Happy Monday and happy May! I miss blogging - when the book's done, I look forward to getting back in the habit.
Last night, I had my iTunes library on shuffle while I was writing - which I love, because a song pops up you haven't listened to in a long time and you think "hey, why don't I listen to this anymore?" - and this song struck me as very present day Ghost and Maggie, perfect for a montage of their greatest hits as a couple, so to speak.
"...
If
she pressed in a little harder, she thought they might just fuse together into
one creature, something with fangs, and claws, and blood on its hands, and a tender
heart. All this painful love for the family they’d made together: a family made
of their children, and of the lost souls they’d invited into the club together.
Her eyes searched them out in the crowd: Walsh, Michael, Tango, Mercy. All the
young ones Ghost had brought up in the new tradition. When she’d met her man,
the club had been a den of angry, snarling strays…but it had become a sanctuary
for the misplaced and unloved, somewhere where they could finally find what had
always been missing in their lives.
They’d done that. Ghost had done that. Taken a crippled club and turned into a
multinational powerhouse, the strongest and most infamous MC in the world.
..."
Happy May to you Lauren! I love the imagery your words create - I can't wait for the release of American Hellhound!
ReplyDeleteAnd this the lovely world you have created. Thank you! Can't wait for AH!
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