As an alternative to the Sunday Writing Challenge, I’ve invited Mark Anthony Smith back to ‘Patricia’s Pen’ to discuss what inspired him to write his new novella.
Over to you, Mark.
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Mark Anthony Smith
My novella was borne out of a big life change when I had to adjust to daily pains brought about by Cervical Myelopathy, a spinal cord disease. It’s really debilitating but even at my darkest of moments, I always think there’s a positive. ‘Love…’ , as Sylvia Plath once mused, ‘set[s] you going like a fat gold watch’ (Morning Song). The light is embodied through Marie in the Novella. She helps the male narrator grow through listening and allowing mistakes in a two-ways process.
We can order the same or taste each each other’s took me over a year to write with several false starts. However, early projects, including a short story, ‘Marie Awakes’, were needed to bring me to my final draft. People, I hope, will come away with their own ideas.
The message, for me though, is there’s always light in the darkest of darks.
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Thank you for that Mark.
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