Colette Caron

I picked up the book "The Spirit of Writing" last night in bed and opened it to the writing story of Colette Caron, a Canadian romance novelist who wrote under a pen name of Cara Colter for many years until she realized that she was the author of her own life. She needed her name to prove it to herself. She wrote: "I gave up tobacco and alcohol because I realized they anesthesized my life." I felt relief. I felt - understood. This woman whom I'll never meet, her words carried me through the night and into the morning, a quiet spirit moving me closer towards a better part of me.