Stopped in a small bookstore to do a little browsing and picked up The Cross Of Redemption: Uncollected Writings of James Baldwin. I am really having a ball reading this–both what he says and how he says it. His style of writing makes the little gray cells happy. It’s interesting to see recognizable quotes inContinue reading “What I’m Reading”
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Hmmm
“But unlike some writers, like P.D. James or Elizabeth George, who outline and work from their outlines, I find that I can’t do that. And I have to write to see where the story’s going. And sometimes I just write myself into a dead end. And sometimes that’s 200 pages into the book and IContinue reading “Hmmm”
Write. Right?
As far as writing is concerned, it feels like I’m in a 4-dimensional maze–with shifting walls. I can see the ending; I know my ultimate goal. Still… Shifting motives, new characters showing up out of the blue, trying not to get overwhelmed about the idea of writing a mystery novel–all this (internal) drama and IContinue reading “Write. Right?”
Tawanna Sullivan 