Lori K. Wilson
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My Twisted Imagination....

3/11/2017

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From an early age I knew I was "special". I had a knack for creating imaginary lives, scenarios and of course, friends. Growing up much younger than my siblings, who quite frankly, didn't actually enjoy my company; I was forced to be on my own frequently. I had some friends when I was younger. Usually, though I was kind of a loner-- a weirdo some would say. Instead of Barbies, I had names and personalities for all of my crayons. Instead of playing school with my friends, I had collected school workbooks and taught my imaginary friends. If you ask any of them, (my imaginary students), I was a tough, but fair teacher. I only sent them to the make-believe Principal's office if they were really unruly. As I got older, I read the magical Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series. She was fantastic. I also of course, read every Nancy Drew book I could and became quite the sleuth myself. Narnia series? Read it. Hobbit, Lord of the Rings? Duh. Encyclopedia Brown? Yup. Also every Judy Blum book I could get my hands on. These characters formed my eclectic imagination, it wasn't long after I started reading Stephen King and Dean Koontz. (I went through an obligatory romance phase as well. Some of those books still make me blush!) What I really liked though, was mysteries. Oh, and cops. I would wander up in the hills or down by the river on the bike paths as a kid in Roseburg. The scenery was nice, but I was really there to find bodies that had been hidden after some vicious murder. Or better yet....catch a killer myself (I considered myself to be a tough 13 year-old). That crime solving, body finding (what was that I just tripped over?) sleuthing child with the over-active imagination eventually grew up to an adult. Minus the imaginary friends (who am I kidding? They're still around. They have in fact just aged as well, and are now characters in my books. Whenever I am exploring in the forest, kayaking down the river, camping in the wilderness, walking by the river..... I can't seem to keep my imagination at bay. I am grateful for having an outlet for my vividly mysterious thoughts. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do!!!
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Carolyn Lowe
3/15/2017 09:40:30 am

I'm very proud of you and your accomplishments Lori dear. I remember that adorable little girl with a vivid imagination that sometimes got you in trouble, sometimes your older siblings and a couple times even a cousin or two.

How many books have you written? I want to get them all of course, that way I can read them in order. I'm weird that way. Whether it's Iris Johannsen, Stephany Bloom series and any other of the hundreds of the books I read. I read hundreds and hundreds of books. including like you, Nancy Drew and Judy Bolten,. ( Wasn't she a nurse or something?)

Reading this little blog you just wrote it surprised me how very much we are alike. I use to have quite the imagination myself. I remember finding a suitcase out in middle of sand wash near where I lived as a child. I was thoroughly convinced it belonged to the person who had abducted this little girl in San Diego. Of course it wasn't. Probably belonged to an old Hobo left it behind as he jumped back on the next train through to San Diego. We had a lot of those, Hobos that is! :-)

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    I enjoy a good mystery. I've used my experience as a the wife of a detective, an employee at the state mental hospital and an observer of people to help with the plot lines of my books. Kelly Lowe is many of the things I wish I was in life.

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