"A Heart of Steel"

Good Morning Friends;

     I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving! 

     Wow, and Christmas is just around the corner and all the craziness in preparations for the wonderful day fills our days and before you know it, it's here. 

     My hopes will be for everyone to keep the reason for the season a priority over the next couple of weeks.  Love always and Forgive quickly. 

     So, I promised everyone I would introduce the characters of my Novel in my next blog. 

     "A Heart of Steel" - A woman's fictional love story.

     It is set in the small town of Valley, Alabama. Valley sits majestically overlooking the mighty banks of the Chattahoochee River and is the dividing line on the west side of Georgia just north of Columbus and the east side of Alabama, just off I-85, halfway between Atlanta and Montgomery.

     It's a quaint little town and the home for our main character, Shelby Harrelson. The plot will cover her journey throughout her life from the late 60's and forward. While most love stories represents one love, "A Heart of Steel" will portray two love stories enveloped into one. 

    The other main characters are Jack Emerson, Richard Porter and Casey Porter. More about them later. 

    I had the privilege of spending time in Valley the Monday after Thanksgiving. Where Jose from the Village Coffee Shop, took time out of her busy schedule to show us around and she introduced us to several people.  They all had their own precious stories to tell of Valley as they were growing up and were so wonderful to share them with me.

     Armed with this new knowledge, it gave me a sense of living there myself and I hope to capture the readers hearts to feel the same.    

    Okay, so here is the beginning. Unfortunately, slower than I anticipated, my editor is having to teach me English 100 all over again.  ugh...I hated English in high school, but she assures me she will help me along the way.  Oh, and I still hate English.  I guess this will force me to learn even in my old age.

     The beach is very inspiring for me and as much as I would like to get out more and explore, I'm many times locked up in the cottage.  It's cold and raining at times, so that helps with keeping me on track.

     Until next time (somewhere between editing chapters) I hope you have a blessed day and remember be creative everyday in some special way.

Hugs

Kathy

    


    

Good morning friends. 

I hope this finds everyone well. 

It has been a while since my last blog. Life as you all know seems to control much of our time and efforts. Leaving no time for us to do the things we enjoy or want to do. 

For many of you, you may not be aware, about six months ago, I made a commitment to start checking off my bucket list.  I hope you have one too. (if not it is a must for everyone and we will talk about it, a little later)

The first on my list was to finish a novel, I had started a few years ago. Me writing a novel, now that's different.  But, yes, I've always written little short stories, and poems for family and friends, but never written on this scale. I have many journals tucked away in boxes and absolutely love it now going back and reading some of the things I wrote about. 

Anyway, so where is a new writer to begin?  Prayer, let me be perfectly clear here!  Yes, lots of prayers. Wow, only to have those prayers answered a little quicker than I anticipated, so be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.  But, hey they were clear to me. 

So here it is mid November 2014 and I sit in a tiny little two room shabby chic cottage on Tybee Island, just off the coast of Savannah, Ga.  Returning to the Island some 47 years after living here just 3 blocks away as a little girl at the age of ten. Now returning to write a novel. 

I just can't describe in words, this picture perfect little place, home away from home, for the next couple of months, as my voice transforms into words, and a very a inspiring little place to write. 

With so many things to share with everyone, I hope you will join my blog as we take this journey over the next couple of months, I hope to share with you, not only writing the next chapter in my book, but also living the next chapter in my Life. 

I'll try to give you a glimpse each day into the ever evolving novel  as I progress through it.  On my next blog, I'll introduce you to the title of the book and the characters, so stay tuned.  I would love all your comments. 

Have a wonderful blessed day, and remember be creative in some special way today. 

Hugs

Kathy