Last evening I went down to the water and sat my chair in the sand. I pulled out my phone and my digital camera. I was torn between watching the clouds and evening sun dance in the sky or capture it with my cameras. I chose to do a little bit of both, putting the camera down when the sky was especially breathtaking. The moon was clear in the sky and its reflection sparkled in the waves.
My friend asked me if I could feel how the ocean just seemed to pull your eyes to it, almost as if it was putting you in a trance. She said she scanned the ocean to look for dolphins but then it was like the water was just so beautiful, she couldn’t look away. My book is titled The Pull of the Moon and the title is actually based on how the ocean takes its commands from the gravitational pull of the moon. The ocean tides are dependent on the moon to rise and fall. It’s like the attraction that one may feel towards the person they love. The moon and the ocean are connected for eternity, no matter how the earth may turn and the attraction may wane, the ocean cannot stay away from the moon.
The Pull of the Moon tells the story of two people that are so drawn together, no obstacle can keep them apart. When one of the main characters lost her husband at a very young age, she felt the pain of loss and threw herself into her work, determined never to love again. She soon met a man that made her question everything that she ever desired in a man. He was the opposite of everything she planned for her life but everything she never knew she wanted. But he was broken in a way she didn’t know how to fix, and worst of all, he was afraid to love. Can she break his hardened shell and show him that love doesn’t have to hurt?
When I think of the ocean, I think of my book. I think of the pull that I have to finish it and how it waxes and wanes. The desire to finish this book, or really any book I’ve started, never goes away. I want to see it through. I have so many people who have spent years encouraging my craft, to include my precious Mama who always tells me “that’s your ticket.” I spend a lot of time dreaming of scanning the New York Times bestsellers list and seeing my name amongst the many. I dream that one day, a book will be turned into a movie and I’ll be buying a movie ticket to see my work on the big screen.
Dreams can’t become reality without a lot of work and a vision to make it happen. There’s no lottery for finishing a book. If you have a dream, don’t delay. Don’t put it off. The time you waste in saying “one day” could be the time you could spend putting it to work, even if it’s baby steps. I look back at this blog and how often I’d start it and stay strong for a while, but then I would let myself slip. I’d quit because the dream felt out of reach. Lately, I’ve been feeling like something big is coming for me. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But the only way I can for sure know is if I try. Even if the only big thing is the sense of accomplishment, I have to try. Without trying, I will never know. And, that is kind of a theme in my book. It’s about overcoming that fear to allow oneself to journey through the unknown to find the treasure. The treasure, whether it be love, accomplishment, or a finished book, is always worth the journey.
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