Moving Forward

I’m doing my best to get my books out there. I know they’re good books, but there are many books vying for your attention. I’ve learned that most people I meet want to write and we all have stories to tell, either from our lives or our imagination. I hate saying that means there’s a lot of competition, but if I have to be honest, I must say there’s a lot of competition. So I’ve asked myself what sets a book apart from others. There are only so many things to write about. No matter the place, real or imaginary, the setting or what the struggle is about, what separates books are the characters. It’s always the characters that draw me into a book. I’ve written and frequently rewritten, my people. Unfortunately, I’ve recycled a lot of paper bringing them to life. I won’t call them characters, for they are people. Marcus is someone who’s suffered abuse, many of us do. He’s also known love. Gregor knew abuse but never love. When these men are put together it isn’t just a struggle for their lives, it is the fight of good versus evil, right verses wrong, choosing who they want to be. Those struggles are ones we all face and there will be an emotional connection to their struggle. Their emotional journey, is ours. Kahill, Peter, Becarra, Becky and all the other people who populate my Sister World trilogy are people you’ve seen in the world, those we’re drawn too or those we pull away from. No matter who they are, people you meet in those pages will make you feel something. I want them to bring you into their world, not just have you look through a window, but see through their eyes. I’ll end this post saying that I hope you read my books, but whether you read mine or another’s, I hope you get the emotional journey you deserve.