Premeditating Writer

In between writing, I garden. Pulling weeds could be tedious. I know. But this mindless task frees my imagination. Being in nature reminds me of beauty and helps in the  process of finishing my novel. The following is an excerpt from my first, unpublished novel. Jamie felt a slight jerk and then the sound of the...

I can't believe I'm writing a thriller. I don't read 'em...don't watch 'em. But here I am writing one. It just happened. I had an idea of a story, was sure it would turn out to be Literary Fiction just like my first book. At the outset my protagonist only reacts to events; at some point, however, she embarks on an attempt...

The polite rejection letters continue to arrive. Can't say it’s not affecting me. It is. But I try to keep an upbeat outlook. Mainly, I continue to write everyday while splitting my loyalty between two books: the one rejected, and the one in progre...