I've Finished My Film
It might be surprising to you that I would work on something else other than writing, but I did have this project that I needed to do.
It’s about two botanists who compete with each other from time to time and fighting over fertilizer. I know the story seems ridiculous.
I’ve been procrastinating on this project just when I had the perfect plan for it, even during the pandemic.
Now that I had no time to make it close to perfect, I got it done the cheap way. Consequently, I got less time to do something else.
I'm Behind on My Writing
I was working on a story after “The Hasty Seaman”. Since I’ve procrastinated, I got behind on all the scheduled time I had which was completely gone to waste. So now I got two writing projects to finish and I still have not touched on “The Hasty Seaman”. But when I finish all my planned short stories for the year, I will touch on it next year. I might even delete it to make room for the new one.
I Decided to Start a New One
I went ahead with the third project because time still continues. I estimate that this story will get done by the end of the month.
Currently, I’m in the revision phase.
The Art of Fear by Pamela Crane
This thriller novel left me hopeful for what’s to come for the characters. It had a bleak theme, a memorable cast, and a surprising twist.
The protagonist, Ari Wilburn, was constantly being haunted by the death of her sister, one that she had caused. And during a suicide help gathering, she meets a young girl named Tina Alvarez that was in distress from the death of her father. Later on, Ari learns that she was sold for sex by him. During all of this, a serial killer is on the loose who has an interesting view on death. From what I could gather, the author’s mission with this is to spread awareness of human trafficking and that you must release all fear the the past gives you, leading you to move on. The author has done a good job in making that clear.
The story takes place in two settings, Durham, North Carolina of 2016 and San Luis, Mexico back in the 20th century. These are two interesting settings put together for a crime book.
The cast was developed in a believable way. Ari is the most well developed because all the thoughts & memories of her past in her mind were laid out on the page and it changes throughout the story. The way she behaves is relatable in a situation like this.
The plot was well structured and somewhat unpredictable, like the identity of the serial killer that was revealed near the end of the book.
I noticed that the author used a fair amount of metaphors to describe death in earlier chapters. She described it as “the ultimate freedom from the taut restraints of life” and other descriptions.
I liked the message, the characters, the writing, and the story overall. I couldn’t really think of any criticisms I made earlier about this as I was reading it.
The author, Pamela Crane, seemed to be very good at creating imagery as it was first shown in the prologue. She also seemed to have created a circle around all characters communicating that death is in every corner. She did this by describing more of the serial killer’s shenanigans in various chapters. I’ve only read this one book by her, so I don’t know if her writing would always be like this. But I will read more stories from her in the future.
For those of you who like crime thrillers, please read this book that’s available on Google Books.
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