I fondly recall my naïve vision of a writer’s life before I was a writer. In that scenario, I’d sit by an open window with a summer breeze billowing the curtains. I would sip green tea while amazing stories magically flowed from my fingertips to my keyboard. My prolific gift would generate five to ten novels a year, each topping the New York Times bestseller list. Ah, fantasy. Often, writing is drilling down, grueling work. Often it requires me to stop the flow of magical stories to do a little research so my magical stories are credible. Here are five Read More
Tag: Work in Progress
Wrangling with my WIP
I used to have this vision of what it would be like when I became a full-time writer. I’d be sitting at my large mahogany desk, the sheer curtains would billow with the southerly breeze from across the lake, and words would flow from my brain through my fingers to the keyboard like electricity pulsing through a wire. A blissful Mona Lisa smile would tease my lips as metaphor and imagery transformed the blank page into a best selling novel. Today as I sit at my IKEA birch desk staring at a draft of my manuscript covered in red Read More