Abby Gordon's Blog
October 24, 2019
Inner voices know best
I seriously think some instinct is guiding my stories. In my outline for The Order of the Rose- which starts in the mid 1500s and stretches to modern day- I have a stronghold of the Sons of Scion in what is northern modern Germany. I’m watching a series on AHC - turns out that in the same area, Hitler had a cult type castle.
Love in the Shadows- for what will be #3, story takes place in Paris and Afghanistan- story came first. When I go to check things - terrain, weather and a host of little things- all were right.
The partial MC story? Bits and pieces were right- thanks, Kathleen! 😘 plus, yep, it has an outline growing - and I was skeptical about the weather this time of year. On target.
Now, I don’t usually do that. I spent days researching and planning out Order of the Rose to get dates and timing right. I can’t have them going from London to York in one day. Or Griffin going from England to Bayonne in two days. (His trip takes a week with a strong wind).
But when stuff like this happens in more than one series, sometimes I just take a deep breath and listen to the voices in my head.
Love in the Shadows- for what will be #3, story takes place in Paris and Afghanistan- story came first. When I go to check things - terrain, weather and a host of little things- all were right.
The partial MC story? Bits and pieces were right- thanks, Kathleen! 😘 plus, yep, it has an outline growing - and I was skeptical about the weather this time of year. On target.
Now, I don’t usually do that. I spent days researching and planning out Order of the Rose to get dates and timing right. I can’t have them going from London to York in one day. Or Griffin going from England to Bayonne in two days. (His trip takes a week with a strong wind).
But when stuff like this happens in more than one series, sometimes I just take a deep breath and listen to the voices in my head.
October 17, 2019
One Word
Ever feel like things just constantly seem to fall apart no matter what you do? I've been going through a lot of that lately. For several years it seemed as if life just wanted to batter at me from all directions. Until I finally said 'enough. I've had it.' I've had a dream about writing. I've talked about it all my life. I've dipped my toe into doing it. Well, let's rephrase that - I've always been a writer. Getting published? That was the tricky part. The hardest part of that was getting the courage to submit anything. But at some point the past few years, I simply decided to stop living for everyone else, to stop living on everyone else's terms and start living by mine. I know - pretty basic stuff, right? But how many of us really do live on our terms? Doing what we love, what drives us, the style we want, not what everyone tells us is 'right'?
When I said that one simple word - ENOUGH - things slowly started changing. Slowly started coming together. I'm not saying everything is smooth sailing - not even close! :) BUT - I started pulling together what I needed and wanted. Living my life. Standing up for myself. I started to truly push to get my stories out and now - things are coming together in ways I never would have dared believe possible 5 years ago.
And all it took was one word.
When I said that one simple word - ENOUGH - things slowly started changing. Slowly started coming together. I'm not saying everything is smooth sailing - not even close! :) BUT - I started pulling together what I needed and wanted. Living my life. Standing up for myself. I started to truly push to get my stories out and now - things are coming together in ways I never would have dared believe possible 5 years ago.
And all it took was one word.
