Dear Daisy

Hardcover Edition ©2004   by Author, Jane Marla VerDow    Published by Rising Sparrow Press

My heart mission and each vision confirmed that I would write         Dear Daisy in Early American style.

So this is where I started. 
A writer with a vision and a dream.                                                         

How absurd this dream of mine when measured against logic.    

Me, an author? I didn't even like to read and as a child reading was the last thing you would have found me doing on a summer day or  even on a winter's day with drifts of snow barricading my exit.

Days became years. The dream wouldn't fade. In fact, the dream became more detailed, words formed beyond thoughts, and in the end even textures became significant.

Early American style to me meant time periods of language, styles  of speech, even speeds of speech patterns reflecting the characters. Bookbinding translated into hardcover and grain. A book that I could dream then write would have to be not simply something to read but more importantly, at least to me, something I could hold.   

My dream?   

Well, it all felt real the first time I held, Dear Daisy

Holding true to the nature of storytelling, this book contains no chapters. The story simply unfolds.

To get a feel for my writing style... I offer excerpts from the opening of the book. At least this will introduce you to the characters, where the story begins, and allow you to sample some of my writing layers. 

Where the story begins...

Her warmth taught me love, her gift of patience taught me to search my heart for patience with others, her Soul taught me strength equal to compassion, and through her love and guidance I learned to reach for my World.