Now that's pressure...
The first blog on my very own website. Wow. Now that's pressure. Let's start this venture with a little bit about me and a little about what to expect here.
First and foremost - I am not an expert. My family will laugh at that sentence. They'd say that I try to make myself sound like one. Trust me, it's mostly bluster. OK, maybe it's not. I do know a lot about a lot of different subjects. That happens when you work in many different fields, or when you're addicted to research, reading the news, and generally observing the world around you. But I'm not an expert in any one thing, except maybe my worlds.
The beautiful thing about being a writer is that you get to live in other people's heads and in their worlds for a time. Take my story "The Djinn Joint" from "Dirty Magick: Los Angeles" for example. I got to me this really cool Djinn. She's bi-racial (blue and green djinn) which is so unique. Djinn, you see, don't mix. They also don't fall in love like her parents did. I like her, and her world, so much that I want to write something else for her. In fact, I can't wait to get back to her world soon.
Then there's Sara from "NOLA Bound". She's running from her family and they keep reeling her back in. She tried running all the way to LA, cutting them from her life, everything she could think to do. And yet, she gets pulled back in with one simple message delivered during a meeting. Her grandmother, the devil she's been running from, is dying. Boy was she frustrated, mad, angry - and she made sure I knew.
I love getting to know these characters, these people. It's why I write. It's why I will always write. Hopefully this blog will allow you to get to know a little bit about me, my process, and my no longer invisible friends. Hopefully they'll become your friends, too.
Welcome to my worlds. I hope you like it here.
