Gail’s Comments (group member since Jul 09, 2012)

Gail’s comments from the Q&A with Gail Lukasik group.

My writing process is organic—throw a lot of seeds around and see what grows. When I begin a book, I know who the victim is and I have a few suspects in mind. I like to write scene-to-scene and may outline a chapter or two ahead. But I’m adverse to outlines. For me it takes away the element of discovery that comes from the writing itself.
However, when I wrote my stand-alone mystery The Lost Artist, I wished I had done more outlining. The book covers two time periods (present day and the nineteenth century), and a great deal of American history. So it was like juggling plates and balls at the same time.