Writing. I still do that.

[charmingbillie]

After I sold WIDE OPEN, I didn't talk about it online while waiting for contracts.  As this took a bit of time,  I got out of the habit of talking about writing.  Which is why, in a roundabout way, I haven't talked all that much about book two.

But I am working on book two!  I am, specifically, working on the ending, which is tricky because there

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[wldhrsjen3]

Ooh! Love this - I've been dying to ask how book two was coming, but I didn't want to nag or pry. :P The thing I admire most - or one of them, anyway - about your stories is the authenticity. Some people try to write rural scenes and they just come across as... well, empty cityscapes. Your rural landscape is so real it's like coming home, and I *love* the sense of something otherworldly lurking at the edges. I hope you'll continue sharing snippets!

[charmingbillie]

I SO want to get it done (book two that is). Not because I don't like it but because I can see that there is much to be improved and I want to fix it and make it 'right.' (at least until someone looks at it and points out how I can make it even better :)

And I'm really glad the rural stuff works for you. Getting it right is one of the reasons I write the settings I do.

[antinomic]

I was raised in rural Illinois. More trees, but your writing captures the essence of rural plains states, so well done. What I miss consistently is fireflies. You only find them in river bottom lands in Florida, and then not too many. But frost is rare, I like it here.