Mother Memories

    Lade's life is on a standstill - anticipating whether or not you're going to die today can do that for you - and hearing one voice takes her into a trance. She remembers all the times her mother, Jean, subtly said her daughter was ugly; that she was ashamed to have a daughter that "looks like that." And it hurts. As Lade goes through these memories, her willingness to live begins to slide... Why should she survive if her mother can't even live with her - all because of her hair and eyes?

    I'm smiling as I make these memories. "Why?" you ask, well, your readers have to connect with your characters. There has to be some children who have thought that their parent's aren't proud of them. This is what Lade is feeling almost all the time. Because of Hitler's law (any blonde blue-eyed person or any person aiding this individual is to be executed to avoid rebellion) her mother begged to have Lade's hair dyed; to have optical surgery; anything to change her daughter's looks ... only because Jean is afraid of what Hitler would do to Jean.

   

It's Annoying, Let Me Tell Ya

   It's annoying when you get three chapters done, and you're feeling so good about it - then wham. You go blank. You have no ideas. No idea how to keep going. No way to start some new conflict (or how to resolve the earlier one). 

   You want to bring in new characters, but you know you have to get some more information to the readers before you just plop them in. It's annoying when you know you have a few chapters before you can introduce your new idea - or you have an awesome ending to use but you have no idea how to get from point A to B then to C. Agh!

    Oh well... back to the storming boards.

This picture is me right now: I'm Tom. And what I want is just out of reach, almost like it's laughing in my face ... =)

50th Page Anniversary

    Yes! I got to 50. It's been a  long time since I got to fifty pages in any story. It's kind of when you figure out it's something worth doing; since I got to 50, I'll stick with it. Well, even though my chapters are all almost a two pages long, it's coming along nicely. Haha! I got a little bit bored...

    I'm not too sure about the brown, but here's another idea :)

    So... 16 chapters, 50 pages. I'm having a great day!

A new "How-to" book!

So for my birthday, I got a book on "How to Write a Novel" from my uncle. He's a great support to me and my writing. Thanks Cody! Let's hope I can understand the language ;) Hahaha