Writing a book is very difficult, because, unless it's a picture book, the author has to be able to create that visual for the reader that is in the author's head.
I had the most difficult time describing a certain location in Yellowstone Deception. My critique partner returned that section with comments such as "I must be clueless, because I have no idea what you are describing"...."I had no idea you were describing a location." Hmm...bad writing on my part. In my mind, the location was crystal clear. Then, this past week, I actually went to the location I was describing, and I asked my husband, and my boys, "describe for me, in words, what you are seeing. Pretend I am blind and have never seen this before." They all had a hard time putting into words what was in front of them, but each one came up with something different.
So, in the end, I hope my description as I finally wrote it in the book will make sense to someone who has never seen this particular feature in Yellowstone before. I'll keep it a secret for now as to which feature I am talking about. Hopefully my readers will give me feedback.
Until then, my teaser for today, from Yellowstone Deception, are pictures I took while on vacation last week of places that I describe in the book. Below each picture is a short quote from the book. (Let me know what you think of this sort of "teaser." I can probably do the same for each of the other books, if anyone else wants to see some visuals of some of the locations from the books)
Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces “The early explorers called this White Mountain,” Dan said. |
Well done! It's very hard to be descriptive about a place you've been to a bunch of times and thought about so much during the times in between. The sense of need for it doesn't come automatically. Good job.
ReplyDeletePeggy, I'm so happy that I found you. I read your first two books in one day because I was riveted. Today and tomorrow I will be reading the 3rd and 4th in the series. I read about 20-30 books each month and I rarely find stories that are this good. I'm really looking forward to your future releases.
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