Guest Post on AD2 by Janine Spendlove

[rthstewart]

I'm really happy to have Janine K. Spendlove guest post over here for the launch of AD2.  I met Janine at Awesome Con earlier this year and then we connected again at Origins.  She loves Susan Pevensie, Mara Jade, and River Song, and encouraged me to submit a story for consideration to AD2.   Janine is a KC-130 pilot in the United States Marine

Comments

[heliopausa]

Thanks for this; I'm interested in what you say about the whole process of story-writing,in what you say about War of the Seasons as well as the point-by-point description. Food for thought.
(I guess I have to ask Ruth any follow-up questions?)

[heliopausa]

Thank you! A couple of questions, then:
1. Your process as outlined has a lot of feedback from others, even in the very earliest stages. Would you say that getting such feedback all through is a necessary part of writing well? What advice do you have for someone who doesn't have a group to call on?

2. You say you leave the story alone for months to be able to see it with fresh eyes. I've had the experience of working on history projects, and then the red-hot pelting stage of engagement being interrupted by circumstance, and simply losing the momentum of the writing. Does this not happen for you? Or if it does, how do you recapture the drive of the idea?