Why I Write
Someone once asked me why I decided to become a writer. In those few moments of silence that passed between the served question and the waiting answer, a few responses came to mind.
1. Because I’m a masochist. Oh my gah, writing is hard. It’s the combined art of squeezing every ounce of creativity from a brain that’s hell bent on keeping its trap shut, while staring off into space imagining countless scenarios to torture your characters, while also figuring out how to slap it together to form an intriguing plot. It’s exhausting and I don’t need this kind of crap in my life. Except...I do. I really do. I need to write like I need that glass of pinot grigo at the end of a very long day of killing off my characters.
2. Why, you gotta story idea for me? Let’s face it, everyone thinks they have the very next, most brilliant un-heard of idea just waiting to be written. And, OH LOOK! You’re the lucky writer who’s going to fashion it up for them. I once had a relative call me up and spend forty-five minutes, I repeat… FORTY-FIVE MINUTES, telling me, in grueling detail, the plot of what was sure to be the book to get me on the best seller list. There in fact, would be no such book written.
3. Because I’ve always been…shall we say, over imaginative. It’s true, I can come up with 150 scenarios of why my sister isn’t answering my text messages in under a minute flat. “What if I texted her right as she was getting into the shower, and she slipped and fell trying to peek at her phone by the sink. My nephew will be sitting there all alone, his dead mother lying in a pool of spilt shampoo. And OH MY GOD what if he starts playing in the shampoo and gets it in his sweet toddler baby eyes.” It’s…ridiculous. BUT! It also makes for some kick ass plot twists.
4. Because my granny used to tell me stories on the front porch swing. Now if that ain’t the most southern thing you’ve heard all day, then I don’t know what is. That woman could render me motionless and completely captivated as she created a movie reel with her words. My little five-year-mind was like putty in her hands. There wasn’t a day spent at her house that the phrase, “Granny tell me story,” wasn’t spoken. And she always would. I would linger on her every syllable, even if I had heard that particular story before, because she told it so amazingly well. I’d like to think I got the urge to story-tell from her.
I don’t know why I decided to sit in front of my laptop that one particular day and start writing, but I knew I had to. I knew that the ideas swarming around in my head were looking for an exit route. In truth, there are dozens of reasons why I decided to become an author. Mostly, because it’s fun. And I like it.
Break the Line
by Allison Mullinax
Contemporary Romance
Fiery Seas Everlasting
Coming February 13, 2018
As a pro-fisherman, Benson Howell’s days are spent on murky lake water, reeling in largemouth bass and winning first place trophies. At twenty-nine, life is easy and carefree. His only job is to stay in the top rankings during the fishing circuit, and keep the sponsors happy. That is, until he meets hot tempered, fiery haired Danni-Rose in small-town Alabama. He has never backed down from anything too big to reel in.
Danni-Rose has spent the past six years of her life burying her past. When Benson Howell literally plows his boat right into her life, armed with simmering anger, she fights the current pulling her closer to him. With a past she can’t let go of, and the sexy fisherman breaking down all her walls, Danni-Rose does everything she can to break the line connecting her to Benson.
Will Danni-Rose be able to let go of the past? Can Benson change her mind about him? Or will they both miss the catch of a lifetime?
About the Author:
North Alabama native, Allison Mullinax, grew up in the small lake town of Guntersville, AL. She discovered the escapism and addiction of writing at an early age. Today she remains a lover of reading, all things outdoors, and spending time with her husband and three daughters.
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