Hello. I am the author of the Historical Fiction novel called Mamie Garrison. It is a tale of slavery, abolition, romance and history, set in the years just prior to the Civil War. It is available on Kindle for .99 and also in paperback.
Mamie Garrison has a dual storyline. The present day story involves Bella and Andrew finding Mamie's journals. Their story includes romance and paranormal aspects. Mamie's story follows her adventures as an abolitionist through her journals. There are some mysteries as well as an unusual background in Mamie's life.
I have completed book two in my series. Colin Garrison, Book 2 of The Garrisons is available at Amazon.com/dp/B0759MYN81. Please see my Colin Garrison page under the menu option for a small sample of this new book.
I am 60 and married with one adult child and one grandchild.
I have always enjoyed the written word and have been a voracious reader from my early youth.
I am inspired by many authors in the historical fiction genre. I am also a lover of Russian literature, particularly Tolstoy and Doestoyefsky. I find great inspiration for creating characters by looking at the ones these two authors have created. There is such a depth to them.
I have written for most of my life in one form or another. I have dabbled in poetry and songwriting, and have more started novels than finished ones.
In my free time, I like reading, history and travel. I am interested in genealogy and working on my family tree.
I live in the Midwest United States with my husband, Chris and my dog, Max.
Ah yes, trust me, has happened to me several times.. and I feel the loss acutely.. sometimes I wake up and scribble it down.. but when I wake up in the morning, I just can’t make sense of it 😦
Weird..
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Same here
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🙂
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Actually, some weirdo once told me that I could leverage it by self-hypnosis or auto-writing or some such hocus pocus.. I winced.. and I must have been quite audible..
But who knows, hypnosis might work, hahaha..too well!!!!! And worst of all, what if you are caught shouting at your wife/husband father/mother – things that you don’t want to write about in a hundred years.. and worse, your deepest secrets hahaha.. and then to wake up in the morning and then see my wife looking at me with narrowed eyes “Ah so, this is how you plan to get rid of me”… does not bear thinking… No, thank you.. I might lose out on writing the “world’s best novel”… but I don’t want these complications hahaha
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No, that’s a disaster waiting to happen. Lol
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The dreams that I have that are vivid enough to be good stories usually come towards the end of my sleep cycle so I can force myself to get out of bed and start working on them. I look and feel like soggy toast for the rest of the day but it’s totally worth it :).
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It is the same for me. In the end, the only way I have managed to capture the energy of an idea is just to get up, regardless of the hour, and write it down, By morning, even if I remember the outline of the story, the magic has somehow gone. Many of my posts were written at the most ridiculous times!
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I have gotten up once or twice to write something down. I seem to have a hard time getting out of bed in the middle of the night. Lol
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