On a cold winter night, writers huddle by the glow of their screen, tapping out their masterpieces in fingerless gloves with a cup of coffee steaming nearby. Some do, at least. Others venture further south and sit on their ocean facing balcony and create by starlight. Tonight, I’m in the former group, sans coffee.
The next character I want to introduce you to is Ariel. I mentioned her earlier in my “The Sky’s the Limit” post. She is one of the soiled swamp doves working for Eustace at his shotgun house of ill repute. Even if he does claim it has a good reputation of being clean. Ariel is ten years older than Bill, my main character, and smokes. Bill tells Ariel how things are going with his girlfriend, Anne Marie Laveau. She offers some advice to him, but what she prefers is to work for Bill instead of his foul-mouth uncle.
After World War II, Ariel meets up with Bill in Amsterdam, and they run a successful adult entertainment club. They stay in Amsterdam until the summer of 1950. During their time together, Ariel manipulates Bill into getting what she wants. She’s very good at it. I hope she comes across that way when you read the book, which comes out in May 2018.
I truly enjoyed my time with Ariel. She pushes Bill to where he needs to be to do what he needs to do. She loves Bill, but it is her nature to stack the deck in her favor. There may be other Ariel’s out there, but I was lucky to get this one. After all, history doesn’t write itself.
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What I’m Reading – Many readers I know like to inquire what their favorite author is reading. At the end of each blog post, I’ll let you know what I’m reading. I may not be a published author yet, but I hope my choice of reading material inspires you to read. I’m up to Purity as “Life According to the Spirit,” section 6 of chapter 2 of part 1 of Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by St. Pope John Paul II. 329 more pages to go. I’ll be reading this probably for the next two months. I’ve previous read Theology of the Body Explained by Christopher West, but now I get to experience the actual words of the great Pope. I encourage you to read a variety of topics.