened some consistent miles south.
I was a coroner, Forensics M.D. for a living. I lived in Madrid, but I had been born in Andalucía. Sevilla had been my home town–and also the place where I accidentally got inside their world. It had been my curriculum that had saved me from certain death–after all, I was going to be a doctor, and vampires knew better than to ruin their chance of having someone inside of a Hospital who could literally cover for their needs and deeds.’
Rita Dinis*
Tales of the Undead - Suffer Eternal
In fact, it all started very randomly. The ideas I had - and in which I’m working on as avidly as I can - are galloping and blossoming daily.
What started as a funny way to pass the time became a need. A necessary way of emptying my brain of ‘content’. I don’t know if that’s how it happened with you (fellow writers) but that’s how ideas flow out my mind.
I will not bother you with details of how and when characters and plots started to become alive inside my head - that’s the goal of my website : http://ritadinisinternational.webs.com
In there you will find everything (decent) about me and my writing endeavors. I urge you to participate, read and find out all the free content I have available for you to read and comment on. I’ll provide the links soon :)
Today, the big news is the release of an anthology “Suffer Eternal - Tales of the Undead Vol 1”, featuring a short-story of mine (among many others): ‘The way of Santiago’.
This piece was written in an September afternoon. The mood was appealing and the nervousness of the character invaded me. Santiago’s grief was all I lived for some consistent hours. Originally part of my vampire series on-the-go, Santiago is someone that will try, at all cost, save a very special human. Given the nature of his job, (he is a mortician), and so used to deal with death… the man finds himself wondering about someone as hurt and fragile as himself.
Find out how and why :)
This anthology is NOW available on paperback (lulu.com) and ebook kindle (amazon). Here’s a glimpse of the piece. And enjoy your readings*
‘Vaya, I felt nervous.
I had been used to dealing with nerves rather efficiently for the last ten years, but still, today I felt like a maggot surrounded by giant, menacing feet about to smash me. Vampires. They sure were looming creatures.
My footsteps echoed in the large hall of that palace-like manor, strategically mixing with all the relics Paris possessed. In such a city nothing seemed strange or eccentric. Everything was allowed and worshipped as art. Hence, the fabulous blending lore vampires had here, and what a lore–one of the most powerful in Europe.
I had been summoned to testify for the highest representatives. What an honour, or on second thought what a nightmare, and why? Well, my life hadn’t been very standard lately and the oddest things had happened some consistent miles south.
I was a coroner, Forensics M.D. for a living. I lived in Madrid, but I had been born in Andalucía. Sevilla had been my home town–and also the place where I accidentally got inside their world. It had been my curriculum that had saved me from certain death–after all, I was going to be a doctor, and vampires knew better than to ruin their chance of having someone inside of a Hospital who could literally cover for their needs and deeds.’
Rita Dinis*
Tales of the Undead - Suffer Eternal
