What happens when you can't write?
Sep 01, 2023 7:21 pm
A Block of Marble
I've been struggling with writer's block lately. It's always alarming when you're a writer who can't write. Not that I'm not writing, of course, I write tons of stuff every day, but when I sit down to figure out where the current novel is going, I get stuck. I don't know what's going to happen next. I don't know for sure what my characters are going to do.
Some writers write an outline before they start a new project. Others just sit down and start writing and figure it out as it goes along. I've always been more of a hybrid. I wrote the first draft of Witch's Jewel just figuring it out as I went along, while Parasitic Souls was almost completely outlined. And then there was 2016, when I published a flurry of books and then got totally writers-blocked for nearly a year. 2016 to 2017 was the year I didn't write at all. I remind myself of that when I get too antsy, because that was the year that I painted every day, which got me skilled enough at drawing that I felt confident doing the illustrations for Animal Magic.
A lot more autobiographical than any of my other works, though in all candor, I never did manage to become a werwolf. (Wide)
I've got a character I'm excited about, and a tense situation for Kit and Fenwick to resolve, but for the past couple of months it's been a struggle to get it on paper. When I write, it's not like I'm creating something so much as discovering what always exists, like that apocrypal story about Michaelangelo carving away all the marble that isn't his statue. I really hope that this writer's block doesn't continue, but if it does, I'll have to pivot to art and hope something shakes loose.
Seven heart-warming, fast-paced tales of finding love when you least expect it, each one staying true to the theme of a diamond and an angel. (Amazon)
Fiera was born a sea witch with no inkling of her power. And now it might be too late. Witch of the Cards is historical, supernatural romantic suspense set in 1932 on the Jersey shore. (Wide)
Gratuitous Cat Picture
They solemnly swear they are up to no good.
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