My Wall
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
There’s a question people like to ask: Did you always want to be a writer? And my answer: No, I had no idea – This is true however when I look back at my life, there were signs that I was meant to be not just a writer but a romance writer. I can trace the first sign to MY WALL. I had a twin size bed and a dresser beside it where I kept my alarm clock. But the side of the dresser was my personal secret wall. I’d put pictures of hot guys on my wall. Was this normal? I assume it was. What probably wasn’t typical of everyone was that when I’d lay in bed and try to fall asleep, I’d put myself in the most ridiculous, convoluted situations with these hot guys. They’d save me from the jungle (OK so I wasn’t up on being the kickass heroine yet, but I got there eventually) and I’d add and remove guys from the wall depending on my mood and who I was in love with at the time. Now before you send out the guys with the white jackets to come for me, bear in mind this was really no different than my locker in high school: plastered with pictures of Robert Scorpio from General Hospital or Rick Springfield. Who knew they’d come back? Who knew I’d NOW fall for Rick Springfield’s TV son Patrick Jason Thomspon . . . but I digress. Back to THE WALL. Years later, I became a romance writer and posted up hot guys for inspiration.
For awhile, I stopped posting pictures but I’ve started again and what do you know? My story is flowing. Coincidence? I think not.
Sitting in my recliner, laptop on my lap, this is the current view of THE WALL. (Yes, married and mother of two and all, I still post pics of my hot guys for inspiration. It doesn’t mean that these are the heroes in my current story, it means that they are MY current heroes. And none of these will surprise you if you’re a plotmonkey visitor who knows my weaknesses.)
Drumroll please . . .
(Can you see who my guys are?)
Anyway, this got me wondering: 1. did you have a wall? (a wall of hotties?); 2. did you make up stories with your guys? and 3. do you all think I’ve lost my mind with this blog?
