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Obsession

Writing obsessively over the last few months, things have fallen by the wayside, including this blog.

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Basing characters on friends

How does a real life friend feel when a character based on them does things they would never have done?

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When do you write the sequel?

Somehow, the idea of a “part II” seems premature when I don’t even know whether anyone will like the first book. But it may be necessary to set up the sequel in the first novel.

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The idea: A Scowl Becomes Me

All my male protagonists are alike. They’re all me, except better looking.

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Editing: Under Shōko's Bed III

I thought I sent Tricia Callahan a clean manuscript, but it turned out I had not learned the meaning of thorough.

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The idea: The Man Terror Club

Perhaps the most surprising experience of writing The Man Terror Club was how much I came to like the characters. While all the women have been betrayed, abused, or discarded, they remained kind, giving, and caring. Their love for each other heals them, and that healing is most of the story, not their terrorism as they lash out at the evil men do.

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Editing: Neyuki II

I’m trying to write a whole new opening chapter. But bucolic life in rural Japan does not capture the imagination and refuse to let go. It doesn’t turn pages.

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More distraction

With all this commotion, I admit I have to push hard to get past the distraction and lose myself in a story.

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Distraction

What do you do when you are too distracted to write?

Write anyway.