I live in Louisiana with my wonderful and understanding
husband, Shawn, our three cats and two dogs. We live with our heads in the clouds and our
noses in books. Some of our favorite authors are: J.R.R. Tolken, Madeleine L'Engle, George MacDonald, C. S. Lewis, and many more
wonderful writers.
I spend a lot of my time jotting down different story ideas
throughout a day. I mean really unusual things and by the end of a week I have
my hands full trying to piece together my thoughts of lunacy into something
tangible, and funnily enough it works. I do run across the stories that only go
for a few pages before I move onto something else with more promise, but I
never truly forget about something.
Sometimes writing will eat at me and I have been kept up
late with an idea or even begin remembering a poem that I chant nonstop with
vivid story ideas until I put pen to paper, and yes, I still use the occasional
pen and paper. There are times you can’t bring your favorite laptop with you,
such as, out for a picnic or a nice long walk. No matter how hard you try, or
how long the electrical cord is, it just won’t work.
So I make do with what I have until I can finally turn on my
laptop and begin weaving together creative ideas like all writers. There is
much trial and error, some days I am truly inspired and cannot write fast enough
and other I find myself hesitating to write a word worried about my own outcome
and struggling with endings because it’s like I’m saying goodbye to my
characters, but I guess I can always just write a second story.
My day normally ends when my eyes can no longer stay open or
when my husband reminds me that normal people go to bed at a sensible time, but
he knew that I wasn’t normal when he married me.
-Brenda Franklin
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