Thoughts from a writing mom

Timothy is a bit of a mystery, even to those who know him.   He is quiet and usually only speaks if spoken to.   His voice is deep, but soft.   His facial hair is usually a scruffy mess and he can be seen scratching at his chin and cheek hair as he is thinking.   He has rough, calloused hands and is always wearing work boots and torn jeans. Timothy looks hard on the outside.   His tall stature and dark features attribute to this.   He always looks serious.   His silence is often mistaken for arrogance and behind his back people have called him uptight and hard to read. He works very hard.   Before falling in love with Stacey, the main character in Absolved, his life revolves around work and it consumes him. Stacey gets through to him though.   Her simple beauty and vulnerability attracts Timothy instantly and he feels a great desire to take care of her, to protect her.   He allows himself to fall for her, completely, neve...

Susan is a divorced, middle-aged mother of one adult daughter. She is a devout Catholic.   She doesn’t believe in divorce.   She hates speaking of her divorce.   She is ashamed of being a divorced woman, even though she had no choice in the matter. Her daughter was 12 when her husband left.   One week he was the seemingly perfect husband, coming home after work, eating dinner with the family, playing with their daughter.   She thought of herself as blessed to have married such a wonderful man.   She occasionally had a sinking feeling of doubt about his fidelity, as sometimes there were unexplainable absences.   But she ignored them.   Her denial was so great she happily looked the other way, until she couldn’t anymore.   He left her for his mistress, moved out of state, and completely exited the life of Susan and of their daughter, Stacey. Stacey was the child that Susan had prayed for every day for years.   She was a miracle b...

I haven’t been around lately. I haven’t blogged, haven’t tweeted, and haven’t been updating my facebook author page.   I’ve worked some on the second book, but not as much as I would have liked.   It most definitely isn’t because I don’t want to.   I do.   I really, really do. The truth is that I’ve been too tired.   Yes, I’m always tired.   I joke about it but it’s a reality.   Having even one child to chase all day will make you tired and I have four.   Being pregnant will make you tired.   I’m chasing four kids and am pregnant.   Add tired to tired and that is how I feel right now.   I can usually do alright, and work through the tired. (Because I truly WANT all of these things that make me tired!) But lately my husband has been working a ton of overtime so I have less help because he is away.   It is absolutely not my intent to complain about his working so much.   The man actually makes me want to do a bette...