Life Cycle of a Writer: Seeing The Light

Originally posted on The Romaniacs:

*Blink* *Blink*

I���ve emerged from my writer���s cave. It���s sunny, bright, and I���ve discovered spring has sprung, my children have each grown an inch, and so has my waist.

My third novel, currently titled, What Doesn���t Kill You, has left the building. I���ve spent quite some time with it, holed up in my cave, ensuring I delivered it to my publishers on time. I was in plaster when I started writing the book, having undergone ulna head replacement surgery December 2013, and was a tad impeded to start with, spending months in casts and splints. I had planned to complete the book in nine months, but it���s taken a year. That���s a record for me. My first novel, Truth or Dare? took a steady six years, (something like nine drafts��from start to publication), and Follow Me Follow Youtook eighteen months. During those times, my children were younger and���

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