Novels – Page 8

Keeping it simple

Simple is. Simple does. If you’ve stopped by my website before, you must be stunned at its newest simplicity. I…
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Seeing Julia – novel has a new book cover look

Yes…inevitable change. This is the new cover for Seeing Julia, my debut novel. New Year. New Look. New Readers. Why…
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Inspiration, Life, Love, Truth

Love this photo, but I can’t find the original… I want it for This Much Is True (my current WIP)…
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Inspiration for the Work-In-Progress: This Much Is True

This is the essence of “Tally” my main character in my WIP This Much Is True. #love this photograph. #perfection….
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Life quests versus the boyfriend…

Like it is… life quests versus the boyfriend…

Inspirational scene reminiscent of Seeing Julia

Source: katherineowen.net via Katherine on Pinterest “He’s a Greek god, not entirely real, certainly privileged, and utterly…
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"You know what they say about air and water when it comes to fire, don’t you?” she asks.
Now, I’m curious. She hasn’t spoken for the last ten minutes of the drive. “What?”
“Too much air blows out the fire. Too much water destroys it.”
I nod trying to determine what she’s really comparing us to. “The idea would be to keep the flame going, right. For years?” She nods. “Like a relationship. Like a marriage.” She cringes at the word marriage. Noted. “So you need the air—to stay constant—to fan the flames of the fire, and you know, grasshopper,” I smile at her and catch sight of the corners of her mouth turning slightly upward in response to the endearment, “a hot enough fire will burn water, so you have to be careful with the water too.”
“That I do know,” she says softly. “So that’s the truth about air and water.” She sighs deep.
“Which is?”
“It’s hard to maintain the balance to keep the fire going. You have to fan the flames without putting it out with too much water. But too little water will burn the fire right up. Too much fire. Too much destruction. We’re out of control.”
“You’re talking in circles,” I say.
“No. That’s us,” she says with certainty."— Katherine Owen

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