The Trendsetter

I knew I wanted to write and get published when I first got my grubby paws on the romance novel – you know, the ones with gorgeous river pilot on the cover: tall, dark, muscular and handsome hero with beautiful heroine – when I was 16 years old.

I said to one of my best friends, Sylvia, “I’d love to write my own novel one of these days.”

She looked at me. “Like this one? No. You can’t be serious.”

I tried to hide my mischievous smile.

“I don’t believe you,” she said with bulging eyes.

“Watch me,” I said.

She laughed. “All right. The glint in your eyes convinces me you’re up to something.”

Someone clears his throat. “You two, did you finished your work?”

Continue reading »

After completing my short story a couple of months ago, I managed to write another short fictional piece (750 words) and a short memoir (1,500 words). Between editing my manuscripts, I became overwhelmed with ideas coming down like rain. I felt practically pelted - so to speak.

So, amid rewriting I’ve stopped, grabbed my note pad and started to jot them down furiously. Now I have a couple of dozen ideas ready to be turned into fiction - or do I? Well, it happens that these ideas are, you know, just ideas – I couldn’t turn them into fiction.

I wondered why that is? After analyzing the situation for a while I think I knew the reasons. Here they are:

Continue reading »

Do you know that a window is associated with a writer - especially a large window? Well, every time a writer goes to task – writing that is – they will look outside through the window when they get stuck… looking out at the snow falling down and marveling at the beauty of the winter season (right now since winter is still here).

Continue reading »

So, it has been almost two months since I completed my short story and I’m still working on improving it so it looks like it was written by someone who knows how to write fiction. Well, it’s almost there and I’m still trying to find a way to improve the story’s depth. So far, I’ve polished the characters and each has a life. As far as the theme is concerned, I figured it’s really tied to the characters or plot. So, I also summarized the theme for my own reference. I also improved the dialogues so it has more slants and not bores the reader.

I am not sure if I found my own voice yet.
Continue reading »

Can you smell or feel it? There is something in the air! Yes! The spring is in the air! Or am I just imagining it because the winter is too long, too cold and too much snow? Well, at least here in New England, it is. One thing for sure though, the days are starting to get noticeably longer, yippee!!

Okay, back to my blog. I was a total crap. I can’t get my blog going consistently. It is my fault. I know. Being someone else in my day job and writing mostly technical and analytical and then switching it into the creative writing mode in a matter of minutes totally wreck my brain. It’s hard and my creative side just dies no matter how hard I try to continue to write. Has this happened to you too? At least I am not the only one.

Continue reading »