Here’s something you probably don’t know: when I first thought about pulling the book out of the trunk, dusting it off, shining it up, and publishing it, I had a very specific plan in mind. A detailed, covers-all-the-bases, suitably intricate plan. This is that plan: Publish it as a Kindle book. There is no step 2. I wanted to just
Read moreLove, lust, hate, greed, fear. Revenge, desire, envy, power, survival. I’m starting to feel like I’m playing a rousing game of whack-a-motive. I spend most of my time not knowing what my characters will do next, but I (usually) figure that out as I go along. But even when the “what” becomes clear, the “why” often remains murky. I didn’t
Read moreBack at the day job, and sure enough, I can’t get through the first day without wanting to smash my head into a desk. It reminded me of something, though. We’re required to disclose any outside employment so that the big bosses can make certain that there are no conflicts of interest lurking in the corner. Ok, great, makes sense.
Read moreSo, here’s a confession: writing these books gives me nightmares. It’s not that I write something and then have nightmares about it, it’s that the act of writing these books seems to give me totally unrelated nightmares. At least, they seem totally unrelated. Of course, that only applies to the ones that I remember; there could be others that I
Read morePer Wikipedia: “The idea of the Great American Novel is the concept of a novel of high literary merit that shows the culture of the United States at a specific time in the country’s history… The author uses the literary work to identify and exhibit the language used by the U.S. people of the time and to capture the unique U.S. experience, especially as it is perceived for the time.”
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Heather Masterson 