I love revising. If you demystify the process, it comes down to four strategies: what can I do to make the draft better; what should I cut out to make it stronger; what do I need to do to clarify it; and finally, what should I reposition.
I won't read novels while writing novels.
Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous.
Dialogue comes naturally to me and I can hear the characters' voices in the scenes.
I try to find something that applies not to me only, but to others, but don't try to control it too much. Essentially it is about what moves us, teaches us about ourselves.
I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first draft.
I work hard, do my best and send it out to the world hoping that people can relate to it. I accept any reaction and hope they think it is worth reading.
I try to stick with what moves me or teaches me about myself, same thing I hope the novels do for others.
I need to get lost and sometimes my characters lead me to places I don't expect to go.
I am a plodder, I make an appointment with my computer everyday and I have no idea where I am going.
Eastern Connecticut is very different from Western; we're more liverwurst than pâté, more bowling than polo.
I'm a very rooted person. I grew up in Norwich, Connecticut, I still live in Connecticut.
Connecticut is in my blood.
I grew up in a household of women, they ran the show, they kept it all together. I credit my ability to write in female voices, as well as male, with having grown up with older sisters in a neighborhood largely populated by girls.
My Italian-American heritage, of which I'm very proud and with which I identify strongly, surfaces in several of my novels.
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