I am many things to many people--parent, grandparent, friend, sibling, therapist, and writer. It is this last that I explore here in OD, and have done since September of 1999. I started writing Torin's story in 1984 or so and then misplaced the duotang when we moved from Ontario to Nova Scotia. I happened across it accidentally and decided to revive it when someone introduced me to OD. I've been winging his story ever since, sometimes sitting down at home with pen and paper and then transcribing here, sometimes composing here, as in the development of the Del Hodgson/Madlach storyline.
Writing is, for me, an odd thing. I watch the story unfolding in my mind--a mental movie, as it were--and try to write down what I see as clearly as I can. Sometimes I succeed, and sometimes I flop. That's where rewriting comes into play. One of these days, I'll take a chunk of all this, revise and rewrite and start sending it out into the world, or perhaps convert it into e-book form and see how sales go.
However it goes, I will continue here as long as readers enjoy what I have to offer. I like the feedback, and I like the community here. Life is good.
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