Brave & Tender Explorations
Yesterday I wrote about an insight that came to me as I listened to a recent book. I have been on a real streak of good reading material, and I want to write about what I’m reading. But I’m not interested in writing a review—there are other writers much better suited to that. What I…
The original 80,000 words of this novel were written alternately between Derrick, the brother of the main character, Astrid, and Astrid’s story told in third person. At the time, I didn’t think Astrid, who is grieving so many losses, would be reliable as a first-person narrator whilst her life was in turmoil. The fun of…
Astrid came to me one winter day at work. I was perusing the database and the name Astrid caught my attention. I heard the inaudible words: That’s the name of your character. I looked around. Where did THAT come from? It was as mystical as it sounds. One minute I was aggravated by some work…
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