2026 E : Emotive

 

I don't write heavy emotional tales. I want people to be able to escape their everyday lives not add to the despair and sadness. therefore topics don't include addiction, recovery, tragic loss, or a number of other things that for a time were called “literary.” However, There are exceptions. Stories not intended to make you cry, but do. One was in From the Back Street to Main Street ... And Beyond which recounted the leaving of a longtime pastor. 

The other, which for years required a warning label was also for a local history. People were warned besides that the final chapter covered the impact of the events of September 11th, 2001 on the town. There was the personal aspect of having once worked in one of the twin towers and standing on the boardwalk a few blocks from my home and watching the smoke plume rise from the buildings across the bay.

Emotive came into my vocabulary when a reader used it to describe the novella, "Forever Bound" in the anthology, First Change: Legends From the Eyrie.

~till next time Helen 

If you want to see my previous postings for the challenge, go here. If you're following other blogs in the challenge, here's the master list of the participants.

From the Back Street to Main Street ... And Beyond available at Amazon

Matawan and Aberdeen: Of Town and Field available at Amazon