You have to be a bit mad to be a writer. In fact, you even have to hear voices. This has become clearer than ever as I reach a new phase in my current novel. I had intended to continue with my plow-ahead writing on the way to reaching the 40,000 words promised as my... Continue Reading →
Sitting down to write this morning I felt lonely and, dare I say, jilted. This has nothing to do with my loved ones from real life. Rather, I recently finished writing several sections of my novel-in-progress from one character's point of view. It's now time to give myself over to another character. The problem is,... Continue Reading →
There's a point I always reach in writing a novel that feels like running headlong into a brick wall, and I've reached it with my novel-in-progress. It usually comes about 50 or 75 pages in, when the initial idea has begun to have some "legs." Many scenes have been written, characters begin to emerge. Sometimes... Continue Reading →
AUDREY KALMAN 