"Karate Bitch Saves a Life- Maybe Two" is a story a wrote in the last year based upon locations I know well and a "What if...?" story idea. I've known people involved in karate and people named Terry and Beth. I was reluctant to post this since I thought I disliked Terry and everything he does.
After proof-reading it and doing editing I grew to understand it is NOT a story of WHAT IS, but it is a story of What becomes. I have known women I dislike and yet desire, but pushed them far away from me never to see or hear about again. I chose to believe people CAN and DO change either through strength of will or other factors beyond their control as happens to these characters. I was reluctant to give these characters a chance, but as I read it I saw I liked them and what they stood for; most importantly who they chose to become.
Nobody's perfect or always does the right thing at the right time; not even for the right reasons. Sometimes doing the wrong thing at the wrong time can turn out alright in the end. I'm a sucker for happy endings, although not all the stories I'll write do or will have a happy or pleasant ending. Life is not all happy endings, but I can hope they will be.
Off to write more of a large trilogy I'm writing as I race towards the ending with many important things in the trilogy to tie together and wrap up. Lots of fun in the sun for my characters as I endure snowstorms and sometimes -15 C temperatures in Southern Ontario.