There’s something about Lily.
I’ve had a bit of writers block. It’s been there for ages, since Christmas really, probably before. It’s now unblocked and book two (still the Portal Sundered) is flowing nicely again. Lily is back on form, Kate is moving on and Sam is still in trouble……
But why was I blocked? I couldn’t work it out until I came across a thread on the Book Club forums. Join up if you like books, it’s a lovely friendly place. But the thread in question is the Featured author one, Tess Gerritsen. On page 3 there she talks about writers block being the writers subconscious mind telling them that there’s something wrong with the story. There’s something that needs to be thought about, resolved or looked at in a different way.
So I wrote something else for a while, but Lily kept popping into my head. This woman was invented as a child care option for Kate to go and rescue Sam, but she took over. She has a sister, at least one child and she commands the most incredible power but only rarely uses it. So now I have a couple of pages of Lily notes and the germ of a couple of ideas for more stories in the Portal series. A large part of my notes is a list of questions. Where was Lily born? Is she human? Who is Andrew’s father? Why did she leave that idyllic life over there? Why doesn’t she go back?
Now who wants to know more about Lily?
Came across you via simply wondered and this struck a chord. 67,158 words here - an agent suggested I write a crime novel. I thought okay and set about it. I wrote plenty pretty briskly and sent the first 100 pages off. Agent’s 13 year old assistant (okay she was 23 but you get my drift) sends ‘rave rejection’. Much demoralisation and I couldn’t go back to it for months. The assistant leaves agency and I get message that agent is expecting a manuscript. I perk up and go back to crime novel. I’ve done a few thousand words more and basically know the rest of the plot. It’s just I don’t know the immediate next bit
Plus blogging is such a displacement activity…
Comment by white rabbit — April 8, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Hi Rabbit and a warm welcome to my blog.
Blogging isn’t displacement, it’s paving the path to my personal future success, honest?
Comment by Sarah — April 8, 2008 @ 6:12 pm