When I finish a novel, at least in the early drafts, I need to run it past eyes other than mine. For several years, I’ve collected a few friendly souls who’ve helped me out. The problem is that I’m writing novels that I believe would be ideal for high school libraries, and all my first… Continue reading First Readers
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Hearst and Denali
One of the reasons I began this trip so many days in advance of the conference was that, in addition to the novel research, I wanted to do a few things in California that I might not be able to schedule, now that Debra has returned to Texas. While she was in Malibu, we made… Continue reading Hearst and Denali
Traveling even when I’m not
Writing a novel, for me, isn’t a process of starting at the beginning and continuing until the end. I start out with an idea, like a few words scribbled on a sheet of paper. This takes weeks. I think about it while, and the words become something like a drawing, with stick-figures in pencil. Somewhile… Continue reading Traveling even when I’m not