Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Year: 2002
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Losing It
Not enough to keep me busy in 2003, or else want secretly to be a juggler. These are two of the reasons why I’ve spontaneously decided, just this morning, to add one more writing project to the three I’ve already got going. To review, the projects are: this blog, selling my completed novel, writing a…
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Dramatic moment, all in my head
Worked on the new novel today for the first time in a couple of days. Didn’t get to any of the planned scenes, but rushed home from Farmer Jack to record my thoughts and feelings after seeing someone from my past. It looked like him. It sounded like him. According to his name tag, he…
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Work, in two parts
Kay sent an interesting link to an interview with writer Anne Tyler. The whole interview is good, but I was particularly fascinated by the way she works on a novel: “My work goes in two parts. The first part is the story, with my characters talking and surprising. But I still do’t know what it’s…
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Linda Seger
Although I’ve been enjoying myself immensely, I haven’t done much writing over the holidays. I have, however, been reading about writing. During a last minute shopping trip to the bookstore, along with gifts for others I bought myself Linda Seger’s Creating Unforgettable Characters. This slim volume somehow presented itself to me at exactly the right…
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Stuff
It’s amazing how many writers thank their editors and agents in the acknowledgement page. I’ve got a pretty good list, just from my shelves. If they don’t thank them in one book, they’ll do it in another. Except Ellen Gilcrist and Bobbie Ann Mason. The lone author–on my personal list of thirty or so–who does…