A Life of Writing

by        Colette Merrill

View our latest work

I maintain two websites and write books. I love writing; it was an interest I held early in life and have never let go of. This second series of books, which I have written, called Echoes From the Dark Clouds, has been written from different stages of the trap I was caught in. They were, from the beginning, a love story, and as time went on, I saw things happening that don't happen when love exists between two people. I began to see lies, inconsistencies, and my memory being challenged. That was the first time I was reminded of the movie Gaslight. I remember asking him if he had ever seen that movie. He asked, "What movie?" I told him the name again and even went so far as to explain it. He only replied that he never saw that one. But for a while, he stopped challenging my memory, and I forgot about it until the next time he told me he'd said something I know he didn't. 

That was the beginning of many things that were out of the ordinary realm of normal for two people who were in love. As time went on and the books were written, I saw many things happening that shouldn't have been, not for two people in love. I wasn't ready to see the truth yet, and even though I challenged him and questioned his lies, I never accepted the answers he gave me. When I realized I would never get any straight answers, I gave up confronting him, knowing I would never get the truth.