Writing about what you love

This isn't as easy as it sounds. You get there eventually, but there's always that nagging voice that says, "nobody will like that", or "everyone will think that's stupid". And it's only human to want to make everyone happy. We want to please, we want to like and be liked. We want approval. But how do we get there?

Writing what you love is like being a dog that's been set free. After years of being tied on a leash, you're finally turned loose. Just like a dog, you stand there wondering what you're going to do and where you're going to go. At first you wonder what you're supposed to do, but eventually you forget anyone's watching and wander off in your own direction and do your own thing.

My obsession with abandoned places and ghosts almost always make appearances in my stories. Why not? I think that when an author is passionate about their subject, it really shows in their writing.

As long as authors write about what they love, readers will read about what they love....

Alternate World

I really love being an author. It gives me control over this "Alternate World" that I've created. In real life, I don't feel that I have too much control over things. We all do, to a certain point, but there are some circumstances that are out of our control.

But in my books, I get to pick the location and characters. I get to put the right friends into the life of my main character. I get to choose the quirks my character has, and I can give her or him minor or major flaws. I really love curly hair. (Just putting that out there!) So, my characters will often have curly hair. Usually only special ones. I would never waste dark curly locks of sexiness on a serial killer or a loser of any kind.

So, in a story I am currently working on, I have a secondary character (Ash) with obsessive compulsive disorder, and it really helps define her personality. As the writer of this story, I chose to give her OCD. With that being said, I also have the control to take it away or decide not to give it to her at all. Wow. It's almost too much responsibility. Until I stop and think about how I'm not REALLY messing with anyone's life, they're MY fictional characters.

In real life, I can't create a new character for my life. I can't choose my flaws or some physical attributes. We can't even control our locations until we're of a certain age and have the financial ability to do so.

My alternate world is made of magic, and when I don't feel like I have much control over my physical world, there's always my world sculpted of words waiting for me to dive back into.

Partially Abandoned Disney World ride - 20,000 leagues under the sea

After a haunting ride through, see for yourself what became of this amazing ride.

The pictures of the half abandoned 20,000 leagues under the sea ride at Disney World have been some of the eeriest I've ever seen!

http://www.20kride.com/

The squid thing really gave me the creeps.

It looks like they took the submarines out, but left the "unseen" parts all intact for years. We all walked around in the park above oblivious to the magic that was decaying in a cave beneath our feet.