For the last two years, on and off or more off than on, I ve been working on two book projects. As some of you know, I was working on a non-fiction book project. That has been scrapped. As the third or fourth ghost writer on the project, I should have been warned off. Let s just say, the person who commissioned the project didn t come through.

So, in the interim, I ve been working on a fiction project. I don t consider myself a *fiction* writer per se, but the idea for my book came to me in a dream. Since I believe dreams are prophetic, I started the book.

Over the last few months, especially after taking a break from photography, I ve really dedicated time to the book and I have about forty percent of the story written.

I joined a writing group and we were trying to work through our writing excuses. Most people had kids or full time jobs or no ideas holding them back. I couldn t really say what was holding me back. When I sit down to write the words come easily. It s just a matter of getting to the computer.

I ve had my writing coach read through the first hundred pages or so, but his opinion wasn t really helpful. I m writing *women s* fiction and he thought I should take out many of the adjectives and adverbs to get the action moving. Sometimes, I think men believe everything should be a suspense novel.

I don t know if feed back is important, but I m now looking for a reader to look at the story and see if they get it, if they enjoy it, if they want to know what happens in the end. . . .

Okay, I m done blogging for today. Needless to say blogging is but one distraction from writing.

(more…)