Margaret Lindsay Holton’s aka MLHOLTON's TRILLIUM is #220 in the never-ending series called INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION

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****Margaret Lindsay Holton’s aka MLHOLTON's TRILLIUM is
#220 in the never-ending series called INSIDE THE EMOTION OF FICTION where the Chris Rice Cooper Blog (CRC) focuses on one specific excerpt from a fiction genre and how that fiction writer wrote that specific excerpt.  

Name of fiction work? And were there other names you considered that you would like to share with us?  TRILLIUM (2019), recently released as a 14.5 hour audiobook via Amazon or iTunes.  I have had no other title names in mind for either work. They came and stuck. 

What is the date you began writing this piece of fiction and the date when you completely finished the piece of fiction? As for TRILLIUM, I started that item in the spring of 2018 and worked flat-out until October of that year to complete it. 9am-5pm, with lunch and two coffee breaks. Final word count: 137,000 3. 

Where did you do most of your writing for this fiction work?  And please describe in detail.  And can you please include a photo? I write in my art studio, located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. It’s a two-story, lake-facing loft that gives me lots of room to create. (Left: Margaret Lindsay Holton's studio.  Credit and Copyright by Margaret Lindsay Holton)

There are several writing perches I can assume, depending on my time frame and intent to write. Poetry is often composed in a big easy chair that faces out to the lake. Longer works happen at my desk. (Right:  The desk/writing area in Margaret Lindsay Holton's studio.  Credit and Copyright by Margaret Lindsay Holton)

What were your writing habits while writing this work- did you drink something as you wrote, listen to music, write in pen and paper, directly on laptop; specific time of day? When I’m involved with the creation of a novel, I become excessively focused. My regime becomes quite strict so that I can keep the ‘big picture’ in mind as all unravels on the page. As mentioned above, I follow a tight daily routine that guarantees I am well-fed, well-watered, and well-rested. I always take the weekends ‘off’ work.  TRILLIUM was written on a laptop. (Much easier!)  (Left: This is actually two steps from Margaret Lindsay Holton's studio.  Credit and Copyright by Margaret Lindsay Holton.)

Please include just one excerpt and include page numbers as reference.  This one excerpt can be as short or as long as you prefer. TRILLIUM, Part 1. Seed Number One. (page 1)

Clinging tightly to the huge boulder halfway down the falls, Tom watched the water cascade past him into the churning gorge below. The sheer raw power, the unceasing momentum of that thunderous falling water, was like nothing he had ever seen or heard before. As the cool mist soaked him to the bone, Tom stood entranced by the delightfully terrifying, booming roar. In all of his nineteen years of life he had never experienced anything like it. Yes, he had sailed along the walled landscapes of the lower Hudson River. He had handled the unusual white quartz of Lake George and even helped with the large stone foundations at Fort William Henry. He had heard about the enormous cut-stone they were using over at Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain. But this gargantuan, 3000-foot-long, horseshoe-shaped rock wall, topped them all. Rushing green waters rampaged over the lengthy escarpment crescent and plummeted 170 feet into the gully below. It was magnificent to behold. Truly awe-inspiring. He shifted his body weight to get a better look. Enveloped by the mist, his eyes caressed the majestic rainbow-tinged falling water. It was sublime. Divine. The hand of a Superior Force. "HARTFORD!" Tom turned to see General Hamilton, his commanding officer, shouting down at him from the steep precipice above. "What the devil do you think you’re doing down there? Get back to camp at once!" 

Why is this excerpt so emotional for you as a writer to write?  And can you describe your own emotional experience of writing this specific excerpt? It’s the start of a long and involved epic family story that traverses over 250 years of evolution and growth between three very distinct family clans in what has come to be known as the wine region of Ontario, Niagara. I like it as an opener and believe it sets the tone for what’s to come … I can envision the scene very well. I have been to Niagara Falls (Below Right) often. Today, much of the natural majestic beauty of the falls is blocked by loud merchants eager to distract visitors. I wanted to jettison readers back to an time when its natural beauty of that particular landscape would have genuinely been awe-inspiring -- and a bit overwhelming. (Above Left: Wine grapes at the Niagara Peninsula, Canada's largest wine growing region)

Were there any deletions from this excerpt that you can share with us? And can you please include a photo of your marked-up rough drafts of this excerpt. I did rewrite these opening lines several times, though the scene itself was never different. Unfortunately, as is the way with digital creations, the earlier incantations are no longer available.

