And now for my next trick...

Writer? Or magician?
I can't juggle, or make a rabbit appear from a black top hat.
My skill set lies in pulling ideas from my head and setting them to cyber paper. Somehow,I take these ideas and create a story. And characters. Things that amuse me, because if I don't care about it, how will anyone else?
There comes, for me, a certain point in the story where you wonder if the magic is there. That special ingredient that will make the reader laugh, or cry, and keep on turning the pages.
I have been doing this for a while now, long enough to understand that if the words aren't coming, it is because I am not having a good time - which means that the reader is probably going to fall asleep, or the magician will get booed off the stage. This is my cue to look at what I've written, and fix the problem. It could be something as simple as I want my character to wear a black cape and gloves, but for the magic to happen, they should be wearing a purple velvet gown with faux diamonds. Or it could signify a bigger problem, like me wanting to dress these people for the carnival when they are going back packing in the mountains. Who wears velvet with hiking boots??
One of my favorite things about writing is this:I just completed a medieval romance, the second in the Queen's Guard series. Now I get to play with DD Valentine, my middle grade mystery before returning to my other love, Mile Post 42 and the character companions for my zombyre stories.
Talk about magical!
Have a great day,
Traci