L.F. Oake

It's one thing to write a story that someone enjoys, but it's an entirely different thing to write something that teaches you something. That is my intention -- to teach my reader something, if not just to value life and love.

 

My stories each have at least one theme. An Ogre's Tale is a tale of gluttony and selfishness. The Dryad and the Dark Elf speaks of racism and having the courage to face what life throws at you. Nahtaia: A Jaydürian Adventure is about love, trust, and growing friendships, even with someone you would have once considered an enemy.

 

The books I chose to read as a child were just that -- lessons, sprinkled delicately and thoughtfully throughout adventures and characters of a story. BUT, I never felt preached to. I never felt talked down to. The stories left me wondering what I would do in certain circumstances and how I would handle troubles or disappointments. They helped me become who I am today.

 

A good book won't have the reader forgetting what they read. Some of the biggest lessons about people that I learned was from books. I have specific trains of thoughts that I trace back to a specific moment of reading, and that is what I intend on doing for my readers.

 

This is my vision.

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My blogs are like little non-fiction narratives of my life. My blogs are how I know I am a writer through and through. Because I feel the need to write everything, whether they're read or not. And I have several blogs. One is for my writing. One is a lifestyle blog. The third is a blog where you'll see the very opinionated side of me, and it's written more like a diary than a blog. So if you are easily offended by religious views that are not your own, or political rants, I would avoid that specific blog.