Lillian Csernica's Blog: Brainstorms - Posts Tagged "writing"

Hi there. At the moment I'm editing my Japanese historical romance novel. It's hard work and I'm amazed at the number of avoidance behaviors I've developed. Oh look! I've got a new one right here! I'm at the not-so-fun stage of making sure the day to day timeline of the novel is working properly and events are happening in a realistic time lapse fashion that does not allow the pace to drag.

I'm reading FAREWELL, DOROTHY PARKER by the talented Ellen Meister. Dorothy Parker is one of my favorite writers and a role model for any writer of short stories. I pre-ordered my copy and, like the fangirl I can be, I even signed up to get Ms. Meister's autograph sent on a label that is now proudly displayed on the flyleaf of the book. Good reading means good writing. Keep those word batteries charged with quality stuff!

I love this job.

I got ambushed by a short story idea tonight. I had the basic plot roughed out and some bits of scenes written in haste in a notebook just to catch them while they were hot in my mind. As I was typing those bits into the computer tonight, my mind caught fire. Everybody in the story came to life for the big finish. The voices were strong, the names were individual, the loose ends got tied up, and I poured out ten, count 'em, TEN fresh pages.

Hot damn! I LOVE this job!