Ask the Author: Delilah Night
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Delilah Night
My novel, which I'm just calling "The Ghost Story" publicly, dates back to a Halloween contest on Literotica over a decade ago. I wrote a short story for the contest, but to my surprise the characters wouldn't leave me alone.
I was inspired by several things--my deep love of New Orleans, my fascination with New Orlean's unique history-especially placage relationships, and my desire to write a ghost story.
I've actually tried to write this story various times over the last decade, but I would inevitably get stuck and rather than keep writing I would just keep trying to make that part perfect. Things like having kids and moves also would break my momentum and I would pick up something else and put the book down again.
This is the first time I've tried to sit down and write it since becoming published, so hopefully this will be the time I succeed!
I was inspired by several things--my deep love of New Orleans, my fascination with New Orlean's unique history-especially placage relationships, and my desire to write a ghost story.
I've actually tried to write this story various times over the last decade, but I would inevitably get stuck and rather than keep writing I would just keep trying to make that part perfect. Things like having kids and moves also would break my momentum and I would pick up something else and put the book down again.
This is the first time I've tried to sit down and write it since becoming published, so hopefully this will be the time I succeed!
Delilah Night
At the moment I'm finishing up a non-erotic speculative fiction story for an anthology my long-time editor is putting together (more details on that as they become available) which I'll be submitting before end of October.
My plan is to spend November and December 100% committed to my novel with the dream goal of finishing the first draft. However, the end of this year is super busy, hence my use of the term "dream goal."
My plan is to spend November and December 100% committed to my novel with the dream goal of finishing the first draft. However, the end of this year is super busy, hence my use of the term "dream goal."
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