I woke up this morning around 3:15 a.m. with a headache behind my left eye. I was thinking about being upset about it when I realized it was just the normal reaction to someone who has given up an addiction; for me, it was sugar. I wrote just yesterday that I wasn't going to bore you with all the details of the day-to-day changes, but I also stated I hadn't had any ill effects since giving up sugar on January 1.
Well, I'm keeping my promise. I'm not going to go into it other than to say it happened, but it was gone soon enough. I prayed about it first, then took a hot shower and drank copious amounts of strong coffee and then tea. It may or may not have helped to drink the beverages, but maybe the prayers worked because it didn't last long at all. YEA!
Today was supposed to be a reading day. I am expecting the book "Stratford" to be delivered by mail, only to find out its been switched to being delivered by UPS - big difference. I won't get it until Tuesday. They claim over and over again that they can't find my house - which is literally on a corner of two very average and well-driven streets. You can't get much easier than that; but here I am without a physical book to read to make corrections, so I've decided to do a bit of recon for the new book.
The new book is titled "The Grange". It takes place in the present time and is centered in and around the actual cemetery by that name in Edinburgh, Scotland. I thought about making the book about a cemetery closer to Glasglow, but I've been to The Grange and I liked it. I haven't been to the cemeteries outside of Edinburgh, to be honest. I passed by one or two, but didn't take the time to walk them. I need to. I love finding old graves, reading their stones, looking at how their loved ones honored them, and just thinking about the people who once carried the name that the stones now bear.
There is literally a Wikipedia page for the cemetery. I'll link it HERE to see who is buried in the cemetery. I am going to read this entire page today and tomorrow and choose a few names to mention in the book. I won't say anything derogatory about the real people buried there; there will be a few I degrade in the book, but they will be fictional. There are real murder victims in the cemetery, and they will be mentioned of course, as my main character Rachelle Tia Bigelow ("Elle" and/or "L.T." ) is a 3x great granddaughter of one of the murderers.
Elle received her B.S. in Biology from Penn State, and now she's attending the University of Edinburgh for a Masters in Forensics. She wants to research, not practice. She writes articles and dives into the lives of the dead. She's hoping to clear her relative's name but fears she may only find more murders the deeper she digs. This is going to be a fun book to write. I'm just now realizing how much fun it really will be. I may change my style to only writing about creepy facts, but I know I won't. (she laughs)
What's hilarious is that I can write about it, and I can read about it, but seeing creepy or scary things bothers me. I have nightmares. I can't even watch the Passion of Christ! I know how it ends! I just can't force myself to think about the suffering He did for me; it riddles me with sorrow to do so. I think there's a word for those of us who can read and write about gore but not stomach it when it's presented. I know people will say "squeamish," but it's more than that; it actually affects my inner soul when I see it. I'm the person you've heard about that covers their eyes during a surgery scene on television.
My main character's leading friend is an Abercromby, not an Abercrombie - but the two names are related. He's a wealthy young man in his own right but also an heir to many generations of folks with the same name. He believes he can also help Elle find more money for herself, considering her name is old and very established in the United Kingdom. She has very little interest in becoming rich; he's using his money to undermine the stability of his family, believing they stood on too many to gain their wealth. In other words, he's a rich brat.
The book will be written over the course of a couple of months. I'm going to take my time with it. I've got the cover set already, so the book will need to remain the same basic size as all the others. You can find it on my website and Amazon once it's finished, but go ahead and look at my book website to read other blogs and learn more about this crazy woman who thinks blogging is still a thing!
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