Change is...

Inevitable.
We all change. Things around us change. Technology. People. The world we live in. So why is it so hard sometimes to accept change???

As writers, we can change something simple to add conflict--from day to night, from a summer's day to a violent thunderstorm, from the workplace to home, from being alone to being with others.

Change, no matter what it is, can add conflict. My kids tell me that I need to change out my phone so that I can check my emails on it. I don't think my fingers would ever be able to maneuver through all the stuff on those phones. I'd be hitting the wrong stuff, never getting anything I wanted. I'd get addicted to it like so many are.

I'm still reading paperbacks, but that's not because I don't want the newer technology, but because I look at a monitor way too much and like the break from it when I'm not at work or writing, or...blogging. It's a way for me to read without interruption.

Sometimes I even write scenes, pages and pages by hand. Not often. But sometimes the Internet is way too much of a distraction and I can't concentrate enough on the story. I get stuck, I read my emails. And before I know it, half the day is gone. So writing by hand away from the computer can help me sometimes to focus just on the story.


Even with this small jaguar, she will change as she grows, become her own person, grow into her spots...one day.

My wolf shifters haven't changed yet in A SEAL Wolf Christmas. At least the hero and heroine hadn't. So it was time to change. Two of the SEAL team had earlier in the story for a reason. But I have to have a good reason for them to shift at any point in any story, because shifting can cause problems. Changing from one form to the other can create some great conflict and cause much more trouble.

Change can be important. Winter comes to kill the bugs. Rains come to replenish the earth. Sun comes to grow corn and make delicious tomatoes.

What brought this subject on? Changes at work. We get comfortable...have our comfort zone, and then all of a sudden, someone steals our blanky.

So that's why I had to turn my wolves into wolves. To create change. To take care of a problem. To create a whole bag of new problems. But I'm having fun bringing some characters back too. So get ready to see a little of Leidolf and his pack...because they're going to make a cameo appearance soon!

And remember Zooman Thompson? I'm sure he'll be popping in to stir up trouble too.

And if you haven't had a chance to vote on the new cover for Jaguar Fever there's still time--they can make changes if that's what readers want! :) 


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Happy Saturday!

I'm off to write!!! What about you? Any great plans today???

Terry
"Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality!"
www.terryspear.com