Nano is apart of me

Well its the actual night before nanowrimo, heart and  stomachs are all a flutter waiting til the stroke of midnight where  we can actually release the story we have so diligently been planning, creating and outlining all month long.  Over at nanowrimo site they have been equally busy making preparations for all of us who will gather there in the month ( and months that follow November. 

My story was originally thought of as just western but now it has turned into a mystery, but after breaking it apart has tuned into a missing persons mystery set in simpler times.  There were no cars, just horses and buggies, women wore long skirts and the  men worked hard on their lands or in the other things that helped make money and the land great. 

Almost like Little House which I so love/ loved watching. 

The working title and may be the actual title when done is Molly's Journey and is about a woman who sets out  to find her twin when she learns she is missing.

I hope you come back for updates

Nanoeve

Yes that is a holiday, should be a national holiday but what do I know.... However  for the countless - and I do mean countless writers out there this is the busiest month of the year. That's because during November millions and millions of people from all over the world get together and write a novel together. As together as you can via the internet.

I am also partaking in this undertaking as well and will be posting snippets of my story here. I wrote this story a few nano's ago and am working to rewrite it and this year finish it.  It is about a young woman who works to help women who are going through or have gone through  marital abuse and have escaped.

On my way back

 It has been 9 months  since I have been compelled to write here, or any where for that matter. But this year is teaching me a lot of things about myself and those things I will be sharing on connecting to the the soul starting tomorrow , but  am also working on a book that  shares  what I have been discovering about myself this year that I didnt expect to learn. it will be called Strength from within. and will be sharing the lives of three different people all dealing with issues and the challenges they have to overcome to recover. Yes it is fiction but using the  real life issues I have faced. 

 So until tomorrow  have a great day.

A Move to New Website

Hello everyone, hope your New Years  Eve was a good and safe one.  I have great news as a New Years goal with the aid of a friend I have created and moved to a new website and blog and here it is. http://in-ventures.com/wp/debrajohnson/  There is still much to do there but here  you can read my blog as well as stay up to the minute with upcoming  books and when they will be available.

This past  year has seen so many changes to my path is a nice fresh start.

I hope you all will come  along to see what new and exciting things are happening in my world   Here's to a wonderful New Year.

Lifes curve balls

Recently I began this blog to share my thoughts on writing and other short pieces. Well recently my husband has been diagnosed with lung cancer, and the blogs and web sites that I have started and found to be the center of my life have taken  a slight back seat.

While I am still writing so I am not hoovering over my husband, the projects I am working on have changed. Marla will still be worked on, however Father God I believe has led me into a new direction with my writing.

The project I will be placing front and center is called "strength from within" and consists of three stories where thru the Almighty power of God the characters within this story find the strength they did not know they had when they began to trust on God.

Psalm 46:1 Message

 "God is a safe place to hide ready to help when we need him."


Regardless of  what happens in my life God is always there to lead me back to his open arms.
 

New Project almost complete

Hello, life can be so funny and so unpredictable sometimes. I'm so sorry this is late getting out. But never fail here is this weeks installment.   Every year I attempt Nanowrimo and while sometimes I can complete the 50,000 words there are years I do not.  My confession is  often times I will add bits and pieces of stories which absolutely make no sense just to reach that goal. I know - that's really bad. 

But this year I attempted to do nano again, but didn't finish this year. However I did learn something- well a few things this year. One it's okay if you don't finish with 50,000 words. After all that's a lot of words, and some just can't do that and that's okay. Two, I am a short story writer, My stories may reach 20,000 total. If I want to create a 50,000 word story I simply add several short stories of the same genre between the covers.  And finally joining several unfinished short stories that never made it to the end by themselves is working this time. 

I have found my voice as they say, I have dug deep enough to find something that is working, and I am loving my story and characters and am really enjoying writing this story.  To me that's what matters. I lost my way for a while, focusing on all the wrong things when I should have been reminding myself I needed to write these stories for me. If I enjoy them as a writer you will ( hopefully) enjoy them as a reader. 

Currently my new project's working title is called Marla and she is very much like me in that she is a writer who is working to find her style, her voice and her passion as a writer, and she has with a story called "The Storm" I am only 3,000 words away from being able to officially call it a short story.  

After it is done, I will let you know when and where you can find it with its blub. 

The Red Chair Chapter 2

Walking into my house with the chair in tow I quickly found a place that was similar to where the chair rested in my grandma’s home. The color matched my decor as if it was meant to go there. After everyone went to bed I was faced to face with the chair and the memories that it evoked. As I stood there facing the chair a smile soon crossed my face as visions of my grandma appeared sitting in the chair.

She looked the same as she did when I last saw her, with short greying curls soft eyes and a smile.  She wore house slippers a blouse she had made and a pair of blue slakes. As I stood there she was looking right at me.  “Well don’t just stand there child come take a seat.” Her arms were outstretched as she waited.

Not knowing what else to do I stepped closer and took a seat at her feet as I did so many times growing up, and the moment I did I was transported back to my childhood.

“It’s been so long since we’ve seen each other, what brings you back now?”

“I’ve been sent to give you a message.”

 “Really? What about?” I drew the footstool closer and waited for her to continue.

“This.” I followed my grandma’s arm as she pointed to the couch.

Before my eyes I saw a woman holding a baby. “That’s you as you started your life.” My grandma continued as the scenes came and went. There were scenes such as parental divorce, some bullying, bad decisions which led to unwanted pregnancies or miscarriages, fear of telling your parents about what’s going on in your life. Even the abuse by boyfriends, and other minor things that brought you here.” Your grandma continued.

“But what does that have to do with the message you have for me now?”

“Because you have been wondering why you are experiencing these things. Because God has great plans for you. Read Jeremiah 29:11 ‘God tells you that he knows the plans he has for you to do good and not harm.’ So just regardless of what happens in your life, God will use it for His glory. When your time comes to help others you will have an idea of what others have been thru and be the one to step in where no one else can.  Just have faith.

 Moments later the image of her grandma vanished and she was again alone in her living room with the thoughts she was left with.

Question for readers. If you would like to see a chapter 3 with stories of how She helps others please leave a comment with your thoughts.