You may have noticed a few 'Things My Mother...' posts on my blog. I thought I might make them a regular feature. Well, as regular as I can; when I remember stories she told me or lessons she taught me.
You are probably also aware that I am currently writing a book called 'Pieces of Me', where the main character - Celeste - shares a piece of herself with those she loves. That has inspired me to leave a little piece of Mum in all of my work by way of 'scenes' created from memories of Mum and the stories she told me of both her own past as well as my childhood.
Then Mum will be part of all of my work even though she's no longer here to read it. I quite like the idea of sharing her stories and my memories, giving a piece of myself to my readers in a slightly different way. It will be up to you though as the reader to decide which is memory and which is fiction!
You are probably also aware that I am currently writing a book called 'Pieces of Me', where the main character - Celeste - shares a piece of herself with those she loves. That has inspired me to leave a little piece of Mum in all of my work by way of 'scenes' created from memories of Mum and the stories she told me of both her own past as well as my childhood.
Then Mum will be part of all of my work even though she's no longer here to read it. I quite like the idea of sharing her stories and my memories, giving a piece of myself to my readers in a slightly different way. It will be up to you though as the reader to decide which is memory and which is fiction!