Angie’s Comments (group member since Mar 06, 2012)

Angie’s comments from the Q&A with Angie Mccullagh group.

Hi Sharon! It took about two years from start to finish! Considering that I have a contemporary adult novel I worked on for 10 years, two feels pretty speedy to me. :0)

Hi N.M.!

I wish I could say that I rise at 5 a.m. every morning and fit in two hours of writing before the rest of the family gets up. But sadly, I'm a bit more scattershot than that.

I tend to work on my part-time day job in the morning, then in the afternoon make myself a piping hot cup of green tea and start in on the fiction.

Usually I don't write a lot per day. Maybe a page or two tops. But if you do that for long enough, you'll end up with a book. Books, even.

I am currently working on a somewhat experimental YA novel (as yet untitled) about a girl named Nelly Platt who is an actor in L.A. with a role on a YouTube-based cop drama called True Blue.

She's falling for the wrong guys (narcissistic actor types), and panicking as her younger brother Graeme starts displaying symptoms of an aggressive disease.

When he gets really sick and Nelly loses her job on True Blue (which is the family's bread and butter), she has to figure out how to keep everything afloat.

The twist on this whole thing is that Nelly is an uber organized control freak who keeps continually updated lists on her iPhone. The novel is told in list format.

I'm not sure how it will be received, but am really interested to find out.

Not yet! But, perhaps soon.

Sarah wrote: At what age would you allow your daughter to read your book (presuming you have control over that)? What age is too young, in your view?


Ooh, great question, Sarah. No younger than 16! There is some groping and implied sex and substance abuse that I think girls need to be of a certain age to understand, or at least not be freaked out by. I would hate to confuse and scar a younger girl. That would not be my intention with Spectacle at all.

Sassy wrote: "Cruciferous veggies?"

Did I write that?

All your burning questions about anything not writing related answered here. :0)

I'm a bit of a voyeur when it comes to learning others' writing habits. I love to know everyone's routines. If you're interested in knowing mine, ask away.

If you're curious about how to get started publishing your own novel on Amazon, I've been at it for a little while and might be able to help. Ask away...

I'd love to know if you've read Spectacle or would consider reading it.