Story Behind The Book
How "Lessons from an Evil Mind" came about: When my children were younger, I would write them books to help them in a situation they might have been in, such as dealing with a bully. After having my daughter and suffering memory loss, I stopped writing. Well, actually I forgot I wrote. One day, while sitting at home, my son came in and asked,"why I didn't write anymore". I had no idea what he was talking about. Me write? I never wrote anything before, except for papers or school. It was a few days later, when I awoke from a dream, that I picked up my laptop and began to write. I had no idea what I was writing, it just kept pouring out of my head. The next thing I knew, I had written three chapters of a book. Now, I thought, "Well that was fun, lets see if anyone likes what I have written," so I started reading it to my husband. He loved it and encouraged me to finish it. I thought he was just trying to be supportive, but I was so in love with the characters I had wrote, I had to finish. Like I always told everyone,"I had to see what happened next". You see, there never was a plan, when it came to writing the book, only an idea and a main Character "Lue". After weeks of writing, and let me tell you, I wrote morning and night, I was enjoying myself tremendously and could not put the book down, I finally had the book done. Or so I thought. I let some people read it to see what they thought. Everyone that read it said that they loved the book, that they could not put it down, and now call me all the time wondering when I will get book two finished(They say they have to know what happened). The book was a little short(at that time the book was only 170 pages.) So I sat back down and wrote more into the book, making the characters stronger and more interesting. The book started off as a single story, but now has grown to a series of four. The second being "Seeded from Evil." At one point, I thought that I might change the characters names, but after being yelled at by everyone that had read the book and deep consideration, I decided that the characters could not be named any different. They are my Lue, Angel, John, Kamrin and Cheyenne. When I wrote "Lessons from an evil mind" I tried to ensure whom ever wrote it, could relate to the characters. I believe that I succeeded, as so many people have laughed and cried while reading the book. Now for some funny facts about the book:
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<br /><font color="#000000"><em><font style="font-size:14px;">"Spine tingling, gruesome, terrifying, enthralling read for the voyeuristic mind"<br /><br />"I got goose pimples"<br /><br />"Absolutely bloody brilliant. You know how to write of fear, which seems straightforward till you come to do it. Lue naturally gets our sympathy immediately and keeps it."<br /><br />"THis is a powerful narrative that expodes off the page at at the reader"</font><br /></em></font>