Spring 2010 has begun - did your body clock tick a little louder? Mine did - mine for writing, that is. We all have some desire to work on things as we go through life.
I am writing my second novel. It goes well after 10 + months. Hopefully it'll be finished in a few months, but if not, it'll easily break my record with POOKOO, my first book. But Spring does coincide with some thoughts recently about getting down to work. With what I do, I am embattled with what works. Works as in what sells.
I'm still enough of a maverick (no, not shades of the 2008 campaign) where I write what I like. It's a good rule to live by. As a journalist/sportswriter, I've written plenty that has nothing to do with me other than my affinity for sports. But I've found it is a hard recipe to follow if I'm going to write novels that others enjoy (in mass). Part of me would like to think I'm unique and a one-in-a-million, but I know the truth.
I also know that what I write and can write are movie-friendly. When I sit down later this year to belt out final drafts on two movie scripts in progress (one is an action, one is a comedy) I take a different approach than I do with my novels. Just like I did when I had a daily deadline at the newspaper. I'm able to separate that deep-of-the-heart stuff I save for the books and make sure a movie script has what it needs to have. My style, vision, literary tattoo (if you will) is there, though.
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