Scion Wood For Heaven Novel

I wrote 69811 words towards a next novel in November. 

#Nanowrimo doesn't produce fruit that is ripe, 

now I have to prune, graft and water.

The book is unfinished. 

Next step - rough edit and outline review. Then line review.

Then speak to characters and check scene events. 

And then the revision. Next share with beta readers.

It's about life after suicide. 

A bit of heaven, finding beauty in culled wood.

I lost these photographs and had one image on my iphone4.

Accidentally today I loaded an old memory chip - and there were 

fabulous images of my youngest, our college tours of the Northwest 

and these Corot and Van Gogh (esk) images of 

this Fallawater apple orchard shorn down. 

Ever had a memory chip ghost old images layered?

Heirloom and extinct varieties of fruits are of interest to

an off the grid gardener.

Apples are not genetically replicated by seed planting.

The mother's genes partially contribute to a new tree.

Like roses - field testing takes time.

Grafting replicates an apple variety.

Cider made from this fruit is amazing.

When I was seven I was in a Johnny Appleseed play.

I was John Chapman with a pot on my head. 

If you know the title of the play, please let me know,

I can't recall.

The folk hero spread the Harrison apple.

An apple now extinct, used to make hard cider,

and applejack brandy, laced with his own versions

of Christianity and sustainability.

Prohibition ended the varieties of apples and 

many of the Native American medicinal herbs

he used to distill.

Now the trunks become sweet aroma firewood. 

Branches are beautiful in wreaths,

but the grafters waited too long. 

Did they flame up in a blaze where sparks touch heaven?

Like my current work in progress a haunting image that is part

of us - earth, fruit, life, death and joy.

Sparkler in dead chill ~ winter scion clings to heartbeat ~ we connect in veins.

Taking submissions for title ideas

The Orchard End

Caville Blanc d'hiver

White Winter Wood

Scion Wood

Scion Wood For Heaven

P.S.: Scion is not referencing the car ---
 "young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting as in new life."

Also welcome your thoughts.

All my heart to you.

Thank you for reading 

Copyright 2015 images Caroline Gerardo

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Stop A Bullet

Stop a Bullet

Bullets for Allah round

After four tours says,

"One hundred magazines on the black market."

Untrue

AK15 modified AK abound

No license required, 

"Buy my Korean military Brutus."

Renew

Stop bullets rebound

unwilling submission,

"Offer education and a loyal wife."

View

Join the song surround

Call of ManKIND,

"Understand, pray for and seek the enemy."

Grew

Caliph banner found

Rocks smash heads,

"Mecca Medina and Jerusalem are ours."

Blue

lockheed, boeing, bae, 

raytheon, eads, northrup, finmeccanica,

"gun manufacturers don't create problems."

You

Zealot takes your crown 

Seek solutions,

"welcome refugees, secure their future."

Do

not bend or deviate 

Stop the bullet before wound,

"save youth before they recruit."

Poem for solutions.

What are the answers?

CVE action against ISIS, IS is not working.

Assassins Creed image licensed by 

Ubisoft as is often used for recruiting 

Be not weary and faint-hearted, crying for peace, 

when ye should be uppermost 

(Shakir, "have the upper hand") 

for Allah is with you,"

12/6/2015 Copyright Caroline Gerardo

" لا تكن بالضجر و ضعاف القلوب ، والبكاء من أجل السلام ، عندما أيها ينبغي أن تكون الأولوية ( شاكر : " لديها اليد العليا " ) إن الله معك "

Beach Stones Pounding the Keyboard

I'm working hard. 

Writing the first draft of next novel at 5:00 AM and 

getting into office early.

Sharing a couple beach photographs from each of my sister's homes.
Different views: one in Northern California and one Southern but
both have rocky shores. Below Capo Beach Road you can't see the
submerged pebbles and rounded stones; but I have bruises on my legs from the
waves pounding them. This section of Beach Road the ocean appears innocent from above,
but the sand has been eroded. This I'll save you from the purple images.

Same thing with typing each word on the keyboard...
Are you doing Nanowrimo? I'm past 12000 words for November. The
story is taking the lead, and characters waking me up at night.
All my best.
Hey check Audible in the next 9 days the mono version of reading
the Lucky Boy will be released

Nanowrimo Starts 1st Draft

Signed up for NaNoWriMo today. 

I wrote two drafts with this crazy method before.

My theory being- type the words and get it done.

They ask for 50000 words but that’s not a novel – a draft should be 120000+ to slash and erase down to 90000.

My target is 90000

Right now my last book, The Eco Terrorist is in submission and I’ll give it the month.

Was completing an audio version of two prior novels, but the recording is slow and it seems the best my vocals can do is two chapters a sitting. I want it to be live without much edit polishing to sound the same as when I do an actual reading. Those projects are going on a shelf.

I work full time at a demanding job, and need to support my family all by myself. This is a risky proposition to put 1600 hours into a first draft of a story I’m not so sure about. The novel is about suicide or surviving near death by choice by someone I love dearly. Going to be written in first person and will surely be dark.

I don’t believe the lady at the register of Chic fil a is reading my books (you know the sweet one who asks you if you will be fine dining with “us?”) Why do I find that smugness of sweet so offensive?

 asked me recently again why someone with such a cheerful outward appearance has a penchant for thrillers and dark topics. IF you can come up with a light hearted come back please let me know.

With this I tell you I won’t be as quick on line and probably all my fun on Pinterest will be put on hold. I still have the giant house to sell, so craft projects are only a messy daydream to be enjoyed by pinning ideas.  

Please please leave me a comment send me a paper letter as I’m going to be up at 5:15 and working for 3 hours then closing mortgages all day and back home at 7:00 to get three more hours in for 30 days. I forget about Match.com, those videos for my mortgage banking job and painting daughter’s room by myself- Until December
Update tonight 3509 words today and outline 500 and story board started
I pushed and got my ACX audible  version of The Lucky Boy finished this morning
I won't have time to promote it and do Nano

Novels written by C G

Empty Nest

Grief in the plan.

Children's solo guardian: expect change.

But doesn't fit, jeans sizes small. 

Throw out expensive pair or work on body?

Dropped off my son to college four weeks ago.

I didn't cry.

Kept brave.

Days slip stolen by menopause and hackers.

Found lotto tickets never checked.

Liquor store guy says, "old- if you won they won't pay."

Book of Isaiah 65?

Don't offer food and wine to the gods...
bribery spoils luck

Fortunate to adore my children.

Guiltless give them everything.

Pack up worry ~ it weeds no garden.

Revisions on the next book finished.

Begin the next story.

Please Stop by, 

share abundance of zebra striped tomatoes.

I'll give you a bag. 

Pick the herbs you need.
Sage, basil and thyme in gemstone colors.

Just don't call me an empty nester.

Caroline Gerardo
poem October 2015

Nest in the woods

Sending your children off to fly on their own

The rail road path ahead in life

I have a photo of my two on this whale when they were toddlers. Here they are now 2015 in Santa Cruz California

Hike to the waterfall north of Big Sur

On the way  home from dropping off at college hike
Caroline Gerardo Empty Nest Poem
copyright 2015