New Book

 

 

Faberge Eggs and 1920s Boston

 

I have written a new story

that takes place in the 1920s in Boston

during the prohibition and before the crash of the stock market

at the moment I am cleansing the story

which is my term for

making sure the train stays on the track

from the opening word

to the final word

Much like following the Yellow Brick Road

where I get off track

or throw in characters or directions

that die without resolution

and without really adding to the storyline.

 

I always write off the cuff

no outlines

no little boxes filled with characters

or plots - I just start writing until I have some idea

what I want to elicit in the story

the hardest thing that I deal with is killing off a good character

it is much like the GPS

sending you down the wrong street

in a neighborhood that you have never been in

and you have to take a deep breath

and find your way back.

 

So the main character and I are trying

to define the road we are travelling

without losing any readers

and hopefully those reviewers who never get to the story

due to their inability to not critique

the non-story parts of a book

will just not want to read my work anymore

they are useful and sometimes

their 'know it all' attitude drives me insane

but honestly I have never cared

about the other stuff

for it is the story that I am looking forward to.

A review that is based on your personal

quirks does nothing to improve

a writer's ability to tell a story.

 

barb