As a writer, I often find my writing follows the same path that events in my life does. It often isn’t planned that way, but when I look back on what I have just written, that’s what I see on the page in front of me.
Here is a perfect example…
In the second book in the Citrus Beach Mystery Series, Megan’s daughter pays her mother a surprise visit from college, bringing her roommate home with her. (I can remember doing that to my parents too.)
Just this past weekend we took our son for the open-house event at the college of his choice in south Florida. To say it was a successful weekend would be an understatement! To quote my son’s reaction…”just pack my laptop & clothes- I’m ready to start NOW!”
And why won’t he? The college experience looks like it has changed so much since I went. To my son’s delight, the female population at this college was greater than the male: everywhere we looked, we saw long hair and short shorts and friendly students. Technology has appeared in every classroom & dorm, and the students all seem so intense. The dorms where equipped with all a student would need and there was plenty of support staff on hand so insure that his upcoming time on campus would prepare him for his future.
Courses of studies have changed over the years as well. Oh, there are still the old favorites, but now there are so many related to the news jobs on the market like graphic design & computer science. How can you not be excited about this new era of college life?
Maybe I should go back to college…
Pen In Hand, Words on Page 