When I stopped to consider all of the fiction ideas that dominate my thoughts, I realized that I am devoting a considerable amount of mental effort to four different genres of fiction: four very different types of creation.
I am currently working on a new novel, which has the working title of The Sleep of Reason. [...]
Archive for the 'Greater' Category
Servant of four masters
June 24, 2008
Good idea in search of a plot
March 6, 2008
Many of my stories begin as pretty good ideas that don’t have a plot. My job, of course, is to come up with a plot that can incorporate these ideas.
Finnegans Festive was this way. The revelation of the mystery began long ago as an idea that was sparked by a non-fiction book I was reading [...]
