It’s been a while since I wrote something here. I’m hiding away from Ancient Secrets. The truth is that even though I actually finish the whole first draft, I am paralyzed to go back and edit the first three chapters.
Will it sell? Will the editor and agent like it? It kills me to have to think like that.
Oh I know I shouldn’t complain but it’s really hard for me to just enjoy the story and not worry.
But I was close today. I reread the beginning and totally loved it. I kept on reading all 80 pages and was sad the rest was not typed yet. It’s good. It moves fast. I’m in love with my hero.
It took me a while to really see him in my head. I was still thinking about Gabriel. But now he’s fully there, Phoebus Callan, a cross between Halle Berry’s boyfriend Gabriel Aubry and the late Kurt Cobain, both sophisticated and raw.
I’ve been working with author/publicist Theresa Meyer on what my writing was all about and this is what we came up with: sensual, gritty and mystical.
I like that because it truly shows how I write. A strange combination but really there will always have this sensual feel cohexisting with the gritty. And even though I don’t always write magic, there is always a mystical tone to the story.
On that let’s hope I can focus and edit tomorrow because I’m dying to see what my writing partners will have to say about this new story of the Priory of Callan.
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Hi, Marie-Claude:
I’m here at my window watching the deer foraging in the snow, my humongous mug of frothy cappuccino by my side, and a cat on the other. Today I’m in hiding and lucked into your Blog. It’s really interesting and I will be checking out your titles at the bookstore when I get into town. I live on a country lane, up a small hill from the sea, and there is nothing but nature going on around me.
I’m hiding becasue one of the on-line workshops I’m taking–Mythic Elements–requires watching a movie I can’t watch–no copy nearby and my TV is out of the ark. So, I will have to read what others write and maybe get some insight that way. So, here I am thinking about Ancient Secrets and hoping to read it soon.
Your Blog writing resonated. Sometimes it’s hard to juggle life and everything that kicks in. I’m sending up a wish for you.
Take care,
Mary Curtis
Hi Mary,
Glad to be in this workshop with you
It is hard to juggle it all. I have a hard time, but I try to get the writing done first. Sometimes, it helps.