Writing
for me is always a journey of exploration. As I’m creating the story,
I’m waiting with baited breath to see what happens next so writing adds
excitement to my life. Laughter is good therapy, and I often laugh at
the antics of my characters and some of the doozies that come out of
their mouths. I sometimes cry as I’m writing an emotional scene. A good
cry now and then is therapeutic and cleanses the emotions. Writing to me
is fun and entertaining. I always learn something during my research.
I
usually develop a love story in my books to give the novel a heartbeat,
and because I am a closet romantic. I confess that I often fall in love
with some of my characters, especially the male leads. It was
particularly fun to create the love story of Mandy Balboa and the flawed
Christopher Michaels in I Will Always Love You.
I
often visit Manhattan to see family and love the city. Like everyone
else around the country, I was devastated when the terrorists destroyed
the World Trade Center. Writing I Will Always Love You a few
months after the 9/11 attacks helped me to deal with the tragedy and my
feelings. Everything was still fresh in my mind. However, I chose not to
publish the book until recently.
I Will Always Love You centers
on the love story between the characters. It takes place two weeks
after September 11, 2001. Manhattan and the tragedy is merely the
setting, a place for two lost souls to come together. The book was a way
for me to cope with my feelings, and to honor the victims and
Manhattan.
I
come from a dysfunctional family. My father was a bigamist and
abandoned my family when I was 11. My mother died when I was 16. I found
that writing The Bigamist & The Womanizer, Memoirs of My Father provided therapy. As I get time, I am working on a memoir entitled A House of Sticks.
Words
come from the heart. Writing about a certain matter helps me deal with a
situation. People who visit a therapist talk about issues to help in
understanding and dealing with life. Writing can, also, help get bugs
out of a person’s system; perhaps not in one take, maybe not forever,
but writing can be like a good cry. You feel better about it.
Reading can help accomplish the same thing. Even fiction can be a self-help book.
The last thing Miranda ever expected was to see her brother’s ghost at the fallen Twin Towers.
It’s
bad enough survivor Christopher Michaels scares her with claims that if
one dies violently, his ghost will haunt the place that holds his name.
And to top it all, one of those thousands of ghosts follows Miranda to
her hotel. The only certainty is the ghost grabbing her under the covers
is not Jake.
Their
parents’ deaths separated Miranda from Jake when they were kids.
Michaels insists Jake brought them together and it’s no coincidence that
of thousands mourning at Ground Zero, it’s his best friend she bumps
into. Some best friend. Michaels is more like a moocher. The cheapskate
never has money, just a blood-stained wallet he broods over. Miranda has
no choice but to hang out with the weird Michaels in order to unravel
her brother’s past.
As
Miranda spends time with Michaels, she begins to wonder who he really
is. Against her better judgment, Miranda becomes emotionally entangled
with Michaels, a bitter alcoholic with a secret linked to her brother
and that blood-stained wallet.
I Will Always Love You is part mystery, suspense and romance, a novel that will keep the reader turning the pages!
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Genre – Suspense, Mystery, Romance
Rating – PG
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Website http://belindavasquezgarcia.com/
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