My writing process

[Angie]

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.

[N.M.]

I'd love to know your process. Are you working on anything new?

Also, I'm curious, will you continue indie publishing or would you prefer to find a publishing house?

[Angie]

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.

[N.M.]

It sounds interesting! You never know with a story until you write it and hands it off to friends.