Writing about writing.
In the month since I resolved to write a novel, I’ve been to Paris, Ghent, Ispwich, and London (twice). I’ve taken point on caring for a sick, despondent child. I’ve been to freelancers’ meetups, Christmas markets, and board game nights. In response to a political nightmare come to life, I’ve teetered in between vitriolic rage…
Today’s post might feel a little looser than usual, because I’m writing in the midst of an initial response to a big idea. It’s mostly about writing, but stick around even if that’s not your schtick, because I think I can tie it into bigger ideas about vocations and life choices in general. The big…
NOTE: “AMoS” stands for A Muse of Shadows, the working title for my novel in progress. In this and subsequent posts, I talk about the various sources for my initial ideas for the (still extremely unformed) book. My last post about AMoS was thematic; though it allowed me to roll out my main characters (I…
NOTE: “AMoS” stands for A Muse of Shadows, the working title for my novel in progress. In this and subsequent posts, I talk about the various sources for my initial ideas for the (still extremely unformed) book. Write what you know, say all writers too lazy to do the research. And writers are a lazy…
NOTE: “AMoS” stands for A Muse of Shadows, the working title for my novel in progress. In this and subsequent posts, I talk about the various sources for my initial ideas for the (still extremely unformed) book. When I was a “young adult,” there was no bookstore aisle marked out for me. I know this…
The first scene in my yet-to-be-written novel is based on an actual rendezvous between Mary Godwin and her future husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary, 16 years old and altogether smitten with the larger-than-life poet, had been forbidden from having any contact with Percy by her father, so they were obliged to meet in secret to…
NOTE: “AMoS” stands for A Muse of Shadows, the working title for my novel in progress. In this and subsequent posts, I talk about the various sources for my initial ideas for the (still extremely unformed) book. Before I committed myself to writing a novel, I spent a lot of mental energy pinballing between other…
NOTE: “AMoS” stands for A Muse of Shadows, the working title for my novel in progress. In this and subsequent posts, I talk about the various sources for my initial ideas for the (still extremely unformed) book. There are dozens of subgenres of fantasy literature, and I have strong opinions about most of them. I…
