Don’t waste your time always searching for
those wasted years
Face up … make your stand
And realise you’re living in the golden years
—Wasted Years, Iron Maiden
It was absolutely gorgeous this weekend—mid seventies, cloudless skies, and a gentle breeze.
I am in California.
This is only a short update this week, just to let everyone know that as of Saturday, I have a new writing partner! She’s young and feisty, incredibly friendly, and already settling in well to her new role. She has a great vocabulary, and is never shy to voice her opinion. Favorite things include food and naps, and loves to show her affection.
I am proud to introduce to you all: Pianetta!
P.S. She isn’t named for the Italian word for ‘planet’. It’s actually a reference to her coloring—we thought she looked like a little piano: Pian-etta.
Love is a underlying theme in much of my writing. Erâth, the fictional world of my novels, is a world long-bereft of love, and so it is all the more potent when our main characters feel it for the first time—having never known of its existence. Love is, I think, an underrated quality in our lives today; something too freely and carelessly thrown about, without regard for the deeper meanings behind it. We fail to recognize true love, we confuse it with lust, we think it will solve all our problems … when I believe the truth of love is deeper and more powerful than all of that.
Satis Writes 