Writing can be a very solitary business. It`s you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.
Unlike life, you`ve got more or less complete control over what`s going on in your stories. That`s not to say you can make characters do whatever you want them to - they usually have a life of their own if you`ve done your job properly.
This sort of encouragement is vital for any writer. And lastly the publication of Touching the Flame, which was on hold for two years and went through a few publishers before finding a stable home.
The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That`s the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it`s also where the title came from for the book.
Sometimes I`ll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little black notebook (a writer`s best mate), then come back to it and work a plot around it.
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Writing can be a very solitary business. It`s you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.
