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All that and a bag of chips
Six years after starting my first novel, I’m embarking on the second. This time, I’m doing it completely differently. First time, passion drove me. I saw a program with a flimsy gay relationship, where one of the lovers was quickly killed off and forgotten. I promised my characters a better story and a happy ending,… Read more
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One and twelve
First day of the final draft. In 2020, genius-me finished the first draft of my current novel-in-progress, in only six months. Finished! Why do people moan about how hard writing is? Knowing how to read words, and having written a few poems and stories, I surely knew how to write a novel. As my twelve-year-old… Read more
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Five-minute journal
As of Jan 1, I’ve been using a brilliant journalling technique that a writing instructor shared: Spend five minutes each night before bed writing about your manuscript. (Not working on it, mind you. That comes the next day.) What I discovered about that short story, “Smooch”: I don’t care about Estelle, my main character. She’s… Read more
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Like flying
When I’m writing well, it feels like flying. Heady, steady, free. No need to steer or fear. Perfect harmony: page, words, brain. I’m not flying now. I’m standing on a rock, holding the pages of a story I’m shaping, and gathering myself to leap with them into flight. I’m crouching, readying, springing up and…no. My… Read more
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