As the first post on my blog I have to say that I am tickled pink right now! My debut novel has just been published and I am getting the opportunity to live my dream. I am working on another project right now. Actually, I'm working on several projects, but trying my best to concentrate on just one.
I want to say a bit about why and how I wrote this book. I began a couple years ago to write an auto-biography of sorts about my childhood. I went through some tough times with an eating disorder and getting trapped in an abusive relationship. I had never told anyone, except my husband, anything about it. So, on the path to writing this sad story I thought I'd warn my mother beforehand. Her response was something like "I don't know why you're writing that when you've got such a great imagination. You should be writing a fantasy book." That made me stop writing that particular story and say "Ya, I should be writing a fantasy." I wondered what type of story I should write and decided that the most fun way to write would be Young Adult Fiction. I thought about what I could write, canceling out vampires and witches, because let's face it, I can't compete there! So, I thought about stories I had heard as a child while I lived in Gallup, New Mexico. There were ghost stories told by my Navajo friends about mysterious and evil beings called "Skin Walkers". It wasn't so much the stories that were frightening as much as the fact that my friends really believed they were true. So, I based my story off of this. There was a particular cave in Gallup near the elementary school I attended known as "Witches Cave" where it was said that the skin walkers hung out. I just had to include that in my story! But, being the hopeless romantic I am, I had to make the story about a couple who tries to overcome adversity and keep together through the supernatural trials they face. But who comes out alive? I hope you'll read my story and find out! (I know, I'm such a tease. lol)
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