I contacted a local group here in our area via email. The man who runs the group returned my email. He seemed very nice, friendly and welcoming. At first I thought this was a good idea to have other potential authors read, edit and critique my work. Rejection from these people didn't worry me....
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Time and place
When we first began the process of brainstorming the book, we thought it would be cool to have the story take place sometime in the past, like decades ago. We considered the 1950s or 1960s even though none of us is a child of the '50s or '60s.
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Walking, talking and tightening the story
There's a little homeless guy that walks around town. At first he avoided eye contact, but I went out of my way one day to say "hi" to him. Now when we pass each other, he looks our way in at least semi-eager expectation, waiting for the friendly voice. Not that we're the only...
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What made me decide to write a book?
Okay, we thought about it. Sounds like a plan. We figured we might as well jump all the way in, feet first. That’s our style: ready-set-jump, look down. Sometimes it works to our benefit, sometimes not. But creative minds tend to run a little heavy on the emotional side and, after all, this was...
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