61 page views I wonder if all that is from me, oh well, got to be true to myself.
Yesterday I was watching a mexican tv series, it was the finale episode, and I watched with rapt attention as the plot reached its climax, and the script writers brought a somewhat end to each character and their relationships with each other, and it that moment I felt what every writer feels when a book is finished, i felt nostalgic.
I began to reminisce on certain parts of the characters lives, and began to wonder where they will be now, will Alex and Maria have more children? How many? Will Victoria miss Bruno her son who died a horrible death, will she and Fernando get married despite the massive age gap? I began to miss them, and I very well knew those who wrote them into being will miss them too.
It happens to me every time I write, i converse with this people who live on paper and in my head, they trust me with their lives, and the challenges I let them face, and most times it ends well for them and then their on their own, they carry on living in an adjacent world and I miss our conversations as I day dream about what they are doing right now.
Who am I.
I am a writer, in my heart, my soul, my fingers itch to hold a pen or get on a keyboard and click, click, click away, my mind conjures up images, characters, story-line ideas daily, even though some may not be that awesome, still, I am a writer.
I write to express myself and my view of the world, I write to discover myself, I write because I feel so compelled to.
As I watched that final episode, it stirred something in me, the need to create again, I needed to write again. as one author said, it may not be a book for everybody, but have someone or people close to you who you will know it will speak to, but above all 'be true to what you know, what you love.' sometimes I wish i had other gifts, talents, interests, like dancing or baking, or sowing but I do not know how to work any of these things; and that does not make me less because there are people who wish they could create images, story-lines, and grab people's attention after an opening line.
But i am still learning, and trusting God to help me hone my craft.
One day I will see my novels on shelfs, I will be invited to give talks to schools, women, I will have book launches, people will tell me how my book inspired them....
