Branded Sanctuary (45 page)
As he took her toward the surface, their bodies still intertwined, she realized it was so simple. While the way they felt, what they needed, might be complex and unique, love was the common denominator between them. Whatever he needed, that was what she wanted to be for him. She wanted to take care of him as much as he wanted to care for her.
She looked forward to the adventure. The joyous pleasure of it, of a life together. Of life itself.
About the Author
I‟ve always avoided interviews of favorite personalities because so often the person doesn‟t measure up to the beauty of the art they produce. Their politics are distasteful, or they‟re shallow and self-absorbed, a vacuous mophead without a lick of sense. From then on, though I may appreciate their craft, it has somehow been tarnished. Therefore, when I‟m asked to provide personal info for readers, a ball of anxiety forms in my stomach as I think: “Okay, my next words may forever change the way someone views my stories.” Why does a reader want to know about me? It‟s the story that‟s important.
So here it is. I‟ve been given more blessings in my life than any one person has a right to have. Despite that, I‟m a Type A, OCD phobic paranoiac who worries I‟ll never live up to expectations. I don‟t like talking on the phone, I dread social commitments.
Living in monastic solitude with my husband and animals, books and writing, is my idea of paradise. I love chocolate, but with that irrational female belief that weight equals worth, I keep it to a minor addiction. I adore good movies. I‟m told I work too much. Every day is spent trying to get through the never-ending “to do” list to snatch a few minutes to write.
Despite all these mediocre and typical qualities, for some miraculous reason, these wonderful characters well up out of my soul with stories to tell. When I find that precious “stillness”, which calms all the competing voices in my head, I can step into their lives, hear what they are saying, what they‟re feeling, and put it down on paper.
It‟s a magic beyond description, akin to believing my husband loves me, winning the trust of an abused animal, making a true connection with someone or knowing I‟ve given a reader something special through those written words. It‟s a magic that reassures me there is Someone, far wiser than myself, who knows the permanent path to that garden of stillness, where there is only love, acceptance and a pen waiting for hours and hours of uninterrupted, blissful use.
If only I could finish that darned “to do” list.
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