Margaret Lindsay Holton aka MLHOLTON is a Canadian artist and author.  This is her third novel. Her first, 'Economic Sex', was published in 1985 by famed literary house, Coach House Press. Her second, 'The Gilded Beaver', was published in 1999. It won The Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award for 'Best Fiction' ...  Now, 20 years later, Holton has released - TRILLIUM.

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http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/108-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ash-well.html 

#109 12 16 2019 Amalia Carosella’s

Historical/Contemporary/Duel Timeline/ Women’s

Fiction

“DAUGHTER OF A THOUSAND YEARS”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/109-inside-emotion-of-fiction-daughter_17.html

#110 12 19 2019 Laura Bickle’s

Weird Western/Contemporary Fantasy

“DARK ALCHEMY”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/110-inside-emotion-of-fiction-dark.html

#111 12 27 2019 Brian Pinkerton’s

Science Fiction Thriller

“THE GEMINI EXPERIMENT”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/111-inside-emotion-of-fiction-gemini.html

#112  12 28 2019 Sandra de Helen’s

Lesbian Thriller

“TILL DARKNESS COMES”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/112-inside-emotion-of-fiction-till.html

#113 12 29 2019 Jo Wilde’s

Vampire Thriller

“THE CROSSING”

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/113-inside-emotion-of-fiction-crossing.html 

#114 12 30 2019 Sam Richard’s

Short Story Collection of Weird and Transgressive

Horror

“To Wallow In Ash and Sorrows”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/114-inside-emotion-of-fiction-to-wallow.html

#115 12 31 2019 Duncan B Barlow’s

Literary Fiction Novel

“A DOG BETWEEN US”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2019/12/inside-emotion-of-fiction-dog-between.html

#116 01 02 2020 Allison Landa’s

Young Adult Novel

“BAD HAIR”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/116-inside-emotion-of-fiction-bad-hair.html

#117 01 03 2020 Pablo Medina’s

Literary Satire Novel

“THE CUBAN COMEDY”

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/117-inside-emotion-of-fiction-cuban.html

#118 01 06 2020 William Trent Pancoast’s

Historical/Literary Novel

“THE ROAD TO MATEWAN”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/118-inside-emotion-of-fiction-road-to.html

#119 01 07 2020 Jane Bernstein’s

Contemporary Novel

“The Face Tells the Secret”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/119-inside-emotion-of-fiction-face.html

#120 01 09 2020 Terry Kroenung’s

Young Adult, Historical and Fantasy

“Brimstone And Lily”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/120-inside-emotion-of-fiction-brimstone.html

#121 01 12 2020 Melissa Yi’s

Fiction Thriller

“GRAVEYARD SHIFT”

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/121-inside-emotion-of-fiction-melissa.html

#122 01 15 2020 Marcie R. Rendon’s

Crime Thriller

“GIRL GONE MISSING”

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/122-inside-emotion-of-fiction-girl-gone.html

#123 01 16 2020 Tori Eldridge’s

Multi Genre Novel

“THE NINJA DAUGHTER”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/123-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ninja.html

#124 01 17 2020 Kristen Joy Wilks’s

Christian Romantic Comedy

“YELLOWSTONE YONDERING”

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/124-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html 

#125 01 20 2020 Susan C. Shea’s

Cozy Mystery

“DRESSED FOR DEATH IN BURGUNDY”

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/125-inside-emotion-of-fiction-dressed.html

#126  01 22 2020 Phong Nguyen’s

Improvisational Fiction

“ROUNDABOUT”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/126-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html

#127 01 23 2020 Kate Thornton’s

Mystery Short Story In Its Entirety

“Ai Witness”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/127-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ai.html

#128 01 24 2020 Phil McCarron’s

Semi Fictional Essays

“The Great Facepalm: The Farce of 21st Century

Normality”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/128-inside-emotion-of-fiction-great.html

#129  01 27 2020 Kenneth Weene’s

Historicized Literary Fiction

“Red And White”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/01/129-inside-emotion-of-fiction-red-and.html

#130 01 28 2020 Graham Storrs’s

Science Fiction Thriller

“TimeSplash”

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com 

/2020/01/130-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html

#131 02 08 2020 Angela Slatter’s

Short Story “Terrible As An Army With Banners”

