Recently I was asked by friend and blogger, Jenny McGlothern to join her in a Blog Hop. The idea behind a blog hop is to expose readers to new writers and to share information about their writing life. I jumped right in.
I met Jenny seven years ago. A mutual friend realized we were both writing books and said we HAD to meet. We have been writing together on Thursday mornings ever since. Jenny inspires me by keeping me accountable with my writing, but also with her fearless ability to express what needs to be out there. She blogs from the heart in her www.heartwriter.com blog every Monday. And she encourages mothers, and others, to “refill their cup” in her www.mamaneedsarefill.com blog. She is a life coach, retreat leader, writer, teacher at Seattle Life Coach Training and mother of two, and is a passionate, funny and inspiring writer. Check her out.
BLOG HOP QUESTIONS ON MY WRITING LIFE:
What am I currently working on?
My heart is in YA right now and my current novel is a story of a young woman’s journey through a post-apocalyptic world.
“Dylan wakes in a post-apocalyptic world where a majority of the human species have died. With no friends or family left alive in her small town in central Washington, Dylan embarks on a challenging journey across the state in search of her sister, her strength and ultimately her future.”
How does my work differ from others of its genre?
Often post-apocalyptic titles take place quite some time following the event that has changed the landscape and political structure of the world, my novel bridges that gap between the two and carries with it the memories and the intensity of this transition.
Why do I write what I do?
I write what inspires me.
How does your writing process work?
The writing process for me is like much of my life right now, a little crazy and haphazard. Because of my schedule, there are days I hold up in a coffee shop and write twenty minutes, days I carve out whatever it takes to finish off a chapter or an idea, an occasional day where I sneak away and never stop writing and there are days that I don’t write at all. But I always have a vision or an end in mind that I know I will eventually get to. I know it might take time (my first book took me 10 years) but I also know that I will eventually get there.
Also, when I write, it’s not from beginning to end. I tend to write scenes and ideas that are vivid in my mind, in a nonlinear fashion, and then over time bring them together like a puzzle.
To learn more on how I write follow this link…
JOINING THE BLOG HOP…
EVA LANGSTON – IN THE GARDEN ON EVA
I’d like to introduce you to blogger Eva Langston. We met in a Young Adult writing class recently where I had the pleasure of being in her critique group. Not only is her blog fun and inspiring for writers, I have to say, as a YA enthusiast and critique partner, I can’t WAIT to see her book in print. (I’ll be sure to update when this happens.) Now, more about Eva…
Eva Langston is a fiction writer and former high school math teacher. She received her MFA from the University of New Orleans and will soon have lived in every major region of the continental U.S. She blogs about writing and life with, at times, quite personal posts. (In the Garden of Eva was recently “freshly pressed” by WordPress.) Currently Eva Skype tutors Ukrainians, and she is working hard to find an agent while writing and revising several novels.
WRITING PROMPT: What is your writing process like?
