It's Hard to Write When You've Had the Day from Hell

[queenoftheskies]

But, I'm trying. I really, seriously am.

Don't want to talk about work. Day from hell.

And, of course, I've already posted about my voting experience. Need I say more?


Beginning of the End 1058 words for the day

155,777 total words to date.


Yami No Tenshi 2525 words for the day

5,098 total words to date.

Whew. Didn't think I could do it. Time to go to bed.

Not happy with the election coverage. :(

Comments

[kimberlychapman.livejournal.com]

Definitely cathartic/therapeutic. You can bet my characters will go through an election from hell. They were probably going to already, but now it's for sure.

I write like method acting. I feel almost every emotion I put my characters through (which is probably why so many of my reviewers cry). Their pain is my pain, my pain becomes their pain. That's why domestic abuse is a recurring theme in my writing; on one hand it's helpful for me to get it out there, especially letting the victims eventually triumph one way or another, and on the other I hope to inspire other victims to stand up and shed their victimhood and never let it come back.

Gotta write what you know, eh? You can stick it on another planet or in another time but at the core if it's not something you feel, your readers won't feel it either.