From her Short Story Collection THE BITTERWOOD BIBLE AND OTHER RECOUNTINGS

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/131-inside-emotion-of-fiction-terrible.html

#132 02 11 2020 Joan Joachim’s

Romance

Just One Kiss

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/132-inside-emotion-of-fiction-just-one.html

#133 02 16 2020 Kelsey Clifton’s

Science Fiction

A DAY OUT OF TIME

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/133-inside-emotion-of-fiction-day-out.html

#134 02 17 2020 Soraya M Lane’s

Women Historical Fiction

THE GIRLS OF PEARL HARBOR

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/02/134-inside-emotion-of-fiction-girls-of.html

#135 03 07 2020

Linked Fiction

BLEACHERS Fifty-Four Linked Fictions

By Joseph Mills

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/135-inside-emotion-of-fiction-bleachers.html

#136 03 15 2020

Science Fiction Romance

BLUE VISION

By Marie Lavender

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/136-inside-emotion-of-fiction-blue.html

#137 03 17 2020

Crime Fiction

12 Bullets

by O’Neil De Noux

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/137-inside-emotion-of-fiction-12.html

#138 03 18 2020

Flash Fiction Piece

Radical

by Kelle Grace Gaddis 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/138-inside-emotion-of-fiction-radical.html

#139 03 20 2020

Mystery

HERE BE MONSTERS

By Jamie Sheffield

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/139-inside-emotion-of-fiction-here-be.html

#140 03 21 2020

Character Driven Novel

UNBROKEN

By Jamie Lisa Forbes

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/140-inside-emotion-of-fiction-unbroken.html

#141 03 23 2020 

Literary Murder Mystery

COLD COUNTRY

By Russell Rowland

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/03/141-inside-emotion-of-fiction-cold.html

#142 04 01 2020 

Sci-Fi/Paranormal

SWEET SLEEP

By Kim Cormack

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/142-inside-emotion-of-fiction-sweet.html

#143 04 02 2020 

Western Noir Short Story

“Night Rounds”

by James Reasoner

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/143-inside-emotion-of-fiction-night.html

#144 04 03 2020 

Southern Fiction

LITTLE TEA

By Claire Fullerton

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/144-inside-emotion-of-fiction-little.html

#145 04 04 2020

Mainstream novel with elements of crime, mystery, and magic

THE FORGETTING FLOWER

by Karen Hugg 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/145-inside-emotion-of-fiction.html

#146 04 07 2020 

Historical Fiction

MEDICIS DAUGHTER

by Sophie Perinot

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/146-inside-emotion-of-fiction-medicis.html

#147 04 08 2020

Dark Urban Fantasy with elements of Paranormal Romance

COVEN BORN

by Stephanie Reisner aka AUDREY BRICE

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/147-inside-emotion-of-fiction-coven.html

#148 04 13 2020

Mystery With A Fantasy Twist

DEATH LIVES IN THE WATER

By Shoshana Edwards 

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/148-inside-emotion-of-fiction-death.html

#149 04 14 2020

Historical Fiction

ASHES

by Sharon Glogal Friedman 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/149-inside-emotion-of-fiction-ashes-by.html

#150 04 19 2020

Vampire Horror Novelette 

Blood Thrasher:  The Devil’s in the Metal

by Adam Messer

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/adam-messers-blood-thrasher-devils-in.html 

#151 04 25 2020

Historical Fiction

Charis in the World of Wonders

by Marly Youmans

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/marly-youmans-charis-in-world-of.html

#152 04 29 2020

Historical Fiction

The Master of Verona

by David Blixt

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/david-blixts-master-of-verona-is-152-in.html

#153 04 30 2020

General Fiction (Family)

Bread Bags & Bullies:  Surviving the 80s

by Steven Manchester 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/04/steven-manchesters-bread-bags-bullies.html

#154 05 01 2020

Adventure-Thriller/Horror

Into The Ashes

by Lee Murray

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/lee-murrays-into-ashes-is-154-in-never.html

#155 05 06 2020

Coming of Age/Crime Novel

All Things Left In The Wild

by James Wade

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/james-wades-all-things-left-in-wild-is.html

#156 05 10 2020

Paranormal Mystery

Southern Bound

by Stuart Jaffe

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/stuart-jaffes-southern-bound-is-156-in.html

