Fall's Essence

Is there a time of year when your body experiences a natural high due to the weather? For me this feeling happens when it rains- LOVE the rain- and when the steamy summer days transition to the crisp fall air. I love the fall!

And for this reason, I've realized why my mind dove head first into the invigorating waters of writing at the slightest hint of fall's arrival. The cooler weather has kick started my drive to sit in my cozy chair and think up plot lines and character actions. I think after breathing in the sultry summer air of Texas for however many months, my mind felt like it was running on fumes, sucking every last particle of creative energy from the heat waves burning them up.

Ahh, but now, finally, the cooler weather is pushing out the heat and filling the air once again with its creative fall essence. Can't you smell it? Can you feel it soaking into your pores? I can! Wow, come to think it was this time two years ago when the first creative juices began to flow for my first book, and now I am working on book two!

There is just something enticing about the fall- it's natural association to picking up a great book and getting lost in its pages as your body nestles into a blue snuggie (yes our household owns two of the fleece-armed blanket marketing wonders) and sipping on some hot chocolate with the sound of a fire imitating the rice crispy cereal sound- Snap-Crackle-Pop- in the background. Oh my, if my mind could salivate it would.

So I challenge you to enjoy the change of season. Take in the wonder which is the essence of fall and dive into something that excites the creative part of your soul.

Oh and let me know what season's essence does this for you and why? Who knows I may apply it to one of my characters...