It's undecided as to if I will write them under a pen name for the general public and for people in my life who don't read 3M. If I do go with a pen name, I will not release the name here. But, for my 3M-ers, you'll know. :)
Content.....it's said if you want to be successful you do what you know. This is true for the books I hope to publish. I have taken pieces of real events in my life and incorporated them into my stories. Sometimes its a single event that can inspire an entire work of fiction. Sometimes, it's a series of events. Sometimes, a person in my life sparks it.
I have changed names and places and descriptions but if someone sees themselves in one of my stories, that's on you. I am not going to argue if it is or isn't. More than likely, it's not and you are just seeing something in a character that reminds you of yourself.
Case in point, in 2010, I posted a comment on my FB page and the fallout from this comment was wide and vast. The comment was innocuous. I was very frustrated with a situation in my life, the comment had nothing to do with any specific person. I made the comment and within minutes, someone thought I was talking about them. Every part of the comment had **I** statements. "I'm feeling very pressured. I'm very tired of taking the blame for things. I feel completely overwhelmed right now." Those statements did not point blame at anyone yet this person went completely BSC on my FB page. She then blocked me from her page and started calling other people in my life asking if I was talking about her. The emails she sent me were hilarious. Her reaction to my comment and the actions she took afterwards were not. A few weeks later, she called to apologize but the damage by then had been done. Our friendship ended over an assumption.
Another way of looking at it is this way, in one of my books, I write about a "talented rider with fire red hair on a white horse with just as much fire in his belly as she had on the top of her head."
I had 3 riders at my ranch with red hair.....all talented. Two of them rode white geldings (well "gray" if we are being technical) but my best friend is a strawberry blonde and rode a white gelding too. She is also a talented rider. I don't want to see any of these 4 people to think this character is based on them. The truth is, the character is based on a girl I watched riding when I was boarding Jack out in Wentzville and riding trails. I used to sit on a ridge and watch her fight with her gelding while he tried everything in his power to kill her. He was not a white gelding but a jet black one.
I just want everyone to realize that I'm not talking about anyone in particular and maybe, everyone all at the same time.
Finally what some of you have been reading this for.............the books.
I'm still working on titles for a few so for now, I'm going to call them Book #1, #2, etc. I've listed them in the order they were written, not how they will be published (if we get there) and a very short description of each. I'd like to know which ones interest you all so please let me know!!
Book #1: Marigold spends the summer caring for her aging aunt and through a series of small tragedies finds an inner strength she did not know she possessed.
Book #2: A family deals with a malevolent spirit in their new home (this one took a long time to write and actually was finished after book #3)
Book #3: An up and coming young horse trainer finds herself the center of a serial killer investigation after a client is found dead in her arena and another found dead in the stables of a show and the murder weapon is a tool of the trade in the equestrian world.
Book #4: A woman reveals a two year affair through her journal and reflections on it.
For my last book, I'm just going to list the title (at least the one I want) and not the plot.
It's a teaser!!!!
Book #5: "Lily Ungilded"
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