#157 05 13 2020

Mystery/Crime Novel

Yardbird

By Mark Slade

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/mark-slades-yardbird-is-157-in-never.html

#158 05 15 2020 

Horror/Crime Novel

Hotel Nowhere

By David E Adkins 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/david-e-adkinss-hotel-nowhere-is-158-in.html

#159 05 16 2020

Satire/Crime Novel

THE LYING BASTARD

by Clint Margrave

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/clint-margraves-lying-bastard-is-159-in.html

#160 05 19 2020

Southern Gothic Fiction

REVIVING THE HAWTHORN SISTERS

by Emily Carpenter

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/emily-carpenters-reviving-hawthorn.html

#161 05 21 2020

Women’s Domestic Life Fiction

MERCY HOUSE

by Alena Dillon 

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/alena-dillons-mercy-house-is-161-in.html

#162 05 26 2020

Screenplay/Film

BEAST MODE

by Drew Fortune and Spain Willingham

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/drew-fortunes-and-spain-willinghams_26.html

#163 05 31 2020

Coming of Age/ Psychological Thriller

MY SISTER & OTHER LIARS

by Ruth Dugdall

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/05/ruth-dugdalls-my-sister-and-other-liars.html

#164 06 01 2020 

Psychological Thriller

IN HARM’S WAY

by Owen Mullen

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/owen-mullens-in-harms-way-is-164-in.html

#165 06 02 2020 

Small Town Short Story Collection

SNAPSHOT “Old Lady”

by Eliot Parker

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/eliot-parkers-old-lady-from-snapshots.html

#166 06 04 2020

Noir Crime Novel

SKIN OF TATTOOS

by Christina Hoag

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/christina-hoags-skin-of-tattoos-is-166.html

#167 06 06 2020

Coming of Age/Historical

THE ORPHAN COLLECTOR

by Ellen Marie Wiseman

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/ellen-marie-wisemans-orphan-collector.html

#168 06 08 2020

World War Two Historical Fiction

THE PRISONER’S WIFE

by Maggie Brookes

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/maggie-brookess-prisoners-wife-is-168.html

#169 06 09 2020

Novella 

(about the 1960s, 

Rolling Stones in their exile,

genocide, it’s survivors, and

people from places that no longer exist.)

BLUE COAST MYSTERY:  ALMOST SOLVED

by Nick Sweeney

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/nick-sweeneys-blue-coast-mystery-almost.html

#170 06 11 2020

Family Life/Coming of Age Novel

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF SAM HELL

by Robert Dugoni

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/robert-dugonis-extraordinary-life-of.html

#171 06 26 2020

Women’s Divorce Fiction

QUEEN OF THE OWLS

by Barbara Linn Probst

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/06/barbara-linn-probsts-queen-of-owls-is.html

#172 07 01 2020

Short Story “The Belindas” from the Short Story Collection LOVE WAR STORIES 

By Ivelisse Rodriguez

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/ivelisse-rodriguezs-short-story.html

#173 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 04 2020

Organized Crime Thriller

BLUES IN THE DARK

by Raymond Benson

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/raymond-bensons-blues-in-dark-is-173-in.html

#174 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 08 2020

Contemporary Literature & Fiction

THE ESCAPE OF MALCOLM POE

by Allison Burnett

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/allison-burnetts-escape-of-malcolm-poe.html

#175 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 09 2020

Horror Novella

TERMINUS STATION

by Jeff Lyons

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/jeff-lyonss-terminus-station-is-175-in.html

#176 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 12 2020

20th Century Historical Romance

“The Bootlegger’s Wife”

by Denise Devine

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/chris-rice-cooper-blog-176-inside.html

#177 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 24 2020

Literary Fiction Novel

“What Drives Men”

by Susan Tepper 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/susan-teppers-what-drives-men-is-177-in.html

#178 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

07 27 2020

Short story

“Tidings of Comfort and Joyce”

by Kimberly Kurth Gray

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/kimberly-kurth-grays-short-story.html

 

#179 Inside the Emotion of Fiction 

07 28 2020

Historical Fiction

“Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey”

by Kathleen Rooney

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/07/kathleen-rooneys-cher-ami-and-major.html

#180 Inside the Emotion of Fiction 

08 04 2020

Screenplay

“BUNNY”

by Shaun Hughes 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/director-shaun-hughess-screenplay-bunny.html 

