In
a few weeks, Jeremy will graduate from high school. There are many evening
events with dishes to pass, uniforms to collect and decorations to create. For
Sam, it’s tournament season in Taekwondo. In a few weeks, I’ll probably spend
much of my 28th wedding anniversary running the electronic
scoreboard for a sparring ring.
In
between all this, I sent a few queries this week for my spy novel. I need to
jump back into the fantasy novel that I put on hold while working on critique
comments.
None
of my projects would have been possible without these distractions. My spy
novel depends heavily on my first-hand knowledge of Taekwondo. My recently set
aside tween novel could not have been written if we did not have a rock band
that practices in our basement. Writing my fantasy novel requires that I know
about contemporary high school life. It’s all grist for the mill.
1 comment:
So true! We gather ideas for our works and details to bring our works to life from what we observe in the world. If we lived in a vacuum, we'd get so much more done, but it wouldn't resonate with anyone because it wouldn't be real. Thanks for reminding me that everything that takes me away from writing is really research for it!
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