On Writing...

What Inspires me when finding Characters:

I have absolutely no clue who this person is, yet the moment I saw this picture I knew that I had found my bad guy... or girl as the case may be.  Her look of innocence is decieving.

I like looking at the picture and developing the character in my mind. Finding the right name and  personality, is what helps me when writing her into the story. I find it easier to find the picture first, rather than trying to write blind; meaning that I like to have a visual aid while I write.  For those times when I am trying to write facial descriptions, I find that I like looking at  her picture and describing exactly what I see.

Writing personalities:  Well for this I get inspiration from everywhere.  Each and everyone of my characters has a little piece of me in them.  Other pieces I take from family, friends, and complete strangers. That for me is the fun part, taking all these bits and pieces and moulding them into the character that they finally become.

The good part is that I have many friends that just send me pictures of different people that they find interesting... and sometimes those same pictures jump out and grab my attention; yelling, pick me and tell my story.

This picture became my basis for Venetia Matherson; but that is a whole other story... to be told on a different day.

Beautiful According To Me # 2

To me this picture is absolutely stunning, and not just because it is two naked men in a bathtub together.  To me this picture is sensual; romantic even.  They say I picture says a thousands words... I say a picture tells an amazing story.

It makes you think... how did they meet? Was it love at first sight? Are they just strangers in the night? Will they have a happily ever after? Or are they doomed to fail?

This is a picture that my friend emailed me, and I have kept it just so that at some stage I can write my version of their lives.  I'm not sure who they are or where they are from, but I know that they are gonna have love on some level.

Hero's

Everyone has a hero and this is mine... David Bowie.

This wonderful man has had so many different faces through out the years that it is amazing that he is as sane as he is.  He gives me hope that if you try hard enough then you will succeed at anything you put your mind to.  I have loved him through his crazy youth to his more mellow and mature years... and still to me he sings like an angel.

When I am having a rough day I know I can put on one of his CD's and lose myself for just a little while in his voice.  Though I do have to wonder sometimes about the Lyrics... but he makes me laugh with songs like: The Laughing Gnome (Oh, come on, it is a classic).  Brings tears to the eye with: Within You, from the Labyrinth Soundtrack... But if you asked me to sing a song off the top of my head, Lady Stardust immediately jumps to mind.

My Favourite Album: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

My favourite Movie: The Labyrinth.

I have read many autobiographies on David's life, and even though many do not show his rise to fame in a good light. 

He will forever and always be my hero.

Weekly Read

My weekly Read this week is a story that makes me believe that not everything out there in the world is bad.

The book I have chosen this week as my read for the week is Soldier... By: AKM Miles.

Seriously, if you haven’t read this book then you are missing out.  I had heard everyone talking about one of the character from this book and thought to myself WTF!!!  Could a book possibly be that good?  Well I am here to tel you that yes... yes it can be that good...

Soldier is a very moving and very powerful book.  It is the type of book that makes you want to go out and do your bit for mankind.  To me, Soldier and Dillon are the perfect example of what a power couple should be...  They put aside their own needs to help the wonderful boys that passed through their home...  That right there shows that love is love no matter where it is or what it looks like.

AKM Miles wrote this story beautifully, and I can see why so many people talk about it.  The one person everyone loves in the story is Gom.  I can pretty much guarantee that everyone outside the story loves him too.  Gom’s story just sucks you right in, by grabbing a hold of your heartstrings and not letting go... by the end of the first page you will be reaching out your arms to hold him just as tight.

I loved the way that AKM Miles has shown that as Gom grew through the books in the A Scarcity Sanctuary Series... (Soldier, Tommy’s Story, & For Gom’s Sake, or Undercover Agent which is a YA version of For Gom’s Sake), so did his capacity to love, others around him.  Gom is just one of those people that you wish that you could just be a little bit more like them.

Soldier and Dillon are the strength that each boy needs to heal and get their lives back on track.  With their love each child comes out a better person as they grow and leave the family.

Family does not have to mean: mum, dad and 2.5 kids, it doesn’t even have to mean white picket fences and happily ever after.  Family means I am there for you... no matter what.  I will stand by your side when you need me.  I will pick you up and dust you off, each and every time you fall.  And in Soldier that is exactly what Soldier and Dillon do for these boys.  They show that no matter what anyone else says, these boys are worth it.

My favourite lines in this book are:

“Don’t,” Soldier said.

“What?”  Dillon asked, just as eloquently.

“Don’t go thinking I am somebody special.  I’m not.”

“Yeah, you’re sitting in the dark holding a troubled child while he gets his first real sleep in weeks, I think.”  Yeah Soldier was special alright.  “And you’re keeping me warm, and you don’t think you’re special.  Why?”

My Book Of Twisted Thoughts

I thought I would give you a taste of some of the very first writing I ever did. I wrote poetry for nobody but me.  If you are hoping for happily ever after then you may want to skip over this blog post.  It is not called My Book Of Twisted Thoughts for nothing.  I can't promise that you will like it.  I can't even promise that it is any good...  I will let you read it and make up your own mind.

RUNNING SCARED

Twisted thoughts inside my brain,

Slowly sending me insane,

Mixed up pictures oy who you are,

Pushed my mind a touch too far.

See you in places you cannot be,

Running, hiding, scared of me,

Hold out my hand, but you turn away,

Invite you in, but you will not stay.

Through tortured eyes I watch you sleep,

Toss and turn with troubles deep,

Moonlight shines apon your face,

you seem so perfect... yet out of place.

Drawn to you by a thread in time,

A troubled past not left behind,

Wraps me up in a cloak of pain,

But it's my turn now to play the game.

If I can't have you then no one may,

So just stop pushing me away,

A tortured saying inside my head,

'Would it be better to wake up Dead?'

A blocked out past comes to light,

Memories of a long ago night,

Remember what you had to do?

Remember what you put me through?

Recogmition is now in place,

Mixed with shame, or just disgrace,

Terror born by what we shared,

It's your turn now for running scared.

Monday Madness!!!

Hey Guy's & Girls... I thought I would start of my week with some of the crazy stuff that just wanders through my brain. For the past two days I have woken up with snippets of a new story in my head.  The title is When The Walls Come Tumbling Down.  The two main characters are called Quinlan Macallister & Brayden Caldwell.  At the moment they are screaming in my head for their story to be told. So I am thinking of using them as a free read blog story that will be added to same day each week.  Friday sounds like a good day for a free read...

Have you ever had a day where you just wanna crawl back in bed & just stay there? I am having one of those days today. The moment my fingers touched the computer keyboard the damn thing decides to mess with my head.  Actually that is not much different from any other day in my life... Ok maybe I just need to learn how to use my computer...LOL.

For anyone who has tried to leave a post before Taylor V the Queen Goddess of my Universe, has fixed the problem for me. So Vlad & I hope to here from you soon.

Books in The Lines Of Marsden series

These are the titles that I have come up with so far for this series... The latter ones may be subject for change.

                THE LINES OF MARSDEN

1- Rules Are Meant To Be Broken

2- Living In Shadows

3- You Make Me Die In Pieces

4- The Trail Of Red Roses

5- Love You, Hate You, Need You 

6- Kingdom Of No Regrets

7- Holding Onto Forever

8- Bittersweet Memories

9- All The Pretty Things

10- Crawling Back To You

11- No Longer Dreaming

12- The Best Is Yet To Come

13- You're Barely Sleeping

14- No Tear For Tomorrow

15- Watching Through Windows

16- Will You Still Love Me

17- His Guardian Angel

18- And Then You Die