Julia K Cole

Starting on my NaNoWriMo Today!  whoo hooo!   Writing a novel in 30 days!  Haven't done this in a couple of years--kinda rusty.  So here goes NOTHING!  *LOL* A witch killer has come to Louisville.  The first kill.  A coven of four young women,  all in their early twenties, along with their animal familiars are found dead on the banks of the Ohio.  Their throats slit in a manner of a skilled surgeon.  The second kill.  Twelve hours later, a coven devoted to the cat Goddess Bast, and all their familiars, are  found dead.  Their bodies carefully laid out around a statue of Bast the Cat Goddess in the clearing on the Anderson farm on the east side of town. There had been no trace evidence.  The victims had all been killed in another location, cleaned, dressed and then carefully laid out  specifically where they had been found.   It wasn't until the second kill the authorities was provide...

​ In my humble opinion, I believe everybody should write at least one book and publish it!   No, it may never be a number one best seller.  But at least it was written and it was put out there for all to see and enjoy.  And that's an accomplishment you can live with! I was talking to a co-worker the other day about Children of the Luminaries.  She mentioned how she always wanted to publish a book herself.  Naturally, I told her to do it!   Sadly, she said she could never do it because no one would ever read it.  I then gave her the advice that was given me many years ago.  Never write for others.  Always write for yourself.  Write what you would like to read.  Write about the things you enjoy!  And if others read your work and discover they like it and enjoy it, then you have doubled your blessings!   Wise words from the one and only, Ray Bradbury! Of course then she told me how s...