Still working fairly steadily, getting a working draft of the area around pp. 150-200. Once I get the ms all laid out, I'll have to go back and make it really work, and then I'll have go through again and tend to all the threads I'm dropping as I pick up the ones that are foremost in whatever scene I'm working on.
I have pretty much given up most of my financial expectations for this book, because it's taken me so long to get it done, and also it's pushing the line between adult and YA, sex and violence-wise. That's not to say it isn't YA, just that sex and violence tend cut out a sizable portion of the "YA" audience. Too bad for me, but the story is what it is.
Published on May 14, 2012 16:22
You have a gift for using few words to evoke rich, original details. The same is true of character dialogue. Just a few words from a character, and I know them deeply.
For some idiosyncratic reason I pair Vanity Fair's James Wolcott's writing with yours, in spite of the genre and media differences. I
admire you both and just wanted to say so.