I
know you write characters who have a disability. How does that disability
affect the characters?
Mauranie Wells in my debut novel Breaking
Point has a hearing disability and has situated herself so she controls when
and how she communicates with others. She perhaps overdoes the controlling of
her life and has to learn to be more accepting
Mauranie's horses are her special friends,
so tolerant, like my own were and yet sensitive to her moods. My horses became
so they looked out for me, and would cue me in to things I didn't hear, such as
other horses approaching from behind, by flicking an ear back. This was
invaluable to prevent me from turning my horse into an oncoming one when
practicing dressage routines at the stables.
Breaking Point is available now in many eBook formats at http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-290/From-The-Heart-Book/Detail.bok
My characters that have disabilities grow
and expand their potentials In order to
achieve their goals, and more. This is a true state of life I have
learned first hand
growing up. I wanted it all - friends, fun,
college, marriage, children - but it didn't just happen. Like writing my
stories, I had to work at it all, just harder than some other folks. For
example, in college I spent hours after class memorizing my books in order to
offset anything extraneous in the lectures, and so made the good grades I was
used to. So do my disabled characters go the extra mile but like everyone in
real life, they grow, each in their different ways.
of assistance when it is offered.
Mauranie's horses are her special friends,
so tolerant, like my own were and yet sensitive to her moods. My horses became
so they looked out for me, and would cue me in to things I didn't hear, such as
other horses approaching from behind, by flicking an ear back. This was
invaluable to prevent me from turning my horse into an oncoming one when
practicing dressage routines at the stables.
In my coming August release, Substitute
Lover, a youth loses a lower leg due to an infected gunshot wound while
rescuing the heroine. He turns his back on the world. He has to learn to adapt
to new ways that enable him to again race his horse about, his joy in life, and
do again everything he did before the leg injury.
In a later coming book of mine, To Kiss A
Stranger, the blinded Sheriff has only her kisses to locate the stranger after she saved his life. Now that is a problem to resolve!
Breaking Point is available now in many eBook formats at http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-290/From-The-Heart-Book/Detail.bok
I've enjoyed your posts. Wish you luck with your books. Are you familiar with Judith Tarr? She's also hearing-impaired, lives in AZ and raises Lipizzans. She also writes historical/fantasy books.
ReplyDeleteI love Judith Tarr's books and have read them. She always puts one deaf character in her books. In fact I once interviewed her for another publication and she was so gracious. Like me, she wrote regardless the situation, enjoyed a full life,and was employed (back then, anyway.)
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