Right now I am looking for an editor for Love Limit. I will let you all know when the book is available for purchase.
This is the first version of the cover for the thriller Love Limit by L.M. Mathias.
I get ideas for books all of the time. Some ideas are good enough to warrant a page in my notepad and others aren’t even worth a second thought, but when I got the idea for Love Limit I said to myself, “I have to pursue this.” The idea was actually inspired by the Woody Allen movie, Match Point, starring Scarlett Johansson and Johnathan Rhys Meyers. If you haven’t seen that movie I suggest you do so after reading this post. I went about my usual process of gathering more ideas and structuring the rough draft. I was all set to write, and then I said to myself, “I can’t do this.” The story struck a chord with me morally, so much so that it was almost impossible to sit down and write it. It was, at that time, too sad to process. True story telling can change the author as much as the characters in the book. The main character is put through the grinder emotionally and has to do something that he never thought he would have been capable of. For me, I felt his pain. Telling the story itself was hard. I ultimately scrapped the idea.
Fast forward one year later, I’m at an art show and I happen to bump into a friend and fellow author. We spark up a conversation and somehow we start talking about Love Limit. I told him the concept of the book and how it was impossible to write because of how sad it was. He explained to me, “Those are the books that sell the most. The books that tug at the audience’s hearts are the most impactful.” I couldn’t disagree with him. At that point, my thinking changed. Later that night I went home, sat down and began to write.
Six months later, I finished Love Limit. I found my ‘reason to write,’ which I believe is crucial for anyone setting out to write a book. Before, I had given myself every reason not to write, but then, with the help of my friend, I found every reason to write. I’m normally reluctant to let anyone read my work, but I felt confident enough to submit an excerpt of Love Limit to my local writers’ group. They loved the story, to say the least, and wanted to hear more. I believe that everyone has a story inside of them just waiting to be told. Don’t withhold your greatest work because of fear or doubt. As authors, we are put on this earth to express ourselves through our stories.