It’s been a while since I last blogged. My apologies for that, but what with the publication of Not My Daughter and the promotional work it entailed, I’ve been distracted. I also felt you’d heard enough from me in the days leading up to January 5 and deserved a break.
But I’m back — back writing, actually, because I spent the imaginative pre-dawn hours of December and January plotting my next book. It’s an idea that came to me last June, on the very day I sent Not My Daughter off to my publisher. Lots of other plot possibilities came and went during the summer, which is typically my time for new ideas, but this one wouldn’t let go.
You guys helped cement it. Those of you who visit me on Facebook will remember how, in late September, I posed a question: If you were to escape, just disappear one day, where would you go?
The question unleashed a torrent of replies in a matter of hours. Apparently, it wasn’t just me, wanting to ditch my worries for a time. Clearly, I had touched a chord. I would almost believe that escaping certain parts of our lives is every woman’s greatest fantasy.
And so Escape! was born. I’ve just written the opening scene in which my protagonist is preparing to walk away from a life she suddenly realizes is very, very wrong. Three things happen to push her over the edge – two relating to work, one to her marriage.
What one thing would do it for you?
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How ironic! I lived this. I “escaped” in 1992 and started a new life-personally and professionally…it took years to get over it, but I made it…I can’t wait to read this.
As to “hearing enough from you”—never possible. My stress relief is reading B. Delinsky…
What pushed me over the edge? Watching my dear, wonderful mother die of breast/bone/you name it…cancer at the age of 60…in 90 days…that did it for me.
What did it for me was living an abusive childhood… I walked out on my family at the age of 15, and it made all the difference. My mother and I are still close, but I’ve created my own “new” family.
And ditto Brenda — “hearing enough from you”… HA! You’re so funny, Barbara!!!
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Now this is a book I CAN’T WAIT FOR! “ESCAPE” is an intriguing title and I predict an immediate BEST-SELLER here! Could you possibly get it done for “summer” beach reading? (LOL-don’t mean to rush you!) I could write a book myself about this topic! Instead, I will try to “bloom where I am now planted” and enjoy making “Preemie” blankets. Thanks so much for the pattern…will mail these to you as soon as I finish two of them. Terrific idea on your part and FUN to make. You are a remarkable person and certainly “BLOOMING” where you are planted…and at the same time inspiring others. Many thanks for your inspiration.
Wish I had been on Facebook when you posed that question. In my mind I escape now and then for a few minutes. Caregiver for a Stroke Survivor husband, I escape to maintain sanity. Looking forward to the book Never get tired of reading BD books. They capture me from the first page. Keep ‘em coming!