I'm in my mid-thirties and I'm from Oslo, Norway. From an early age I've been fascinated by people with disabilities. Especially people in wheelchairs. Leg braces and crutches were another fascination of mine. One of my earliest memories is a German TV-series that aired here in Norway over Christmas when I was about 10 years old. It was about a talented young ballerina who was in a car accident and was partly paralyzed. She befriended a wheelchair-bounc guy in rehab that pushed her to learn how to walk, run and eventually dance again. I recorded it on VHS and re-watched it until the tapes were worn out.
One of my favorite movies is a Swedish movie titled 'Älskar, älsker inte' (Loves, loves not). It's about an Air Force pilot that breaks his neck in a diving accident and becomes a high-level paraplegic (he wears a halo brace early in the movie). The movie is about his recovery and adjustment to his disability, and how he and his girlfriend struggles to figure out their relationship. I enjoy movies, books and TV-series with disabled characters a lot, but lately I've become more conscious about accurate portrayal of their disabilities.
A few years ago I started writing devotee fiction for my own enjoyment. I didn't even consider publishing any of it - one of the main reasons was that I had no idea where to do so. About six months ago I found the blog "Paradevo's Devotee Stories" and eagerly read through most of the stories posted there, both the ones currently on the blog and the ones in the archives. I was in awe of all of the talented writers there.
A couple of months later I finally worked up the courage to send a writing sample to the owner of that blog and to my delight I was invited to contribute with my own stories. For the past few months I've been writing a story titled "Unexpected", I've published 10 chapters of it there. Unfortunately I'm not happy with the direction the story has taken. I've deviated from my storyline a bit and there are parts I feel I haven't explored the way I should have. Because of this I've struggled to move forward, I feel like I've written myself into a dead end (if that makes any sense).
Over the past month or so I've been racking my brain, trying to figure out what to do about it. While I've been thinking about that I've been re-writing the story - the re-write is titled "Finding Unexpected Love" and is basically "Unexpected" version 2.0. It features the same characters and the same basic storyline, but there are differences between the two and I'm very happy with where the 2.0 version is going. I feel like my writing is flowing again and it's fun.
After some deliberation I've decided to leave "Unexpected" there. I hope to finish it eventually, but right now I just don't have the inspiration for it. My focus for now will be the stories I post here and I hope readers find their way here too. I love to hear from my readers, so please comment! Any constructive feedback is welcome; positive or negative.
If you want to contact me privately my email address is devoteestoriesbymille(at)gmail.com
