Time for the Insecure Writers Support Group, when we vent our troubles and encourage each other in this crazy thing called writing. I appreciate Alex Cavanaugh for his brainchild! Please join us if you dare.
How's your work-in-progress coming along? I started writing the sequel to my college volleyball romance Blocked. This one's titled Aced, and features the romance between a 24-year-old Mexican American med student and a 22-year-old African-American volleyball star.
I'm rather conflict averse, but I find myself exploring some controversial topics in these novels. Blocked battles political differences, and Aced explores racial differences. Though I feel uncomfortable with conflict, discussing opposing points of view can be an enlightening experience in real life. I hope to offer a balanced take on touchy subjects in my writing.
Does your first draft feel like utter crap sometimes? I try to trudge through but writing can feel so difficult some days!
Congrats to my pub sister Debra Anastasia for the success of her crazy-ass comedy Fire Down Below! She has the wildest, dirtiest sense of whack ball humor!
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Debra cracks me up!
Good luck with Aced. LOVE the cover for Blocked. Holy Abs Batman.
My tackling of those differences has been very subtle in my books.
I once saw a friend of mine paint a scenery in three days. Day one, after two hours, the painting looked like it could have been painted by a kindergartner. Day two, another two hours, looked better but she wasn't quite there yet. Day three, last two hours, the painting looked amazing.
Art is done with iterations. For some more than other, but iterations nonetheless. Even the greatest writers wrote crappy first drafts. Makes me feel better. :-)