Just Write It...then do it again and again and again...
For your reading pleasure, and hopefully for those curious about the upcoming paranormal romance ExtraNormal, I'm posting another in the series of questions I've received about the process of writing.
Here's the question: 3. How long did it take to write (ExtraNormal), and was it as difficult oreasy as you imagined?
ExtraNormal is my third complete novel. The first waswritten about 15 years ago, and I'm sure I would be mortified if I were to readit today. A couple of family members have asked about it recently, and were sadwhen I told them it is long gone, sitting somewhere in cyber heaven. They saidit had to have something special about it since they still remember it and thinkof it. And I guess it had some good qualities. But mostly I think it was just agood learning experience. My second novel was published under a different namein a different genre. It would probably only take a few seconds for a person tofigure it out, but I'm going not going to throw it out there. That was anexperience with several ups and many downs. Suffice it to say it was also agood learning experience.
I feel as though I found my wings with ExtraNormal. I didwork on it for about a year, (and it sat on my computer for another year). Ihave read and tweaked it more times than I like to admit. But for me a writingexperience is measured more in pleasure than difficulty. Writing is hard work,don't get me wrong. But oddly enough I enjoy writing even more than I enjoyreading (which I love). If I had my druthers the manuscript would still besitting on my hard drive. But I've been taught to share my talents, and writingtime makes me feel guilty when I don't intend to share. So in sum it probablytook longer than it should have to complete, but it was completely pleasurable.
What I want to know is how the Amanda Hockings of the world crank out a book every few days. Hopefully that will be my next parlor trick. Any tips?
Here's the question: 3. How long did it take to write (ExtraNormal), and was it as difficult oreasy as you imagined?
ExtraNormal is my third complete novel. The first waswritten about 15 years ago, and I'm sure I would be mortified if I were to readit today. A couple of family members have asked about it recently, and were sadwhen I told them it is long gone, sitting somewhere in cyber heaven. They saidit had to have something special about it since they still remember it and thinkof it. And I guess it had some good qualities. But mostly I think it was just agood learning experience. My second novel was published under a different namein a different genre. It would probably only take a few seconds for a person tofigure it out, but I'm going not going to throw it out there. That was anexperience with several ups and many downs. Suffice it to say it was also agood learning experience.
I feel as though I found my wings with ExtraNormal. I didwork on it for about a year, (and it sat on my computer for another year). Ihave read and tweaked it more times than I like to admit. But for me a writingexperience is measured more in pleasure than difficulty. Writing is hard work,don't get me wrong. But oddly enough I enjoy writing even more than I enjoyreading (which I love). If I had my druthers the manuscript would still besitting on my hard drive. But I've been taught to share my talents, and writingtime makes me feel guilty when I don't intend to share. So in sum it probablytook longer than it should have to complete, but it was completely pleasurable.
What I want to know is how the Amanda Hockings of the world crank out a book every few days. Hopefully that will be my next parlor trick. Any tips?
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