Richness of descriptions...

I'm reading a book right now that is so rich with description that I am continually amazed as I turn each and every page. What perhaps I love is how this author barrels right over the line I have feared to look at, much less have the courage to ever approach.

As this author explores the riches and the depths both with equal pleasure - it does nothing but inspire me. For myself and my own writing I wish to imitate such an effect on my readers.

I have always been afraid of exploring the darker sides of life and my characters, but I can see through this author that in doing so, it makes the experience that much better. The exact opposite of what I had thought would happen.

What I do still have to face however is how to feel my characters to write them accurately without taking them on as myself or part of me. Not that I will become a crazy serial killer, what I mean when I say that is when I feel their emotions enough to write from their perspective - I need to ensure that I have clearly set out my boundaries so I do not attract this energy to me or my life.

This author has shown me how to do this and I am grateful, truly grateful. Perhaps that is why I have chosen the picture of the gargoyles or more accurately grotesques. They are seemingly evil and scary - yet they actually represent a safety for their owners, its all really just a matter of perspective.