#writinglife

This week, in the writing life, I was thinking about what happens when a story ends, and I thought about it in a few ways (of course I did). I've had people ask where my character are now. What do I envision them doing? Did Evie and Sandy from The Glass Wives end up together (most readers say yes). What happened to Nicole? From The Good Neighbor readers ask if Izzy ever had any more children … [Read more...] about The Writing Life #12

A Stitch In Time This week, in the writing life, I started a project (okay, maybe two) that have nothing to do with writing.  For a few years I was painting furniture, collecting bits and pieces from Salvation Army and salvaging them. But in an effort to have less, not more, I stopped adding things to the house. There went the hobby. But then my daughter cam home for the summer, and she … [Read more...] about The Writing Life #11

Just kidding. I don't miss deadlines. But, this week I made great strides toward that July 25th deadline of mine, as I cut macerated edited rewrote transformed two pages of some important back story into---wait for it---a half page. This wasn't easy, my friends. I had beta readers sad that the plan was to remove this flashback of Teddi's. They loved it. I loved it. My challenge then, was to work … [Read more...] about The Writing Life #10

Photographs. They can be Where's Waldos for writers. Where's the story? We know it's there and it's our job to find it. Or better yet, without our knowledge or permission, a story pops out of the photo and into our heads. And then we're compelled to write that story. That's what makes us writers. This past weekend was eight years since my daughter became a Bat Mitzvah. I posted this photo on … [Read more...] about The Writing Life #9