David Bowles at Writing the Westward Sagas tagged me to share eight things about myself and my writers that others probably don’t know.
1. I cannot remember a time when I didn’t “write” stories even before I could really write. I’d scribble and tell my grandmother, Nannie, what I had written down.
2. My mother has often said I had to become either a writer or a politician because I always see and remember things differently than others.
3. Writing is fun and easy when I listen to my characters and let them tell me what it is they are planning to do. Like children, they don’t always cooperate when I try to tell them what it is that they need to be doing.
4. I love to write and enjoy it very much except when hate it and, as I believe it was Ernest Hemingway who said, sometimes writing is like sitting at the typewriter bleeding - those are the times I hate it (usually when I am trying to get the characters to do something they really don’t want to do).
5. Although I love my office, I find I write better and more in a small cluttered space.
6. I love writing because in my world, I can make things wonderful or awful. I can kill people, but if I have made a mistake I can bring them back to life with a few well-placed words.
7. I’m still old-fashioned. I enjoy writing with a well-sharpened wooden pencil. But I’m also modern. I love, love, LOVE writing on the computer (except when the carpal tunnel is giving me fits).
8. Writing and meeting writers has reassured me of my sanity. There are people out there just like me who not only hear voices in their heads, they answer them and make money doing it. I’m so glad I’m not alone!!!!!
Although I’m not going to tag anyone because I think everyone I know has already been tagged, I invite any of my readers to participate. Just leave me a comment to let me know when you’ve posted.
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