Anna’s answer to “What was the greatest challenge for you in writing in a different genre?” > Likes and Comments

Thanks, Anna, for your quick response to my question. I enjoy discussing process with writers. Don't you?

Nothing better than a character we consider, and then he—or she— fills our every waking hour. What does she wear? How does he walk? What do they want? Their flaws and tells. And like Chester, they have lives of their own and take us on adventures we never imagined! And as you write, 'You're on your own now'.

As for me, I have taken an oath NEVER to write historical fiction again! I didn't know how to begin and then, I couldn't stop.

Happy Spring!
Alice

Not so long ago, I visited an elderly lady with dementia. She could remember things from her distant past but not so much of what happened earlier in the day - quite normal for dementia patients. However, when I mentioned to her son some of the things she had told me, he was mystified. "Impossible," was one of his comments, with evidence to prove it. As time went on, the comments from his mother became more alarming, declaring one of her relations to be prince something-or-other from Australia..

What has this to do with my writing - or anyone's writing?

I now wonder if, should I get dementia in my later years, I start to say I travelled to other worlds, describing them fully and introducing the characters from Immortality: This is Probably a Novel. Worrying!

The books we write and read can become very real to us.