#181 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

08 09 2020

Short Story 

“Wrong Road” from the Short Story Collection George’s Mother and Other Weird Stories

by Susan Berliner 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/susan-berliners-short-story-wrong-road.html

#182 Inside the Emotion of Fiction 

08 11 2020

Thriller Mystery

“Death in the Time of Ice”

by Kaye George

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/kaye-georges-death-in-time-of-ice-is.html

#183 Inside the Emotion of Fiction 

08 13 2020

Screenplay

“Igor and Frankie”

by Jim Picariello

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/jim-picariellos-screenplay-igor-and.html

#184 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

08 14 2020

Short Story 

Short Story “Breaking on the Wheel” from the Short Story Collection No Call Too Small. 

by Oscar Martens 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/oscar-martenss-short-story-breaking-on.html

#185 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

08 20 2020

Romance

A Secret, a Safari, a Second Chance

by Liz Fielding

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/liz-feldings-secret-safari-second.html

#186 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

08 26 2020

Mystery and Psychological Fiction 

Falling Woman

by Richard Farrell

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/08/richard-farrells-falling-woman-is-186.html

#187 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 03 2020

Children’s Picture Book

MAC AND CHEESE AND THE PERSONAL SPACE INVADER 

By Jolene Gutierrez

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/jolene-gutierrezs-mac-and-cheese-and.html

#188 Inside the Emotion of Fiction 

09 07 2020

Screenplay

JUDE COLE

By Janelle Marie Evans

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/janelle-evanss-screenplay-jude-cole-is.html

#189 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 09 2020

Historical Christian Romance

UNTIL JUNE

by Barbara M Britton

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/barbara-m-brittons-until-june-is-189-in.html

#190 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 10 2020

Screenplay

THROUGH THE SILENCE

by Elaine Roberts-Kercheff

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/filmmaker-elaine-roberts-kercheffs.html 

#191 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 16 2020

1960s Historical Fiction

California Dreamin’ Teens Interrupted 2

by KC Sprayberry 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/kc-sprayberrys-california-dreamin-teens.html 

#192 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 17 2020

Screenplay

DAUGHTERS LOST TO THE DESERT

by April Sanchez

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/kc-sprayberrys-california-dreamin-teens.html 

#193 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 18 2020

Contemporary Literature and Fiction

THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY

by Clifford Garstang

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/clifford-garstangs-shaman-of-turtle.html 

#194 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 19 2020

Crime Fiction

THE ACE OF DIAMONDS

by ES Gibson

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/es-gibsons-ace-of-diamonds-is-194-in.html 

#195 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 20 2020

Historical Fiction

Katherine-Tudor Duchess

by Tony Riches

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/tony-richess-katherine-tudor-duchess-is.html 

#196 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 21 2020

Short Fiction

“Dinner Prep”

by Thaddeus Rutkowski 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/thaddeus-rutkowskis-dinner-prep-is-196.html 

#197 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 22 2020

Screenplay

SWEET DREAMS

by Ben Johnson

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/bill-johnsons-screenplay-sweet-dreams.html 

#198 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 26 2020

Crime Thriller

Dirty Deeds

by Armand Rosamilia

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/armand-rosamilias-dirty-deeds-is-198-in.html 

#199 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

09 29 2020

Crime Thriller

Hunting Mariah 

by Janice Spina 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/09/janice-spinas-hunting-mariah-is-199-in.html 

#200 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

10   2020

Crime Novel

Indelible:  A Sean McPhereson Novel, Book One

by Laurie Buchanan

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/laurie-buchanans-indelible-sean.html 

#201 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

10 04 2020  

Cross-genre novel

January River

by Bernard Jan

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/bernard-jans-january-river-is-201-in.html 

#202 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

10 10 2020

Historical Novel

Robin Hood’s Dawn: The Earl of Huntingdon”

by Olivia Longueville

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/olivia-longuevilles-robin-hoods-dawn.html

#203  Inside the Emotion

10 14 2020

Historical Novel

The Alexanders Volume 1 1911-1920

by Allan Hudson

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/allan-hudsons-alexanders-volume-1-1911.html

 

#204 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

10 15 2020

Short story

Forget Me Not

by Angele Ellis

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/angele-elliss-short-story-forget-me-not.html 

