I was writing the last book in my Chess Club series, Queen, when Hurricane Helene hit. I live in Burnsville, Yancey County, NC - and we were one of the hardest hit areas. Nearly ten months later, we're still digging out.
For about three months after the storm, I couldn't get the words to happen. It wasn't until I put in a bit where a character was remembering the storm from when she was a child that it all started to really flow once more.
Honoring what came before and what is going on around us? That's how to get through it.
I was writing the last book in my Chess Club series, Queen, when Hurricane Helene hit. I live in Burnsville, Yancey County, NC - and we were one of the hardest hit areas. Nearly ten months later, we're still digging out.
For about three months after the storm, I couldn't get the words to happen. It wasn't until I put in a bit where a character was remembering the storm from when she was a child that it all started to really flow once more.
Honoring what came before and what is going on around us? That's how to get through it.
You honored MJ - and yourself. Congrats.
Thanks so much for sharing that TK. You are so right and said it beautifully!