Living Life's Moments

There comes a time when everyone and everything around you has changed. Friends come and go, family is lost, and the next generation is born. Going to work takes over daily life; before you know it, time has moved on, and you are left with memories. Some good, some bad. Some decisions have improved our lives, while others...not so much. 

Regardless of who we are or the amount of money in our bank account, we have one thing in common:

...we all have moments.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a moment as:

1a: a minute portion or point of time; INSTANT (a moment of dreadful suspense)

2a: present time  (at the moment, she is at work on her fourth novel)

One thing the world learned together is the value of time. 2020 and the onset of COVID made the WORLD stand still. Who would have thought that would happen??? While it was scary and unnerving not knowing what would happen, it gave everyone back the one thing we never realized we missed so much...TIME!!! Time spent with friends or family. Time to discover something you were good at...or not. 😄 Now the world, for the most part, has gone back to normal, with one exception...time is flying by even faster! And the memories we have are of key moments in time that left a mark.

The concept of moments has my creative juices flowing for stories that focus on the situations that challenge us, wake us up, and introduce us to the possibilities of our future...as long as we take advantage of the Moment. A few years ago, I wrote a story with the elements, The Photoshoot.

The Photoshoot is about Latrice, a woman in her forties who goes for a professional headshot to be used on a dating website. It's the last thing she wants to do, but when her friends insist she update her online dating profile, she gives in. But what she gets out of it when she meets the studio owner, Phillip, is the last thing she could ever have imagined! Readers have asked what could have happened next. Now, it's time to find out!

Developing picks up a few days after the two meet at Images, Phillip's photography studio. Their first attempt to get to know each other was cut short, and he has made plans that are nothing like what Latrice expects. What will happen at this Moment?

The Photoshoot and Developing are perfect steamy lunchtime reads! Get The Photoshoot for FREE when you sign up for my newsletter. When you are done, grab that Kindle and continue the story with Developing, but be warned, there is a part two to this story! 😁 And while you wait, visit my website to ensure you've read the Butterfly Memoirs! And last but not least, please share a review! I love hearing what readers have to say! 

Till next time, Read Happy, and Stay Safe! 

MJ