#205 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

10 16 2020

Coming of Age Fiction

My Gypsy War Diary

by Shawn Brink

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/shawn-brinks-my-gypsy-war-diary-is-205.html 

#206 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

10 19 2020

Western Screenplay 

The Search for Sundown, Texas

by Patrick Emralino

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/director-patrick-emralino-s-screenplay.html 

#207 Inside the Emotion of Fiction 

10 20 2020

Romance

A Promise for Faith-Briar Creek Love Book 1

by Stacy K Simmons

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/stacy-k-simmonss-promise-for-faith.html 

#208 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

10 22 2020

Terrorism Thriller

Death In The Cloud

by E.J. Simon

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/ej-simons-death-in-cloud-is-208-in.html 

#209 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

10 25 2020

Mystery

“The Nazi Spy Mystery Series Book 1”

by Alan Hardy

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/alan-hardys-nazi-spy-nazi-spy-mystery.html  

#210 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

10 29 2020

Historical

“The Unbridled Tongue”

by Catherine Meyrick

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/catherine-meyricks-bridled-tongue-is.html 

#211 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

11 03 2020

Short Story Collection

“Tales From Los Cabos”

by Lila C Duville

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/10/catherine-meyricks-bridled-tongue-is.html 

#212 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

11 09 2020

Historical Fiction

“THE LAST OF THE ROMANS: FIGHT OR DIE”

by Derek Birks

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/11/derek-birkss-last-of-romans-fight-or.html 

#213 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

11 12 2020

Historical Fiction

RISING FROM THE RUINS

by Anna Chant 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/11/images-in-this-specific-piece-are.html 

#214 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

11 14 2020

Short Story

NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE 

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/11/paula-persoleos-short-story-new.html 

#215 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

11 29 2020

Science Fiction

A HOLE IN THE UNIVERSE 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/11/jack-wears-hole-in-universe-is-215-in.html 

#216 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

12 11 2020

Historical War Fiction

The Wishing Well 

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/12/matthew-hamiltons-wishing-tree-is-216.html 

#217 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

12 22 2020

Historical Fiction

For Those Who Dare

By John Anthony Miller 

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/12/john-anthony-millers-for-those-who-dare.html 

#218 Inside the Emotion of Fiction 

12 26 2020

Fiction focused on human trafficking in Nepal

Pakhalieko Sundo

By Dr. Sangita Swechcha

https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2020/12/dr-sangita-swechchas-pakhalieko-siudo.html 

#219 Inside the Emotion of Fiction 

01 07 2021

Japanese Literature

“Loose Ends In Yokohama-A Story of a Man on a Mission to Make Peace with His Past”

by Alex Lund

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2021/01/alex-lunds-loose-ends-in-yokohama-story.html 

#220 Inside the Emotion of Fiction

02 27 2021

Historical Fiction

“TRILLIUM”

by MLHOLTON aka Margaret Lindsay Holton 

http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2021/02/margaret-lindsay-holtons-aka-mlholtons.html 

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Can you go through the step-by-step process of writing this poem
from the moment the idea was first conceived in your brain until final form?  The poem “Reflections..."

Reflective poems are always the hardest for me to write. To sit in one's own company grabbing words from a past that has helped lead us to this world we live in now...Which I think all would agree, could be a lot better... then trying to find words to better help explain the emotions that are sadly in my view very overlooked in today's society, but only through the conceptive view of what we now believe life, and the meaning of it, truly is. Each step we take closer to science and production is a step further from where we came from, when once we sat so very close to Mother Nature... (Above Right:  Carl Porten in January of 2021.  Copyright by Carl Porten)

Where were you when you started to actually write the poem?  And please describe the place in great detail. I was in the process of publishing my first book, A Poets Reverie, sat at my regular bench, iPad in hand, staring off to the mountains over the deep blue waters of the Pacific Ocean listening as the waves crossed over the steadfastness of the rocks to land softly on the dark sandy beach.  (Below Left:  The bench overseeing the Pacific Ocean where Carl Porten wrote "Reflections"  Credit and Copyright by Carl Porten.)

