Japanese Tea Garden-Golden Gate Park

I love a good metaphor. The use of metaphors, when well written, convey a mood, a message, or an impression that lingers with the reader long after the last page of the novel. In my first novel, Words, I used redwoods as a metaphor to convey a message. As I began working on my next novel, I hadn't given any thought to a specific metaphor. But a couple of weeks ago, while researching a location on the internet, a metaphor presented itself. And I was giddy with delight! [...]

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