The questions I’m tormenting myself with at the moment are: “How much is too much?” and “How much is enough?” “A word count, a page count–it’s so arbitrary,” one writer told me last week over her historical fiction novel. “And if I don’t meet it, I feel miserable. Why would I do that to myself?”Continue reading “How Much”
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The Hermit
I have a confession: I love tarot cards. For a person who considers herself strongly rational, I’m not quite sure what to make of this. But I do. I love tarot. And one of my favorite cards is IX of the Major Arcana: The Hermit. It’s a card that reminds me that a quiet life–oneContinue reading “The Hermit”
How You Get There
The crazy thing about the creative process–well, one of the plethora of crazy things–is that it isn’t linear. In fact, it’s an awful lot like shooting down a mountain creek in your kayak and hoping things turn out okay. I was talking over my novel with a fellow writer today, and she was interested inContinue reading “How You Get There”
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