I was told recently that I'm not as funny as I think I am. Ouch! Well, I always thought I was at least clever, which begs the question, Why aren't I blogging? I mean, isn't that what writers are supposed to do? I did make a previous attempt to start a blog a little over a year ago, and managed to create one lonely post that attracted zero comments; I'll never know if it even reached anyone. This was back before I published my first book. I had read that it was important to have an "Author Platform" prior to releasing a book. This never made sense to me, especially for a fantasy fiction series, but then, I've learned much in the months since, and one very important thing I've learned is that writers should be doing anything and everything in an effort to connect with readers.
So, in an effort to start connecting, here's the story of how I became a writer. I received the inspiration for my main character, Celestina Silvenfare, on July 3rd, 2008, while driving along the picturesque mountain roads of East Tennessee on the way to Gatlinburg. I remember it so well because I was in the midst of studying a metaphysics course on witchcraft and the ideas for the story began filling my brain so rapidly I had to flip my course reading over and start jotting notes about characters, story ideas, etc., so as not to lose the inspiration. Much of what I wrote during that two-hour car ride made its way into my first novel. I eventually finished the course--from which I gleaned a ton of research for my main character--and I still have the original handwritten notes to cherish forever. I like to refer back to them from time-to-time to reflect on the exact moment my life changed forever: the moment I embarked on a path to becoming a writer.
So hopefully we're starting to connect, you and I. It's a start, anyway.
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