So many authors say they couldn't live without writing.
There are others who have so many stories in
their head that they have to tell them.
There
are multiple other reasons why people write, but those aren't my motivations for
telling a story. I write because there are issues I'm concerned about, and I put those
problems into fiction format.
It is a
way to be heard without browbeating people with the subject matter.
My Odyssey Mysteries series has social issues in each
book. In my first book, The Catalyst, I
address the problem of rape, abuse and alcohol.
This story explains why so many rape victims do not make reports against
their rapists. It's, also, about family and secrets.
In my second novel, Addiction, the issue is alcohol
addiction with a serial killer thrown into the mix. It's the villian's story as much as the hero and heroine's. This book gives you an idea of how alcohol can
affect family members. It, also, helps you to understand the struggle the
alcoholic fights every day.
The third book, The Deceived, is about gambling addictions
and the extremes some groups will go to in order to stop gaming. It shows that some factions may be as bad as what
they are fighting against. Even good people can come under the influence of cult-like groups.
Even my novella, A Fool's Fool, is about those who have the
power to harass and intimidate employees in the work place.
Why do you write?
Sandra K. Marshall, author at Eirelander Publishing
http://www.eirelander-publishing.com
http://www.sandramarshallblog.blogspot.com
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