DAY 26, MARCH 26, 2024, WRITING
Good Morning, Everyone,
I am a writer, and becoming aware of what is happening in my plots while writing is a significant and fundamental need for me. I must develop an inner connection to my surroundings and the characters I write about. If I don’t do that, my book is just like meaningless words scrambled on paper. The story may be good, but it is missing something important, and that is life. Whatever I write, I want it to breathe.
I write mainly romance stories. I know many people say oh, romance and they block out that category of genre writing because when they hear romantic, they immediately think erotic. Romance stories have an element of love, but intimacy is a fact of life. I don’t think any of us got here on our own, and there was only one person who was born of a virgin.
However, because we want to avoid facing that part of life, authors have developed categories in the romance field. Now we have sweet romance, which avoids the bedroom, and romance, which doesn’t.
I don’t write sweet romances. I write realistic romance stories encouraging people to live responsible lives and take ownership of their responsibilities.
There are all kinds of people in my books. My characters are wounded, or disabled, or healthy. The heroines are usually plus-sized women with short natural hair or full-sized afro, older and successful. I’m not going to apologize about the heroines in my books being women from different races. Since we all belong to the human race and live in a world that is full of color, I refuse to write a book that is not diverse, multicultural, and with a philosophy that is based on my faith in God.
I’m not going to apologize for the topics that I write either. In my book, LET HIS BANNER OVER ME BE LOVE, I discovered that the Scriptures I wrote the story around were unknown to many of my readers. One lady whose name I will not mention here admitted having to return and read the Song of Songs herself. She didn’t know how candid the Song of Songs was in the Bible. I had to applaud her. I liked her honesty.
Other than that, I do my best to write flawlessly. I desire to present a book that a reader can sit back and read without flinching at each grammar mistake or trying to guess what word I wanted to write when they find a word left out. To achieve this, I have an independent editing team that reads through my work. I treasure them greatly. Yes, they cost, but I would rather pay for excellent editing than have to take a book off the market because it is poorly edited. I have made that mistake once and don’t intend to repeat it.
Have a lovely Day and take care.
Shalom shalom
Pat Garcia