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Love Knots
June is the month of weddings, so let's talk about something sweet and adorable.  What is a love knot? It is a stylized or decorative knot used as a symbol of love. They can be tied of cord, rope or ribbon. Sailors once carried them as signs of love, to remind them of those left at home. Sometimes when funds or precious metals were not available for a ring, a love knot was tied in a small cord as a substitute to exchange during marriage vows.
Generally the knot is tied to symbolized never-ending love. A "true lover's knot", not being true in the literal sense, is two overhand knots intertwined once and pulled against one another. A "Solomon's knot" or "lover's knot" is also a stitch in crochet. Celtic knots are not all love knots. Celtic knots all have different meanings, but some can be used as a "love knot". A simple version has two unbroken loops, twined and inseparable.
The Algerian love knot gained popularity when Vesper wore one on a necklace in the movie Casino Royale. This was one strand looped three times. Victorians were famous for their symbolism. Victorian love knots tended to be worn as brooches, often with different types of stones woven within. The type of stone also represented strength, love, or endearment. The Victorians also drew love knot valentines, with the message of love written within the knot, so the recipient hand to turn the paper to read it.
Perhaps a symbol of love can be woven into your next action adventure story; a delightful little gem to be discovered by your readers.
This month's question: Do you like to drop in little interesting facts in your story? I do!
How do you use them in your writing?
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Excerpt: Tracy pulled, worked and wormed her nimble fingers through the tightly knotted material until, finally, it loosened and unraveled, spreading meekly into a circular kaleidoscope of wrinkles beneath her hand. There were, Tracy knew, a number of superstitions surrounding a nursing staff. Most of them, well, she could understand. Deaths coming in threes. Opening doors and windows of a deceased resident’s room to let their spirit out. But the one Tracy Shepherd had the least patience with was tying a resident to the earth; tying a knot in the bed sheets to keep a resident from dying. It couldn’t be comfortable, having a big knot in your sheets, and the one that she had just struggled with had been so tight it had restricted Mr. Malone’s movements.
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Excerpt: The Disappearance wasn’t what ripped Travis and Ess apart. For Ess, her daughter’s vanishing hollowed, like scooping meat from a gourd. The rest—the sawing through rope in self-absorbed self-sacrifice, the shredding—she did. Not immediately, no. Not until Leah had been gone for over two years and Ess and Travis were sure she wouldn’t be coming back, not even to be buried. (The little pink Keds, the purple skirt, the rainbow panties all crusted brown-black with her blood told them that much. What do monsters do with the bones of eight-year-old girls?)
Excerpt: Carol’s parents detested Karl, but on her insistence gave in. As for Karl, his parents were thrilled to have found a golden goose for their beloved, jobless son. Yes, Karl was jobless and Carol was going to be the bread winner if they’d marry. Eventually, they married on Boxing Day and Carol had to report to work the very next day. Indeed a dampener, but she decided not to let it ruin their sweet moments. After coming back from work tired, Karl asked her to fix dinner and was quite cold to her warm hug. Carol dismissed it as her mistake for going too overboard with work. As they retired to bed, she expected him to cuddle and make love to her, but he turned off the lights and never touched her.
Excerpt: The alarm clock blasts One Direction into my subconsciousness and I slowly come round from my night time stupor. I reach across the empty space in my bed to hug Greg but he’s not there. I knew he wouldn't be. I don’t know why I always let myself hope.
It hurts to be awake today. I force my legs to swing over the edge of the bed. My head is full of sledge hammers and my eyeballs have cracked and split lengthways. Coffee. Strong and black, that’s what I need.
Excerpt: Of course, it disturbed Donnie that Ellie had asked him to come over so that they could "talk." That's why he had brought the flowers - the special flowers. Donnie had been working on this formula primarily to extend the life of heavy-duty fabrics, but in the course of his experimentation, stumbled upon the impact on plants quite by accident. Donnie just had to tell Ellie about his discovery; a discovery so new he had yet to inform his employers. He had wanted Ellie to be the first to know.
Excerpt: His name was Rigel, and, as it was for all elves, this place was the one of his birth. The city of Filia rested on the north side of the Longa Desert, nestled against a cliff face that isolated the desert from the rest of the Iria Continent. Rigel had been an orphan for all of his life, making it a rather simple choice for him to follow the path of an Adventurer. As such, he had left his home at a young age to travel the world. Now, however, he had returned to the home of his ancestors.
Now, the elf was to be married.
Excerpt: Before my wife and I were married, we spent a handful of weekends looking for a place to hold the wedding ceremony. In the time we dated, before I proposed, we sort of developed this playful quirk of lightly shoving each other with our shoulders. I don't really remember when it started or why, but we just found ourselves doing it all the time.
On this day though - the one I recalled as I rode the metro - to the dismay of Jessie, I (by no ill intent) shoved her into a flower bed; and she herself tripped over the short garden fencing, sending my lovely girl back first into a bed of bushy plants. I laughed and laughed. She let out this clumsy feminine squeal, and my glee prolonged, much like it does now...
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This month's question: Do you like to drop in little interesting facts in your story? I do!
How do you use them in your writing?
Answer below Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: Do you keep inspiration shots?
How do you use them in your writing?
r.a.garcia responds: I love photography! It can be very inspiring and I use it a lot to think of poems or stories. I also use music to inspire me when writing...mostly instrumental because vocals can be distracting when I write. I love images and music as inspiration!
sarahsbooks answers: I had never thought about doing this, mostly because I've always sketched whatever I needed to see. But this does seem like a good idea. I might start doing it. Thanks for the newsletter!
Cynaemon  sends: have done this for years. I especially like to take pictures of interesting people I see, and like you said I do it from a distance. I am reminded of one of my favorites. I was in a Japanese restaurant which I went to often for lunch, and saw an older Japanese man eating a bowl of Udon noodles with chopsticks. It was fascinating to watch him, and it was obvious that he was really enjoying his meal. I loved the smile on his face.
I have also asked people if I could do things like take a picture of their hand. I use many of these pictures in my writing, and also in my drawing and other art work. Glad that you brought this subject up. Now I take such pictures on my phone. I love to take pics of landscapes and flowers too. There is just so much to see. I also carry a small art journal around with me and sometimes just draw. Later I can use that as inspiration for a story or poem. Best Wishes, Cynaemon
pnut67 admits: I, too, dabble with photography in a hobby sort of way. Not once has it dawned on me to use the shots I have taken to use for scene references, but I am going to take this sage advice and start using it. The only problem I have,is I have over 2K shots logged onto my computer, so I an overwhelmingly abundant choice of pictures to choose from, once i start taking your advice.
Mary Ann MCPhedran  submits: I enjoyed reading your news letter and thought that the contents within each story were interesting. It has good quality advice to encourage the reader. I have a book which has been published and could be altered and rewritten as it is no longer on the market.
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