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Forest J. Handford

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in Warwick, RI, The United States

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http://www.EastCoastGames.com

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Forest Handford is a fire artist living in Upton, MA. While not at work, she's bringing her family to corn mazes, conventions, and Burning Man events. Her website is EastCoastGames.com where she publishes video and writes about various topics. Forest works as an engineering manager at Home Chef. ...more

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Forest J. Handford A book could be written about how people like me didn't consider transition in our youths.…moreA book could be written about how people like me didn't consider transition in our youths.(less)

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Forest J. Handford I don't think I've ever had "writer's block". I know a lot of creative types wait for inspiration to write. I devote specific blocks of time to writin…moreI don't think I've ever had "writer's block". I know a lot of creative types wait for inspiration to write. I devote specific blocks of time to writing. If I don't know what to write I still spend that time thinking about what should happen in the story next. I usually don't start writing until I have a good idea of the story arc. I don't have to think about where the story is going, I just have to figure out how to get from my last sentence closer to the end of the story. Sometimes the story unfolds in ways I didn't plan. Sometimes characters I really like have to die.

The only major block I can think of was when I was writing Phoenician Dilemma. It was a novel about how history would have change if Carthage had won the punic wars. I was writing both in "modern times" and in the times when the wars were occurring. The story got too confusing and seemed very forced. In the end I abandoned the story. I might return to it someday.(less)

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