Some empty space
It's been a very long time since I wrote here, and I suspect that most readers who paid attention to what I wrote have long since moved on. I moved on too. In the empty space left by Heath's death I began to write my own fiction under my own name. I won a few competitions and got published here and there.
And now I have a book, a short story collection with my name on the cover. It's an amazing feeling. I wrote about the journey from Wildcolumbine to Marian in a guest post on writer Monique Mulligan's blog.
ON WRITING: FIX OR STAND - MONIQUE MULLIGAN
For decades, Marian Matta wrote whatever was called for, from medical articles and historical research to film scripts, but she began concentrating on the short story format in 2006 after being inspired by Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain. Her stories have subsequently appeared in several...
moniquemulligan.com
'Life, Bound' is an eclectic bunch of stories about people who, like Ennis perhaps, are caught in the past, or who are quite happy to surrender their lives to external forces. The theme lies gently over the collection and, as with 'Brokeback Mountain', there's plenty of open space for a reader's own interpretation.
It's available as a paperback (and eBook soon) on the publisher's website:
Life, Bound | MidnightSun Publishing
midnightsunpublishing.com
or Amazon:
Life, Bound - Kindle edition by Matta, Marian . Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Life, Bound - Kindle edition by Matta, Marian . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Life, Bound.
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or from all the usual suspects, both online and in real bricks & mortar shops.
I'd love it if one or two of you took the time to read it and maybe leave a Goodreads review, etc. If you want (to quote Mrs Twist).
Thank you to everyone who helped me along the way. You gave me the confidence I lacked.