While I've been gearing up getting ready for the book tour and my editor to make her first pass over my novel, I've been working on several short horror stories that I intend to publish over the Summer.
One of the stories is about a young girl who is hearing impaired and it has proven to be quite a challenge writing. It has required a lot of research into the interactions of people that are hearing impaired. It is my goal to depict a realistic picture and to also use her condition as a profound skill in her defense against the book's antagonist.
The setting of the story takes a leap back into time to the year 1987 and takes place in Lake Village, AR, where I grew up. Although I didn't put a "Gary Sue" into the storyline, I did draw from many of the experiences and scenes from my time living in Lake Village as a kid. I talk about mixing M&M's into a bag of Doritos to mix up the flavor. I talk about the now defunct boat races held annually at the Water Festival and I reference a few businesses that are no longer in operation that were once held in high esteem when their doors were open.
It should be an exciting journey and I hope that most of my nostalgia doesn't disrupt the flow of the story, but add to its realism.
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