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Research
Most writers that I’ve talked to say they enjoy doing research. I have a love-hate relationship with research. I hate doing it, but I love learning from it. I always feel like research is a waste of the time I should be using to write. Not to mention the infinite number of possibilities for distractions
Read MoreBouncing Back
After the semi-epic trashing of the first 46 pages of my latest novel, I’ve tried to bounce back. This morning I typed chapter 2 and this evening I typed chapter 3. I’m way happier with the story this time around. I have no idea if I can catch up and meet my deadline in August.
Read MoreGeting Tossed on the Ground
Doesn’t sound fun, does it? Unless there is a great deal of foam or a bounce house involved anyway. After a few years in my self defense class, it doesn’t bother me much anymore. And our floors are hard. The carpet and the concrete underneath have, through blood, sweat, tears and the occasional flooding, bonded
Read MoreBelievable Teenagers
What was I thinking when I decided to write a Young Adult audience novel? By definition, a YA novel requires a teenage protagonist. This would suggest that I had some small idea about how teenagers act. Somehow all of the junior high and high school drama, angst and distractions have been blocked from my mind.
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