Ask the Author: L.M. Weeks
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L.M. Weeks
“All fiction is largely autobiographical and much autobiography is, of course, fiction.” P.D. James
I ran the Tokyo office of a global law firm and thought it would be fun to write about an international lawyer practicing in Japan. My son is biracial, so I decided to make the two main characters biracial. Our firm does a lot of renewable energy work, and I started wondering how entrenched forces would react if someone developed a revolutionary new reliable, clean, and renewable energy technology that would replace all other energy sources.
I ran the Tokyo office of a global law firm and thought it would be fun to write about an international lawyer practicing in Japan. My son is biracial, so I decided to make the two main characters biracial. Our firm does a lot of renewable energy work, and I started wondering how entrenched forces would react if someone developed a revolutionary new reliable, clean, and renewable energy technology that would replace all other energy sources.
L.M. Weeks
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L.M. Weeks
Middle Earth. Court an elf.
L.M. Weeks
I treat it like work and set goals for a daily word count. If I feel like I can’t possibly write because I’m tired, not in the mood, distracted, etc., I tell myself that I can do at least 10 minutes of writing. Works like a charm. 10 minutes never turns into less than an hour and often ends up being multiple hours.
L.M. Weeks
A novel about competing in tarpon fly fishing tournaments in a fictional land similar to the Florida Keys.
L.M. Weeks
Don’t self edit when writing the first draft. Put it all in there no matter how stupid, bad, silly, banal, inappropriate, mean, dangerous, scandalous, etc. you think it may be. You can edit later. The first draft is for the writer. Editing is for the readers.
L.M. Weeks
Getting on paper the story I feel compelled to tell.
L.M. Weeks
I write stream of consciousness until my mind eventually comes around to what I intended to be focusing on.
L.M. Weeks
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, Draft #4, Maggie Dove, Florida’s Fishing Legends and Pioneers, Headwaters and The Swamp.
L.M. Weeks
The cause of my father’s death.
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