WRITING MY DREAMS: Official Blog of Author C. Michelle Ramsey: Zion's Road

WRITING MY DREAMS: Official Blog of Author C. Michelle Ramsey: Zion's Road: indaindex.com   Based in Tullah Springs, Mississippi, "Zion's Road" is a short story that takes on the controversial topic...

Let the Journey Begin...

Seven years ago, I've taken a childhood daydream and turned it into one of my most-loved stories – Zion’s Road.

The vision of tabooed-romances while living in a place of the unknown and unseen captivated me as a young girl. The story was so strong in my head that I used to stare-up at the clouds – visualizing who or what was up there. God? Angels? Or maybe one my relatives were resting on a cloud as they were smiling down to me. Still, the relief of looking to the sky – painted in its glory only the Supreme Being could do – brought forth a vivid imagination.

As a kid I didn't quite know how to transfer my thoughts to paper – I pretty much acted out anything I've imagined. Creatively, I used to play with my grandmother’s what-knots in her living room – pretending her treasured trinkets were actors and my daydreams were the movie. I would play for hours until I would hear her say, “Child, if you don’t get out of my what-knots or I’ll…”

Once she connected her sentences with - or, I’ll - that was enough for me to scattered from her living room – but I found another escape to act on my imagination: the bathroom. Again, I played with any inanimate object that became my cast of characters. So while I paused from her trinkets, I made Listerine and Johnson and Johnson’s Baby Powder my new leads.

*Sigh* Yeah, I know, I was a strange and bizarre kid. At least I was showcasing my storytelling abilities – even if they were with non-movable objects.

My awkwardness thrived into a passion. After I understood the power of words and what it could do for healing and entertaining, I went to my computer and began to write my first story by simply typing the first sentence, at eighty-two I lived a long life.

If you've guest Zion’s Road was the first short story I've ever written – you’re right! This story - which had taken three days to write - will have its prequel releasing this summer as a full-length novel with new characters, as well as returning favorites, except Jeremiah Johnson. Remember, if you've read the novelette, Jeremiah will not exist in Zion’s Road until 2006. This novel will take place in 1993 – about twelve or thirteen years before Harold Smith’s unexpected turn of events.

The story-line between Zion’s Road and TJRB are similar but also not-so similar. Both have journeys of healing and redemption, but for the leading character in the novel, her journey will fall into two worlds. She will be trapped with confusion and feared of the unknown. Yet the lingering question throughout the plot – will her truths shattered any chance of redemption? Or whatever past she had hidden, will it stop her cold in her tracks?

This week I will reveal the book cover, title, and a short synopsis of the novel. If you've read my previous work, you will see I have went out of my bounds. Forget stepping out of the box, I’d kicked it over a long time ago. Also, you won’t see pink anywhere on the cover – except the Pink Noire logo. The tagline from my website: Wickedly Sweet, Definitely Unpredictable will resonate all through the pages. With that said, my character has a sweet side but lived an unpredictable life.

So look for the post this Friday, March 8, 2013 on your favorite social media. I’m all over the internet, so you can’t miss me.

Catch you later, gorgeous ones!