Girls Write Out
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Somewhere in every one of my books, I get caught up in the characters and I need them to speak to me, to tell me their ending.  That's a rough time in our household.  The laundry sits a spell too long, the dinners are haphazard and worst of all...Mom isn't really present.  You can tell this by the blank look on my face as you speak to me.

I feel for the children of authors.  Their parent is usually there, but perhaps not all there.  Last night I was up from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. because I had to know how the story ended.  This morning, my critique partner told me, "One chapter at a time.  You'll get there."

It's true, I will.  I do wish I was one of those authors who could leave their work at their desk and let it go.  I wonder what that's like, actually.

What things obsess you to the point of taking you out of the game?  Do you have a friend/partner who brings you back?


Kristin  
posted at 2:02 PM  
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At 4:36 PM, Blogger freddikb said...

My writing takes my focus. I have woken up with scenes that I had to write down, at that moment, or story ideas I had to jot down during a night out with friends. I have had those late nights/early mornings when I had to finish the chapter or find out what happens next. My mom is a great help though on the times that I get stressed because something bad is happening to a character, or I have to put them in a difficult situation. She understands that I laugh with the characters and grieve with them, but she definitely helps keep me grounded and not too wrapped up in the made-up worlds.

 
At 2:33 PM, Blogger Kristin said...

Does something ever seem brilliant to you in the middle of the night, then not so great in the morning? LOL

 

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Kristin Billerbeck
Kristin Billerbeck is a proud Californian, wife, mother of four, and connoisseur of the irrelevant. She writes Christian Chick Lit; where she finds need for most of the useless facts lulling about in her head.

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Colleen Coble

Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.

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Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.

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Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.

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Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.

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