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BELIEVE!!!!!
Today is release day for my third novel, Believe. It’s a completely surreal feeling. The book is done. It is out in the world, out of my hands. People can buy it. It belongs to them, not me. It is a completely satisfying, terrifying feeling, and it never really gets “old” or less intense….
Quick quote of the day
A great book offers a unique point of view of the world. Truth.
Don’t save it for later!
When Walter White pulled that GPS out of his pocket and Hank closed the garage door, like a lot of fans, I sat on the edge of my seat. As a writer, I was reminded of this excellent advice (ie: the kind I sometimes need to be reminded of): Those writers understand what it means…
Unplugged
When I am having trouble writing, I examine my writing to reading to watching ratio. When I watch too much, I am less present. I am too distant. Disengaged. When I read, I think. I infer. I invite my brain to be inspired. Last week at Lollapalooza, I saw this phenom on a grand…
Quote of the Day
“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out,…
The inspiration posted above my desk:
(I think I can, I think I can….)
Make Way for Ducklings…Chicago style!
Call her misguided. Call her resourceful. Call her a single mother with very few choices! This mother duck found a place to lay her eggs…outside my husband’s office…which would be fine…except the area is enclosed. There is no way out. (except via air!) (For those who do not know, my husband is professionally all…
Epiphanies!
Part of my process when I start revising…or really “re-imagining,” is that I get a bunch of epiphanies. Mostly, answers to the question: What if? and more important: what is it you are trying to say? It can be a little bit frustrating. (perhaps more to my friends than for myself). Themes often come…
Dear Writing Process,
You are supposed to be getting easier. But you’re not. (At least not today.) Today, you are challenging me. Today, I am changing the POV of my new WIP and I am seeing things a new way. I guess I wouldn’t have it any other way. xos