It is a favourite inspirational place of mine on the shoreline in north eastern Vancouver, a place that helped me many a time to find the solace needed from within to write of such emotions, each time trying harder, diving deeper, to bring to life through the eyes, heart and soul of any reader...is more than important for me to write truth, and sometimes the cost is far more than money, but in hopes that others may recognize through my words, well this is why all the pain in the world would never outweigh the love, healing, and grateful privilege that I feel to be able to not only write, but write that which would open so many hearts. 

The most amazing is to receive a mail telling you how the words you wrote have changed their views, eased their pains a little and given hope, where little was available...every mail draws a beautiful happy tear from my eye that I will remember for the rest of my life...

What month and year did you start writing this poem? Was late December, 2020, last year, that I first approached this poem, finally drawing its conclusion several days later...  Some poems flow, falling from my pen like drips from a tap, yet some demand a little more time... This poem, being so close, I believe to everyone’s heart, touching a subject that could attract many different emotions in one way or another, was one I gladly bowed to, and gave all the time it needed... I do hope my readers would agree after reading the testimonial that is “Reflections...”  

How many drafts of this poem did you write before going to the final? (And can you share a photograph of your rough drafts with pen markings on it?) In many ways I feel more than blessed, my writing, like air, seems to come so naturally that I very rarely would write further than the first draft, many times unable to replace the sentences or words that fell from my thoughts alive within the poem I’m writing. Actually, there's no rough draft available as I didn't write the rough draft on paper but typed it. So I don't have the option of taking photographs of my rough draft as it was non-existent. (Above Right:  Carl Porten's writing space.  Credit and Copyright by Carl Porten)

Were there any lines in any of your rough drafts of this poem that were not in the final version?  And can you share them with us?  No. This is a poem that flowed so very silently, sometimes sitting in silence is far louder and gives many more words... Sat in the thoughts of many in this world I try hard to connect to the very emotions of those hungry, cold, trapped or suffering, placing on paper not words written by hands, but words spoken by the people themselves... (Left:  Carl Porten's writing space.  Credit and Copyright by Carl Porten)

What do you want readers of this poem to take from this poem? I don’t know individually what people would take from this poem, but my biggest dream, is to write so that every separate person would take a completely separate message from it... only one thing would connect these aspects, the topic, which for me is and I fear always will be, compassion. As long as the reader would understand that there are many things we need to do, many ways we need to live, but to always do this in a way that all others can experience that same happiness...(Right:  Carl Porten in December of 2020.  Copyright by Carl Porten)

Which part of the poem was the most emotional of you to write and why? The ending... The ending, similar in most is the hardest part of any poem I write... i feel there are two places one must shine, the beginning, but more importantly, the end. The end are the last words spoken, or last words read and nominally the ones that leave the biggest impression and stick within the minds of the readers..but this is not the hardest part for me. The hardest part for me, is forcing the stop at the end of a poem with always so very much left to write. 

Has this poem been published before?  And if so where? No. It hasn't yet been published anywhere before.

Reflections...

 

Do you love me?...

No...do you really love me?

For I look into your eyes,

but cannot really see...

 

...Do you love me?...

...How can’t my heart know?

You’ve been here all along

an’ I thought you’d have shown...

 

...but doubts lay inside

as I gaze though your eyes,

to the mirrored reflection

you’ve hid well behind-

 

-All your life...

an’ I’m sorry to say,

but I loved you much more

in your childhood days,

 

where innocence bloomed

in a fearless heart,

but once you grew up child,

...my dear where’s your heart?

 

An’ why now your tears,

filled so with such pain?

Child what happened that Sadness

kicked Happy from reign...

 

There are rules in life,

an’ things we must do,

but pray listen these words

or your dream won’t come true...

 

...Don’t forget who you were,

while you ran with your friends

fighting pirates an’ monsters

that lived past lands ends.

 

Most of all don’t forget

to give love from a child,

...who's hid long in this mirror,

in front of my eyes...

