Last week, while talking about how long it took me to write my book, I mentioned a Usenet group called misc.writing. There was another group, not directly related to writing, that was essential to my finishing my book. It was a group for feminist stay-at-home …
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Depends on how you look at it. Anywhere from 3 months to 50 years in the case of my first novel. Here’s how it breaks down. Fifty years: In 1972, Mr. Durand, my English teacher, gave me an A on a short story and asked …
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It’s 11:00 am and I’m feeling like I’m falling behind already. Except, that when I wrote it down, it didn’t look so bad. Can’t shake the feeling, though. The ADHD filter through which I view my life and its accomplishments sometimes lies to me. So, …
Read MoreWriting as a Way of Life
A few years ago I listened to a Masterclass with David Baldacci called Mystery and Thriller Writing. He had a lot of good things to say, but the thing that struck me was when he said that writing isn’t a job or an occupation or …
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