My writing time has been spent on either quick updates on Facebook or actually sitting down and writing the middle-grade novel I’m working on at the moment. My writing comes in spurts, but when it does it just flows out. It’s such a strange feeling when that happens. You know what I mean – you sit down, write, get up, leave. you open it up a few days later, read what you wrote to catch up and continue, and then realize you don’t remember writing those words at all. Freaky.
But I also feel like I’m writing in unknown territory, and I keep wanting to ask someone – am I doing this right? Should I be joining some sort of new writer’s organization, one that has middle-grade authors in their community? But I’m getting ahead of myself. I need to get the book finished, and then I’ll worry about those things.
It’s also a fantasy, which is weird and wild and crazy for me to be writing. I’m so women’s fiction, and here I am writing fantasy. Ack! But I’ve had a beta reader look over it and she loved it. My agent likes the idea too, so that’s a plus. Still, though, it’s easy for me to lack self-confidence, so I’ve been basically telling myself to shut the F up and write. I can write this story. I can write middle grade, and I can write fantasy.
Maybe I’ll post a chapter once I’ve done a final edit and see what you all think. We’ll see.
~Peace, Kris
