How Do You Do It? Part One- Fiction
My friend, Tangledlou, over at Periphery, had asked about the writing process. How do you do what you do? I wasn't going to write a post about it. I let those insecurities creep in- why would anyone care? Then, I was asked in my comment section if I'd written about my book- the writing and editing process. I really haven't. So, in the off chance that someone might be interested, here goes. I've been writing since I was about 8 years old. I started with poetry- always rhyming and not often making sense. I branched out to writing stories when in high school, then essays as part of a college class. I always had it in my mind that someday I would write books. After I got married and started having babies, writing was put on the back burner. I went years without writing anything. Then, one day, I got an idea. And I started writing again. The inspiration for my fiction usually comes in strange and unexpected ways. One book idea came when I w...