Wednesday, May 29, 2013
And so it begins...
Sylvia Ash is the main character in the fictional novels: The Greening, The Leafing and the future The Blossoming. Per fan request, this blog has been created to give a tour of Sylvia's world.
On writing
My husband shared this quote that was posted on www.refdesk.com today:
"Writing
is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as the headlights, but
you make the whole trip that way. - E.L. Doctorow
How true. A fan of the books The Greening and The Leafing told me she was awed at how a writer can make characters, plot and stories to create a novel. I am always so surprised at this. I jokingly say that writing is like a private schizophrenia, but as I joke, I know I would be terribly lonely without the stories that live in my head. Writing, for me, is an odd, wonderful and magical process. I know the characters and the books even before they are written. They are loosely woven and become richer and richer and richer when I think of them. There is always a point where the story bangs away in my head until I don't really have much control and I need to write it down somewhere, some way or tell it over and over in my head. Arnold Lobel, children's author of the "Frog and Toad" series said that a 'muse' would come in through his open window and help him write the stories. I have often said that sometimes I think the stories are channeled from someone / somewhere else. It's not a problem, it's a wonderful, magical thing.
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How true. A fan of the books The Greening and The Leafing told me she was awed at how a writer can make characters, plot and stories to create a novel. I am always so surprised at this. I jokingly say that writing is like a private schizophrenia, but as I joke, I know I would be terribly lonely without the stories that live in my head. Writing, for me, is an odd, wonderful and magical process. I know the characters and the books even before they are written. They are loosely woven and become richer and richer and richer when I think of them. There is always a point where the story bangs away in my head until I don't really have much control and I need to write it down somewhere, some way or tell it over and over in my head. Arnold Lobel, children's author of the "Frog and Toad" series said that a 'muse' would come in through his open window and help him write the stories. I have often said that sometimes I think the stories are channeled from someone / somewhere else. It's not a problem, it's a wonderful, magical thing.
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