I am never as in love with my writing as on the first re-read. It’s all downhill from there, which makes editing my own work difficult, frustrating and a bountiful source of self-doubt. What’s worse, I edit as I go, so I never really get to read my whole novel for the ‘first’ time. I’ve […]
Month: February 2012
How do you know if you’re destined to write?
Often, I’m asked how I knew I wanted to be a writer. Or when I knew. I didn’t. I spent a whole lot of time doing other things. Now I know the signs were all there, I just got side-tracked by life and boys and doof-doof music and substances that aren’t good for your health. […]