Welcome to today’s blog post. I’ve tried to stick to my theme of writing about things that help and hinder me from succeeding as an author. I’ve touched on various things that motivate me and my characters, and I’ll give you another one this morning. Why do people behave the way they do? I talked about human nature yesterday. Today, I’m going to discuss one of the uglier traits.
O is for OBSESSION, and that’s never a good thing. When people become obsessed with anything or anyone, they go overboard. A few ideas include being so obsessed about weight that someone becomes anorexic or bulimic. For an athlete, it might be being so desperate to win that they’ll take anabolic steroids or anything else that will give them an edge. For someone obsessed with beauty, it might mean countless surgeries to look perfect and end up looking anything but. But, without a doubt, the worst kind of obsession is the one that involves another human being and leads to stalking and other negative activities, going so far as murder because, if I can’t have him or her, no one can. The stalker is a common theme in murder/suspense stories.
In my Harvester Files series, I use obsession in two ways. I have a crack team of FBI and Boston police officers searching for a man who kidnaps pregnant women and steals their babies. they will do anything to find and stop the monster. That’s one obsession and while not healthy, it’s at least understandable. The second type of obsession in the first book in the series, The White Carnation, is that the heroine has a stalker, one determined to make her his no matter the cost.
His obsession leads to kidnapping and several murders.
Now, since I’m making these musical posts this week, here are four songs about obsession.
As much as I might love The Police and that song, the lyrics are downright creepy. Come back tomorrow for a look at my choice for the letter P.
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Living the Dream 
Obsession…yup, we’ve all had one or two, healthy and not so much.
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Agreed. My obsession these days seems to be blogging and writing. LOL I suppose that’s a healthy one.
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“Every Breath You Take” is my favourite song about obsession here 🙂 Your Harvester Files sounds dark and awesome!
Ronel visiting for O: My Languishing TBR: O
Treacherous Obayifo
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It was an amazing series to write and by far my bestselling work. Strangely, as the years have past since it was published, I see bits and pieces of what I only imagined actually happening. Prophetic? Maybe.
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