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Karlyle Tomms
LOL! - Once upon a time there was a ghost. He said, "Booooooooo!
Thank you for the question. I have never actually attempted horror. It is a genre that has never created much appeal for me.
Blessings,
KT
Thank you for the question. I have never actually attempted horror. It is a genre that has never created much appeal for me.
Blessings,
KT
Karlyle Tomms
Right now, I have no reading list. I'm working very hard at finishing my second novel while trying to keep up with social media, doing some renovations on my house and having computer problems .... Lordy! Lordy! Lordy! Maybe I can read something other than what I write when I retire.
Karlyle Tomms
When I was five years old my mother was killed in a mysterious car wreck. It was a single car fatality that occurred on a sunny day with dry pavement. The car ran off the road, and down an embankment in an isolated section of highway that was off the usual path one might have taken. It killed my mother, and her body was so mutilated that it required a closed casket funeral. However, my step-father, who supposedly was driving, walked away with barely a scratch, and stated he had rolled down the embankment in the same vehicle that was completely totaled. It was ruled as an accident by the Missouri State Police who did not do a thorough investigation, but my aunts had always speculated that my step-father had murdered her and staged the accident to cover it. After she died, my step-father took all her possessions and disappeared. I never saw him again, and had only met him one time before that happened.
Someday, I am going to write my own story. I have had friends who have encouraged me to do that for several years now. . Thanks for the question.
Someday, I am going to write my own story. I have had friends who have encouraged me to do that for several years now. . Thanks for the question.
Karlyle Tomms
You know that is something I've never actually thought much about. However, now that you challenge me to think about it, I would have to say it would be the Ethel and Norman Thayer, the couple played by Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda in the film, "On Golden Pond". In particular, I loved the scene in which she reminds him, "You are my night in shining armor." More than anything, I think what I love about this story is that it is a tale of enduring love.
Karlyle Tomms
For my blog posts, I write about something that touches me in some way or something that I think is important to society. It may not be the kind of thing you would see trending on Twitter, but it is something that strikes a chord with me.
For my books, the characters show up, often years before their turn, and they nag me to let them tell their story. I feel them. I hear them in my mind telling me bits and pieces of what is going to happen when they get to tell their story. They talk to me at different times and in different ways. They press me until it becomes their turn.
At the present time the next three stories in the "Soul Encounters" series are taking turns forming in my mind and the characters of all three stories are showing me images of what they want me to see. They are telling me what they want to say, as well as how and why they want to say it.
Rather than finding it difficult to be inspired to write, I find it much more challenging to find the time to write.
For my books, the characters show up, often years before their turn, and they nag me to let them tell their story. I feel them. I hear them in my mind telling me bits and pieces of what is going to happen when they get to tell their story. They talk to me at different times and in different ways. They press me until it becomes their turn.
At the present time the next three stories in the "Soul Encounters" series are taking turns forming in my mind and the characters of all three stories are showing me images of what they want me to see. They are telling me what they want to say, as well as how and why they want to say it.
Rather than finding it difficult to be inspired to write, I find it much more challenging to find the time to write.
Karlyle Tomms
I am in the middle of the second book in the "Soul Encounters" series. A character who shows up in each book becomes the lead character (protagonist) for the next book. The character who will lead the next book is one who impacts the life of the lead character of the current book. The encounter is a brief one and the character may appear in no more than a single chapter. However, the lead character for the next book has a "Soul Encounter" with the lead character of the current book. Their souls connect in some way, a memory is created for both of them, and both of them have their lives changed by the encounter.
Although I have not posted since February 2015, I am also working on the next blog post for my web site, and Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
Although I have not posted since February 2015, I am also working on the next blog post for my web site, and Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
Karlyle Tomms
Write what your heart and your gut tell you.
Karlyle Tomms
As much as I bitch about how "crazy" the English language is, I love words. I love to paint with words, to tell a picture so to speak. I also love when the words speak back to me and tell me things I never thought were in me. I love meaningful words and words that teach human and ultimately spiritual lessons.
Karlyle Tomms
I don't. Either it comes or it doesn't. I don't try to force it. When the muse is ready, the muse will speak.
Karlyle Tomms
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