I have often felt as if a pool of ideas floats around the globe, waiting for us to draw on it, and every now and then lucky creatives will reach out with their souls or hearts or minds and pluck an idea from the flow
Tag: #yafiction
Authorship and Business – facing the long haul. There is hope!
The thought of all the work ahead in finding a readership makes me quail. Makes my brain heavy. Makes me feel sad, and wish for the halcyon days of writing this book with my eye firmly set on the fantasy of a publisher taking me away from all of this. But I recently found a spark of light.
Light spilling through water
One of the best things about reading fiction is the incredible way words, together with our imaginations, become our experiences, become part of us, part of our DNA. It’s also one of the best things about being a fiction writer. Fiction, especially YA magical realism fiction, can take our hearts, minds and emotions beyond the boundaries of our regular existence.
People make the difference
They say it takes a village to raise a book. In my case, the village had a bunch of de Jongs in it: Lisette, Daphne, Maureen Crisp (de Jong by marriage) and Maureen’s daughter Rhia. By far the biggest impact on my story Find Me was from Lisette de Jong, bestie and editor extraordinaire. Lisette… Continue reading People make the difference
A look inside Find Me
It felt the most natural thing in the world now to reach out, to touch her fingertip gently to the silvery trail on his cheek. He caught his breath, his eyelids flickering.
Find Me, Published! Now it really starts…
I have a stunning, genre-perfect cover, and a story and text that has been refined and crafted within an inch of its life. I love my characters, sincerely. I love their journey. I think some other people out there will too. So I’ve thrown my hat into the ring, and my heart is full. Now begins the next part of my journey, closely tied to the journey Skye and Hunter, and Morgan and Ethan and all the rest must take. Mine will be crafting theirs, and alerting the world to their existence.
Traditional vs digital: letting go the dream, or making a new one real?
Some writers write for the sake of writing, never intending to share their work. I truly love writing and every part of the process. But I write to find readers as much as for love of the journey, creating something for them to read.