A Saxaphone Somewhere Far Off Played

It’s seven weeks into the new year, do you know where your writing project is? Hitting it, fits and starts, stalled out? I’m deep in and it’s all I want to do but I will confess that every other day I think it sucks, that I’m deluding myself, that I was never meant to write fiction, imposter syndrome run wild. But then every other day, I’m in the saddle, writing until my hands cramp. I’m in the whiplash stage, but I’m determined to push through. I also understand that the project might wind up in the drawer but I have to finish the fucker. I don’t believe in closure, but I love completion.

If you’re still hanging out at The Lerner Home for Wayward Children, let me know what you’re working on and how it’s going. Or if you need a kick in the ass.

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Published on February 23, 2025 10:30
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Bill Koch Well, I have no trouble with writer's block, but sometimes I wonder if what I write is worthwhile. I have finished my first novel, Hired Gun (a thriller, courtroom drama revolving around sexual abuse), due out in late spring/early summer and am approaching a first draft of a second novel, tentatively titled Shrinks (the protagonists are psychologists), but like many of us feel that imposter syndrome doubt rise up.


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