Carl Porten's Biography:  The small rolling hills of Adderley Green, just outside of Longton, a small town located aside seven others that made up the great old city of Stoke-on-Trent...that’s where I called home, where I grew up’ escalating to its heights in the early 1900’s, it still coins the finest tableware through it pottery manufacturing such as Wedgewood, Spode and Royal Dalton placing my small town on the gigantic map of the world. Was in my late teens when I began travelling, feeling an urge to explore this beautiful planet that we live on and leading me here today to the coastline of beautiful British Columbia sat on the western coast of Canada where I now call my home within the walls of Vancouver…(Above Right:  Carl Porten in February of 2021.  Copyright by Carl Porten) 

As far back as I can remember,I have loved writing, especially poems, for with my poems there were places that I could venture, with myself and my poems were always there to keep me company, inspire me and broaden my mental horizon, for helping me being whomever I wanted, wherever I wanted to be, whenever I wanted, and however I wanted it to be, following pathways that can only be laid through imagination and dreams, all along haunted by a nightmare that was there lest sat deep within myself…fear. Through these many years of growing and many miles of travelling, I could never find what it was I was in search of. Successful in many trades I never struggled to find work I thought I loved, till the day came that I could hide no more and the one thing my heart truly wanted I gave in to…my writing, my poems, my life, heart’s and soul’s passion and desire.

It was only within the last year, brought by a chance meeting with a lady from Kolkata, India that I truly realized how very much I needed to write, and not only write, but to write through the eyes, hearts and souls of the masses. 

Miss Suparna Ghosh, a.k.a. Clair, a poetry lover and humanitarian who followed in the footsteps of her dear recently departed mother, Pradipta, a lady that through other circumstance if it would have allowed her the chance, she might have well followed her dream of becoming a published author, a dream finally halted by her sudden departure in December of 2019…a loss not only for her beautiful daughter, but I believe to the world. This perfectly timed, chance meeting with Clair, was nothing short of fate. Yes, fate that has brought our two souls together to make one perfect unity of love through common interests formed by our soulful compassion that we share to help make this world a better place. Now proudly, I call this very big hearted, beautiful lady my fiancée, and look forward to many years both living and working beside her as we push towards a dream one day of having our own foundation that would provide medical aid to those in places that have none or very little. 

With the decision to become a full time writer now firmly affixed within my mind, the seed planted, watered and grown by Clair after asking, no, giving me the honour to help her continue her mother’s dream of publishing books, books filled with words of compassion and love. I obviously jumped to the chance. This was my time, and I feel that every star that ever lined up, every wave that ever time allowed to crash had helped lead me to finally find my dream of a lifetime of becoming a published author, a poet to create a social impact through my poems, even through someone else’s, this just seemed to make me want to do it even more…for Clair and her dear, departed mom.

Now on my upcoming release of another three poetry books, after the release of my debut book of poems, “A Poet’s Reverie”, a collection of poems that were caught from the hearts of many, including and especially Mother Nature herself.

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My other three upcoming poetry book titles, hopefully all the other three remaining titles to be released by February end, my second book titled, “A Collection of Soulful Memoirs...”, would go for the readers’ free preview consisting of a collection of a dozen poems for free  downloads and reading just to help my readers get a sneak peek into my poems in my third book, 

“Soulful Musings... ...your piano this night...” lastly being followed by my own handpicked collection of thirty love poems in, “Love's Longings... ...leaving hearts on my canvas...”, much of which was inspired by my personal relationship with Clair.

Through these poems I dive to reach depths where happy can’t exist and compassion is but a myth, to places where tales and stories once shone bright, but now lay beaten and bruised underneath heavy dark shadows. These are the places that most don’t wish to venture, the unseen, the unheard, and the forgotten places of our yesterdays… shrouded by the dark that we all so fear as we know. Once asked of his perspective on writing as Hemingway is reported to have said, “It is easy to write. Just sit in front of your typewriter and bleed.”              

This rings all so true, too true for myself, yet is something, I wish wholly to share with this world, now more than ever…

My future?.. I can’t say, but one thing I know. I reach far, my eyes gaze past infinity itself to seek dreams past any star, but…to reach so far only, and to always adore the gifts with the greatest of love that I may find along the way, and if unable to, at the end of my own time reach the dream I gazed, the life I strived for and if I don’t make it…then my friend, you’d find me happily complacent, loving the treasures I found along the way…with the dream I never reached painted as a masterpiece and hung above my mantle, to again gaze at it with all the love it deserves… 

Never be afraid to climb, even if the summit is unreachable, and remember, the treasures you’d find along the way are what truly will make your heart happy… failure is only when we give up…

I have many plans to release many more books and hope only that my dear readers would feel and attach to my emotions as I believe that through my poems, they'd feel so connected with these emotions they can well relate to, through the words I try so hard to reach for…as my lifetime of a poetic journey continues, my soul’s true calling that I found now, forever and beyond..