Using what you know to write scenes

As a writer,sometimes it is quite difficult to find the emotions to write certain scenes. most of the time we pull from real life. I know I have several times. but lately while struggling through writing the third installment of The Primigenio Tales, I have discovered that I've had to scratch the surface on some old wounds. fortunately this scratching has yielded the perfect emotions for writing difficult scenes and plotting painful issues between characters. one thing I often rely on is music because it triggers emotions and memories. the other day this song came up on my iPod. 945 songs and this came up and it tore at me. now granted I'm already feeling pretty fragile with things around here but this song kicked me while I was down and the words just poured out while the feeling was fresh. I love this song and for the longest time I thought it had been written for me and my life. fortunately I found it wasn't but it still provided the inspiration to write. it's an old song from way back in the day when I was a young Kappa Delta with a broken heart. and it kept popping back into my life with the source of my heartbreak. :( but now it is just a song that gives me inspiration to write emotionally difficult scenes. have a listen. and enjoy the nod back to 80s fashion.

Hell yeah, it's the Governor Sunday!

Happy Vladurday

Hell yeah, it's the Governor Sunday from Germany

Happy Vladurday!

Hell yeah, it's the Governor Sunday

Happy Vladurday!

Happy Halloween and happy wedding day to me!

today is Halloween which is like Christmas for me. I love it. So much so that today Scott and I are getting married. It just makes sense. So it got me to thinking about the victorian tradition of on Hallloween at the stroke of midnight, if a single girl looked into a mirror the face of her true love would be reflected back. What an awesome tradition. It didn't take me looking in a mirror on Halloween to know I found my true love in Scott.He is the one. We fit and make sense. So that will be my forever Halloween treat. Joining with the love of my life in marriage.

and a great time was had by all

so Scott and I were featured authors at Spooky Empire, a Horror Con held in Orlando each October. it was a great time to meet fans and celebs like Jason "Jay" Mewes (of Silent Bob and Jay fame...Snoogins!). it was also super to sit on panels about writing and talk about writing to other authors and people trying to get published. I was among some fantastic authors like Alicia Sams, Jonathan Maberry and Mitch Hyman, all who write either horror or paranormal fiction. Scott and I love talking to writers who are just getting started or are bestsellers like Maberry. it's incredible to reach out to help frustrated writers who are still in the unpubbed stage. I especially like to do this because even though my second book has been published, I still consider myself a new author and remember the frustration of rejections and the whole deal of creating the most awesome query letter in the universe so it will catch an editor or agent's eye. anyway, we had a great time at Spooky and will definitely be back to do Spooky Mayhem in May and Empire next October to see the friends we made and hopefully make more!

Hell yeah, it's the Governor Sunday

Happy Vladurday from Spooky Empire!

Hell yeah it's the Governor Sunday

Happy Vladurday

Just so you know...

just so you know...Blood Beginnings is available on BN.com and Amazon now! and it's on sale. I think you will really enjoy this installment of Eamon and Amelie and all of his vampire family. as well as the bad vampire I bring in. if you don't want to buy it, enter my giveaway on Goodreads. I'm giving away 3 signed copies to 3 lucky entrants!

the Walkind Dead is BACK!but everyone hates The Governor

yes The Walking Dead is back tonight and I am a bit leery because I don't think they will bring back my favorite character, The Governor, right away. that's right. my favorite character is The Governor, who is played by the very handsome Brit David Morrisey. He is one of the most complex, evil, big bag of crazy character I have seen in a long time. and I love him like a fangirl. if he ever goes to a con, I am so there with my VIP pass first in line to the photo op room. anyway to celebrate my appreciation of The Gov, I'm starting "Hell yeah it's the Governor Sundays" starting today.