One day I'll share the circumstances in which I wrote DEADLY SPLENDOR, but for now I'd like to tell you about the threads woven through the story. Threads spun from my heart.
On the five acres I lived while writing this story were great evergreens. Some were clustered throughout the property and some were along the tree line of the forest beyond the fence. But one in particular caused me to write a story in which the folkloric females of Norse mythology, the Huldra, hid. In DEADLY SPLENDOR, my characters (who descended from these folkloric women) have the ability to change their skin to the color of bark. To hide high among its branches, completely concealed. I wish I had a picture of this gorgeous tree to show you, but so far pictures haven't done it justice. It sits by itself, completely dwarfing the very large nearby evergreens. And I can't seem to get far enough away from it to fit the whole tree into my camera lens. I do have one picture, though, of the forest's tree line a few winters ago.
Also, in DEADLY SPLENDOR you'll see rare plants used for healing and for hurting. You'll see dabs of history hailing the women who practiced holistic medicine in the days of the European Inquisitions. You'll almost feel the seaweed of the Puget Sound, and practically brush your legs along flailing ferns in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
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I guess what I'm trying to say is, even in my fiction nature has a very important place in my heart.
What about you? What do you find yourself drawn to? Wanting to read or write about?
I love trees. There's just something about them I love. I lived in the country, surrounded by trees and an awesome creek my brother and I could explore. It was so beautiful. Now I live in the 'city' and I just really miss trees! I love the pictures! So excited to read DEADLY SPLENDOR!!
ReplyDeleteWow, such pretty pictures! I think it's so cool how you weave nature into your stories like this. I find nature pretty hard to draw, so you won't see much of it in my own projects, haha.
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