by LoriBenton | Feb 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve stumbled upon lots of great writing posts this week. Here’s two I hope you don’t miss. From Athol Dickson at Novel Journey: Scariness in Fictionland. “Sometimes being a novelist is scary. For example, over the last year or so I’ve seen...
by LoriBenton | Jan 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
The summer after high school I worked in the graphic art department of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. It was an internship position I earned on the strength of an essay, (ironically, because I was far more interested in becoming an...
by LoriBenton | Nov 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
How is a novel born? What’s the first step? Get ten writers in a room and probably each will have a slightly different answer to that question. Since I’m in the very early stages of story-weaving Jesse, working title for my up-next novel, here’s my...
by LoriBenton | Nov 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Thought I would share a few things I’m looking forward to in the coming days, weeks, and months. On the writing front, I’m looking forward to printing The Quiet in the Land in hard copy and reading it for the first time ever, straight through. I’ll...
by LoriBenton | Nov 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
My brother called on my birthday and during the conversation asked me what was my favorite part of writing a novel. That’s hard to pin down, because when something goes perfectly right at any stage of the process, then of course that’s my favorite part....
