Inspiration Behind "Where You'll Land"
"She kept making the same mistake over and over, until she realized that if she wanted a different ending she needed to have a different beginning."
If you follow my writing, you know that I am always looking to understand more about the human experience through my characters’ journeys.
I usually write from multiple points of view, because I’m very interested in the way each character’s decisions and motivations influence the others.
In Where You’ll Land, I explored the interrelationships between people; how our choices affect not only us, but those around us, and then how those choices affect their lives and so on. I also wanted to show how we come together and break apart, then come together and break apart again, revealing how even painful relationships may be part of a larger growth process.
As you’ll read in the story, the tendency for us to repeat what we are most afraid of is something that seems uncanny, but is a dynamic that we all encounter. We all have narratives that shape our sense of self, our purpose, our understanding of who we are in the world with others. We interact within our world anticipating confirmation of these narratives and sometimes they are painful and false; for example, “I am not loveable,” may be one. Although incorrect (because we all deserve love), confirming this narrative becomes an unconscious quest that we often recreate over and over, until we realize what we’re doing and can change the emotions and concomitant false narrative. Someone with that mindset will push people away to confirm that they aren’t loveable. I tried to show how insidiously this happens; meaning, it happens without us even realizing it and even when the beginning seems different, we often find ourselves at the same end.
I don’t think psychology should be exclusive to those of us who study it and are familiar with the theories and jargon. My hope is that this book will not only be entertaining, but also provide some deeper understanding of relationships and the various dimensions and complexities that arise as we come together, for better or worse.
Where You’ll Land is a standalone psychological romance. It is the first in a series of standalones. Subsequent books will continue with these characters’ stories and added new ones, all with the intention of exploring various dynamics of love and relationships.
Thank you for reading.
If you follow my writing, you know that I am always looking to understand more about the human experience through my characters’ journeys.
I usually write from multiple points of view, because I’m very interested in the way each character’s decisions and motivations influence the others.
In Where You’ll Land, I explored the interrelationships between people; how our choices affect not only us, but those around us, and then how those choices affect their lives and so on. I also wanted to show how we come together and break apart, then come together and break apart again, revealing how even painful relationships may be part of a larger growth process.
As you’ll read in the story, the tendency for us to repeat what we are most afraid of is something that seems uncanny, but is a dynamic that we all encounter. We all have narratives that shape our sense of self, our purpose, our understanding of who we are in the world with others. We interact within our world anticipating confirmation of these narratives and sometimes they are painful and false; for example, “I am not loveable,” may be one. Although incorrect (because we all deserve love), confirming this narrative becomes an unconscious quest that we often recreate over and over, until we realize what we’re doing and can change the emotions and concomitant false narrative. Someone with that mindset will push people away to confirm that they aren’t loveable. I tried to show how insidiously this happens; meaning, it happens without us even realizing it and even when the beginning seems different, we often find ourselves at the same end.
I don’t think psychology should be exclusive to those of us who study it and are familiar with the theories and jargon. My hope is that this book will not only be entertaining, but also provide some deeper understanding of relationships and the various dimensions and complexities that arise as we come together, for better or worse.
Where You’ll Land is a standalone psychological romance. It is the first in a series of standalones. Subsequent books will continue with these characters’ stories and added new ones, all with the intention of exploring various dynamics of love and relationships.
Thank you for reading.
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