M. Larose's Blog: From the Meadow and the Tower - Posts Tagged "psychic-powers"

Well, my yard is still covered by a foot of snow, but temperatures have been warming and the sun is shining today. When I clambered out to check the gauge on the propane tank last week, my legs broke through the weakening crust of snow to reveal how thin and "hollow" the snow actually is. It's not as solid and daunting as it appears!
And beneath that hollow, snowy crust, I know the Lenten Roses in my garden must be stirring silently, pushing up the buds of their hardy, wax-like flowers. The picture I use on this blog and on the back of my novel, The Flower Eater, is of those Lenten Roses. I took the photo several years before I finished writing The Flower Eater, never imagining that I'd connect it with the book, but now it seems a perfect emblem -- taking that photo was one of several serendipitous happenings along my journey as an author.
Like the hidden yet uncoiling flowers of the Lenten Rose beneath the snow, a pivotal and dramatic scene in the sequel to The Flower Eater is forming in my mind and breaking through the crust of my subconscious to blossom on the written page. Today I'll be delving into my garden of imagination with heated attention, to continue the thaw and reveal that lovely blossom of scene in colorful, splendid detail. (With luck and the help of the flower-spirits!)

I recently gave a friend the to-date pages of the sequel I'm writing, for her feedback. She was one of my first readers for The Flower Eater, and was always very eager to read more of that story, so I was curious to see what she'd think of the in-progress sequel (which I guesstimate is 1/6th complete at this point).
Good news: she likes the beginning of the sequel, especially the erotic scenes (good to know, because those are fun but tricky to write) AND she loves the last scene written so far, where the real drama begins. Encouraged by her approval, I'm hoping to amp up the speed of my writing. I've had some real-world distractions, but now that the snow is gone and the outdoor flowers are forming and flowering, I hope my imagination will push the flowers of the sequel out onto the pages to blossom properly.
I've also gotten some very positive feedback from a professional agent on the sequel's opening pages. Spring's optimism is in the air.