Comfort and Joy

officechair

Today I got the remaining pieces of my furniture for the house. I'm really happy about my office chair. I loves it! I can see some longhand writing going on here as well as some revisions. For my sitting room, I also got a really nice chaise lounge chair. Not sure if I really like it though. I may have to let it sit there for a couple of weeks. Maybe add some more colorful pillows? Definitely some wall decor. Still undecided about if I made the right choice or if I was just … [Read more...]

Life Imitating Art

One of the things I'm working on for the revision phase is character development. My main character has an estranged relationship with her father and she finally has to deal with it in a intense scene. During the writing of the scene, I felt some resistance. Thinking to myself, "I can't really go there can I? What if readers think this is about my father?" I guess this is one of the things that happen to us as writers. When we write about difficult and dysfunctional relationships, one of … [Read more...]