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Spider: We all need hobbies

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Every now and then we need to stop and smell the roses and step back from our writing. One way for me is to take pictures. This was taken at a small park in town. I love the fact I got it when the spider was spinning its web. This is just icing on the cake.

It took me a bit of time to take this photo. I had to make sure I did not disturb the little worker as she worked her magic as she went round and round. This shot was taken as daylight was falling. This photo also gives me memories of the trip to the park and the fun I had with others as we snapped away. I have many hobbies to occupy my mind, this is just one of them.

I hope the rest of you have hobbies that help you get away. Even if it is just your back yard.

My Writing Genre

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My first book to come out is a children’s chapter book. Yet I don’t consider myself a children’s author but more along the lines of an author who wrote a children’s book. When I look at my other manuscripts that need to be revised and edited only one fits this genre. Though it had no choice since it’s volume two to the book that came out in September of this year.

People from my writing groups, those I know online and in real life are putting me in that genre specifically. Not only that but they will correct me if I disagree with the label. If my first book to come out had been about a new world in space would I be considered a sci- fi writer? This world loves to label things, whether those things are materialistic or human. We do it as well to others and ourselves. The range of genre that I write in if you go through my manuscripts are as follows just to name a few:

-A futuristic world where the way we know it no longer exists.

-An action adventure story that involves criminals and a hint of the mob.

-A true story about my battle with my backyard squirrels.

-A true story about racism among college students in the South.

I have a multitude of short stories that range from mystery, animals to paranormal. I don’t stay inside the box when it comes to my writing. They say write on what you know. Whether that is an idea that expanded into a short story and then moved on to a novelette or novella. In my case full novels. I write on what I enjoy, what comes to mind and things that I come across in real life.

I am not just a color in a box of crayons. I am the whole rainbow and then some.

An Interview

 

 

clip-art-interviewing-978774The lovely Sofia Diana Gabel interviewed me recently. I am appreciative for this chance to share my thoughts when it comes to my book and writing. It is a great opportunity to showcase a bit of me. Thank you so much Sofia.

 Here is the link to her site.

http://approachablefiction.blogspot.com/2013/10/im-honored-to-have-todays-interview.html