Starting Over

Starting over is never easy. I don't know about you, but I do it a lot as a writer. I'll start writing and get a few thousand words in, then decide to delete it all. Many of those stories remain deleted. I don't know if it's fear, laziness, or lack of motivation to finish it. Could be all of the above.

What I do know is, that I have started many books over the past couple of years, and stopped writing  them. I think I probably have a dozen or more. I'd get excited, talk about them, then just stop working on them. I haven't written a full novella or novel in probably two years. I'm finally breaking that cycle. (I hope) I am now over 20,000 words into my next novella, Answers From the Past.

It hasn't been easy to start over. I have wanted to delete what I have written several times, but I stop myself. In my novella, Diamond Murders, Daisy struggles with starting over. Gavin, a police officer, working a crime scene outside of her tent along the river encourages her to.

Daisy has the means to start over because of a few diamonds she saved in a sock when her business went under. She takes the advice of Gavin, and finds a spot for her shop. People quickly learn she is starting over, and those close to her get murdered. Not just murdered though, Daisy's diamonds are burned into the bodies.

How are they getting to her diamonds? Why do they want to hurt Daisy? She questions all of it, and even begins to look at those around her to determine if they are committing the murders. She can't trust anyone she encounters.

What have you tried to start over? There are many things in life that we can start over. Business, relationships, goals. Tell me your stories.

Diamond Murders
https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Murders-LR-Hatfield-ebook/dp/B00M8CAN1E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511751500&sr=8-1&keywords=diamond+murders%2F+lr+hatfield