It's been so long since I posted anything on here. Reasons? When you lose a child, even if he is twenty-five, it does something to you. Not to harp on about it, but it does. It throws you to the winds and you only come back slowly.
I haven't written in so long and then a couple of friends who will remain anonymous, said, what happened to that story about....? And I thought about it for several days and then i began writing.
My previous novels, while they held promise, were never quite 'good enough' even in my own mind, so I thought. Do better, woman. And so i took apart 'Crystal Gate' and started again. Of course it was hard, to get back into that frame. To remember simple grammar and to not tell but show. I always write from the heart, but it doesn't always make sense to readers, and I wanted it to.
So now, after much soul searching and whining (at myself) I have come to the final edit. That scares me, because I never think anything is good enough even when I preach mantras at myself. However, I do think this is good. Not perfect yet, but damned close. Hold this space.