Blues

 

Winter haunts outside
Long time for Spring to arrive
Trees burn with longing

Upcoming publication!

Here it is, the spine and covers of An Uncommon Anthology!
The Anthology is brought together by Colorado Springs Fiction Writers Group and am honored to be one of the fifteen authors whose stories feature in this unique collection. It promises to be a great read!

As for my personal journey, I enjoyed crafting the story set in different places and I had a great time with Ezra the eccentric bookstore owner.

From the back cover:

Whether looking for change, making a wish, chasing a dream, or searching for a truth, there’s an exceptional little bookshop that has just what you need.
Librorum Taberna is no ordinary bookstore, and Ezra Finfrock is no ordinary proprietor. Immune to the laws of time and space, this bookstore appears to people who are seeking something different, wherever and whenever it’s needed. Though the shop is amazing, the books within Librorum Taberna are truly extraordinary. From mundane to magical, horrifying to humorous, these books have the power to change lives. Be warned, Ezra never guarantees the results, and he never gives a refund.
Since 1996, the Colorado Springs Fiction Writers Group has been helping local writers improve their craft. The fifteen authors featured in An Uncommon Collection explore the dusty aisles of Librorum Taberna and meet the quirky proprietor, Ezra Finfrock. What they uncover may even change your life.

 

 

Dusting an old novel out

I've done it.
I've reached a block in the Memory Blanket where I feel I am hashing out something that I hadnt intended to, so I stopped.
I've instead, taken down an old novel that I worked on last year, a magical realism one, but where I have had to create an entire new world. I worked on it during NaNoWriMo last year. It was real fun working on it intensely. So I brought that off the shelf and dusted it off.
And sure enough, it had changed.
It had happened before, several times. I have put things on hold, put them on the shelf thinking I'd return back to them when I am more free/better/stronger. Things like books to read, beading projects, relationship. But Time is a powerful entity. Its main purpose in existing is to change.
And every time I have returned to stuff I've shelved, it has changed. Of course, what has changed is me. I've been burned badly with some projects and relationships.
We metamorphose into something different everyday. And there is no going back, most of the time.
But I digress.
The Healer of Zym is down from the shelf. Reading the chapters again, I realized how much I'd like to change it, but also how much I'd enjoyed the story. So now I'm on it again. There's a lot of the 50 K NaNoWriMo words that I had to throw out, and several others that I could bring in. Its exciting following the adventures of my protagonist Maeve.
Will keep you posted.