Month: July 2024

I’ve re-written Where There Was Darkness. Why would a man, having escaped the nightmare he’d been forced to live, finding a freedom he never thought to have, want to end the life he fought so hard to regain? Have you ever felt the battle won or lost took so much of your life that you had nothing left to give. I think at one time or another we all feel too tired to move forward, if not ourself, then it’s someone we know who’s facing difficult, life changing decisions . Marcus has someone to lean on. We don’t all have a person like that in our lives. I think this is a darkness many of us understand.

From Where:

Marcus sat by the chimney, holding a long piece of filthy glass tightly in trembling hands. Glancing at the door that had provided his escape from the monster within, he waited for it to speak.

You’re free to walk in the sun, but you still walk in the darkness. I’m…

“Dead. I killed you.” Marcus heard his laugh, one he’d seldom heard.

“What are you doing?” Ray called out as he approached. “Who are you talking to?”

Still staring at the glass, Marcus snorted. “I should have known she would call you, that you would find me.”

Back to me.

Many years ago, I woke up in a recovery room after nine hours of surgery. The doctor called my name and though I was awake, I didn’t answer. The quiet, the knowing I was still alive, gave me time to know who I wanted to be when I opened my eyes. I’ll never know if the person who woke up was the person I should be. We don’t get to live the life we didn’t choose and we will never know what may have been. These are questions we all face. For Marcus the questions are more difficult. My hope is to tell the story of how his decisions, ours, aren’t made alone. His response is framed by those he’s grown to love and the one who changed him from what he once thought he would be.

Third in the series, Where There Was Darkness is the story of Marcus’ connection to his past and the future he makes. His evolution is best explained by the new version. I hope I’ve done justice to the man I created, in the world I’ve brought him into, a darkness deeper than what I’ve seen, but nevertheless one I can identify with. Copies are now available.

It’s been a long time coming but I want to say the book launch was a success. More important than the number of books sold was those who came. Today’s friends and those from many years ago came to show support. I am so proud of Sister Wold the Return to Terah. I will miss the characters I have come to know so well and hope you will find the time to meet them.

Eight books, I brought them all.

A new friend enjoying the launch and purchasing the first book in the Darkness and Light Series.

It’s hard to believe, the shy girl who lived mostly in her head, only comfortable in front of people when singing and making believe she was someone else, usually Barbra Streisand, could actually talk in front of a group of people. Loving what I do helps take away the fear. It’s good to know Streisand vomited before every live performance. At least I didn’t get sick.

Taking Marcus (Dark Nigh of the Soul) from victim to survivor in his long journey helped me, the woman who survived the brain tumor she thought would take, if not her life, her ability to be who she wanted to be. Instead it gave me the strength to be the person I always wanted to be. We, all of us, are stronger than the challenges we have faced, the challenges still to come.

Bringing the courage, strength and wisdom of the youths we so often speak ill of is what I put into my Sister World Series. Too often we send or young to war, but ignore what they’re trying to tell us. There is much to learn in the listening.

With love in their hearts, my parents gave up much of their lives to give me and my sister the life they thought we deserved, not knowing that what we needed and wanted was them. It is the not hearing that is the catalyst for The Arrival. The listening, learning and trusting brings about the silent war for our world, our Fight for Earth. The final testimony is the trust now placed where it is best served that brings us back to Terah.

If you haven’t read the books, please do. They’re available in every format. If you have, please post a review.