Lost and Found
I found myself lost this week. As I began typing my blog in word on Sunday night, I took an unexpected turn and landed in a rather intriguing story-line. It happens like that sometimes, circumstances arise out of the blue…and then I’m riding a wave. I never carry a writer’s compass and I toss the clock along with all concept of time out the window. It’s the moment that I live for, when my imagination is sparked alive.
Yesterday I had trees falling around me…large limbs, horrible saws and a wood chipper…and yet I didn’t notice any of it. My fingers flew across the keyboard as I sipped on a cup of inspiration. The fellows were working just ten feet away outside of my office window. The tree service was doing their best to make our tall maples safe for next year’s storm season. Bang, crash and the occasional cuss word…and although present in body, I was someplace else within my own mind.
Although I intended to continue the “Falling Whispers” story-line surrounding Laura, this new story…well, I guess it just needed to be told. It was all so unexpected too. Twelve pages materialized in a blink. Midnight, two a.m., ten o’clock…it’s all simmering on low…and I’m stirring to keep the contents from caking to the bottom of the pan.
Would you like a taste? Let me find my absolute favorite line. I told my daughter when she called yesterday that I wrote a great sentence. Twelve pages and I have a decent sentence! I had a favorite too in “Falling Whispers.” In that book it was, “Dora enveloped me in love’s generosity.” As I wrote it, I literally sighed. Yes, I felt it. The characters moved me. Dora and Carmen were about everything that we all should have…no matter who we are or how we see it…we all should have that remarkable connection, that passion, that mutual respect in a relationship…that playfulness and yes, love based on trust.
Okay so my favorite line from this week’s writing…are you ready? Here it goes: “A moment later we were sitting in the ornate seats on her deck, passing the moment back and forth.” It may not seem like much, but in the context that it was written, it was one of those sentences that I strive for.
Can you sense that I’m excited about this? I feel it with this story…maybe someday soon, you’ll see why. Maybe within the next few months, with a lot of work; a little luck and of course help from my editor.
Are you ready for another story? Monkeyshine told me she is! Of course if I handed her the manuscript I have no doubt it would end up buried in our backyard next to her stash of carrots.
Well, it’s time to get back to “doing my thing.” If I’m writing this blog, I’m not immersed in the story. So I guess I’ll get to it then!
Remember to spread the word about the “Whine Bottle Giveaway.” Post where you believe the bottle landed and the most creative answer with the most “likes” on my Facebook page by December 6th will be mailed an autographed page from the original manuscript, “Falling Whispers, Love & Curses” housed in a personally designed bottle! You can’t go wrong with that deal for the value is sure to increase.
Well I must change direction now and re-read everything I penned this week. I’ll see you at the finish line.
~Trixie
Yesterday I had trees falling around me…large limbs, horrible saws and a wood chipper…and yet I didn’t notice any of it. My fingers flew across the keyboard as I sipped on a cup of inspiration. The fellows were working just ten feet away outside of my office window. The tree service was doing their best to make our tall maples safe for next year’s storm season. Bang, crash and the occasional cuss word…and although present in body, I was someplace else within my own mind.
Although I intended to continue the “Falling Whispers” story-line surrounding Laura, this new story…well, I guess it just needed to be told. It was all so unexpected too. Twelve pages materialized in a blink. Midnight, two a.m., ten o’clock…it’s all simmering on low…and I’m stirring to keep the contents from caking to the bottom of the pan.
Would you like a taste? Let me find my absolute favorite line. I told my daughter when she called yesterday that I wrote a great sentence. Twelve pages and I have a decent sentence! I had a favorite too in “Falling Whispers.” In that book it was, “Dora enveloped me in love’s generosity.” As I wrote it, I literally sighed. Yes, I felt it. The characters moved me. Dora and Carmen were about everything that we all should have…no matter who we are or how we see it…we all should have that remarkable connection, that passion, that mutual respect in a relationship…that playfulness and yes, love based on trust.
Okay so my favorite line from this week’s writing…are you ready? Here it goes: “A moment later we were sitting in the ornate seats on her deck, passing the moment back and forth.” It may not seem like much, but in the context that it was written, it was one of those sentences that I strive for.
Can you sense that I’m excited about this? I feel it with this story…maybe someday soon, you’ll see why. Maybe within the next few months, with a lot of work; a little luck and of course help from my editor.
Are you ready for another story? Monkeyshine told me she is! Of course if I handed her the manuscript I have no doubt it would end up buried in our backyard next to her stash of carrots.
Well, it’s time to get back to “doing my thing.” If I’m writing this blog, I’m not immersed in the story. So I guess I’ll get to it then!
Remember to spread the word about the “Whine Bottle Giveaway.” Post where you believe the bottle landed and the most creative answer with the most “likes” on my Facebook page by December 6th will be mailed an autographed page from the original manuscript, “Falling Whispers, Love & Curses” housed in a personally designed bottle! You can’t go wrong with that deal for the value is sure to increase.
Well I must change direction now and re-read everything I penned this week. I’ll see you at the finish line.
~Trixie
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