I'm a traditionally and self published author. I write in the genre of children and YA at the moment but working my way up to adults.
I'm a sports loving, photo taking gal who loves to sing/dance to my own enjoyment. I love to laugh even at myself. I am also owned by 8 birds and 2 hamsters, and yes they know it. :)
For Christmas I purchased a camera for my husband that he had mentioned he wanted. When my husband started playing with it, we saw the flash was green and not the regular red of our other cameras. This particular picture seen here is where my husband took a picture of Jasper with the flash on. The green flash illuminated his entire body making my parrot look down at his chest with a “What the hell people?” kind of look. While it does look like he is asleep, he is not. Jasper is just trying to figure out where this green spotlight is coming from. Fortunately my husband figured out how to turn the green off so my poor bird won’t be in a constant state of “What the heck?” mode.
My husband and I are photographers. He is pretty good at it, I am getting there. This past Saturday I suggested we go down town to take some morning shots. It would be a great way to get some more practice and also to spend some time together. With both of us being busy we don’t always have quality time as a couple and I’m finding that grabbing our cameras and heading out has been good for us. We enjoyed it so much that he suggested we go back and take some night shots in the same spot. WINNING!
Above is one of my favorite shots that I took though explaining why I can not. Clicking on the image will give you the full view. Thankfully we have enough pawn shops in the area that our love for cameras and accessories can be funded that way and not at full retail.
It was a great day to get out, the weather was in our favor, great photos were taken by both of us and bottom line, I got to spend time with my husband.
Every writer tries to get the right hook for their book or short stories. This author nailed it on the first page. Pages fly as you want to know what happens on the other side. Getting this important part of the puzzle in writing a novel is not easy.
The main character of the story is Annie who is experiencing a post apocalyptic world. Just like the one we read and hear about in books and movies. It starts off with Annie making her way out into the chaos, destruction and ruins of her area while trying to find food for her hungry children. While it is dangerous to be out in the open her kids are starving and will die if food is not found.
The story was a quick read but in it the author managed to give out imagery that we could imagine in our head rather vividly. We felt Annie’s pain, frustration heartache as it fell of the page.
Only one complaint, I wanted to read more about Annie and was not ready for it to end when it did. But in hindsight it did finish at the right spot of the story.
Sharon C. Williams-Author 