Darkness Within

I am so excited for this new book.  I began writing it about a year ago, at the same time writing another novel that kind of lost my interest.

I got started by thinking about having someone leaving creepy notes for another person to find, and a story was born.  It has really changed direction on me a lot, and I really had a hard time figuring out how I was going to end it, until I got to writing the ending.  Then it just came to me, and I am very satisfied with the ending, for now.

I am in the process of editing, which at times is easy and fun and other times frustrating and makes me want to walk away.  My writing tends to flow so well that it is hard to interrupt it to add new scenes are change things.

I really look forward to when it is complete!

On Retweets for Revenge Unknown

So I never cared much about Twitter...actually thought it was pretty dumb for a long time.  I just didn't see the point.  I opened up two Twitter accounts to try to 'social network' but I had no idea what to Tweet about.

Then I got my book published and I wanted to promote it so I wouldn't have to pay a publisher to do it for me.  So I tried again, and this time Twitter has become my friend.  Now that I know what to Tweet, it doesn't seem so pointless.

In fact, I find it's a great way to get knowledge of my book out to people.  I have only just begun, about 2 weeks into it, and already I have almost 200 followers.

The most exciting part is when people retweet my postings.  Then, not only am I reaching my followers, but I'm reaching all of their followers!  Each retweet gives me a thrill because it means that someone has taken the time to read my tweet and found it worthy of sharing.  I do my best to return the kindness, finding interesting tweets to share with others.

To all of those who do me the curtisy of retweeting my posts, I thank you greatly and will do my best to return the favor!

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Why Multiple Personalities- Excerpt from Revenge Unknown

When I was a little girl, I dreamed of being a doctor.  Hwne I got older I lost interest in that field and was unsure what to do with my life.
Although I have laways loved writing and made up stories all the time, I did not believe I could make a living from writing.
Then a friend of mine was diagnosed with a serious mental disorder that I had never heard of.  So I looked it up and was introduced into the fascinating world of mental health and illness.  It was then I discovered my love for psychology.
Since then I have completed my associate's in psychology and am working on a BS in social work.  As excited I am to work in the field of psychology, I have discovered another place for what I have learned, the world of fiction.
In writing fiction, I find my characters are limitless.  I can explore mental illnesses from both the sufferer's and the counselor's perspectives.  This makes for a very dramatic story, the most fun to read!

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Where 'Revenge Unknown' came from

Six years ago, I went through the hardest thing I hope to ever go through in my life.  It was a time of turmoil and betrayal.  Those I turned to for help abandoned me, let me down, turned on me.  I felt cheated and abused by life and hated any song or story that had a happy ending.  My story was not ending happily and I resented how every sad story seemed to end with some form of happy.  I was angry at a good many people and at the world.  So I wrote.
I wrote in my journal, but after a time writing about my life was depressing.  So I turned to fiction.  If I could not have justice in real life, I would take revenge in fantasy.  I began writing gruesome scenes that were filled with violence and rage.   And I felt better.  The scenes we're so raw and so powerful, I had to create a story around them.
At first it was broken and filled with random scenes. The first draft was crude, although amazingly brilliant in my eyes.  Then life took me away and I put my story away.
It took six years to create, finish, revise and edit my story.  As I embark on this journey towards publishing, I often think back on those first days of writing.  Filled with hated, rage, and anguish, I sat in a booth of the restaurant I worked at, writing horror in a pale blue miniture notebook, scribbling so fast that some parts are almost illegible.  I still have that notebook, and every piece of paper I scratched pieces of my art on.
I love my book.  I have read it so many times that I find myself sick of the story, only to want to dive back in yet again.  For every person who reads it I get a thrill.  So please, dive into my story filled with twists and horror and hope and pain.

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