by Teresa Burrell, Author of Legal/Suspense Murder Mysteries
When I read a novel and I can feel the emotions that the
characters are feeling I just know that the author has felt that at one time or
another. Likely, in a very different setting, but I expect with the same
heartache or pleasure, depending, of course, on the emotion. Sometimes you can
feel the passion through the page, or the pain.
The venue for my novels is juvenile court. The subject
matter is often child abuse. When I get into a part of the book where I’m
dealing with a situation where a child has been abused, it’s easy for me to
write from a “place of pain” because I’ve worked with so many of these cases. I
have felt their pain.
But I go to a happier place to clear my head and think of
evil plots. And sometimes to get past my “fear” as Drew Kaufman so eloquently
described it in his last blog. Here is where I go. I took this photo yesterday
on my daily walk. This inspires me, relaxes me, clears my head for more great
ideas to come, and for just a brief moment in times washes away the fear.
I’m so fortunate to live in paradise and I try to go here
every afternoon and rejuvenate after sitting at the computer for hours
plotting and planning murder (for my books, of course).
Do you have a special place to go to deal with life’s
problems, get a good kick in the pants to get you rolling again, to alleviate
your fears, or just to feel? This place does all of that and more for me.
Now, if I could just get this view from my home...
