The Marriage of True Minds, Part 3 (of 10): 900 words
Running total: 6,000 words
Comments:This section may get longer, if it turns out there's more Traumatic Backstory to exposit. My protagonist consoles himself with the excellent beer I've invented for him to drink.
This is distinctly going to be a novella or a
very short novel. And, no, I have no idea what I'll do with it when it's done. But if it isn't broken any longer--or at least not as badly broken--that'll be a damn good start. It's certainly going to be a very different story.
[Per my interlocutor's request, I've cleaned up the English of these questions--let me say right here that I am both awed by and very grateful for my readers who are not native English speakers. That's going the extra mile for a story, and I appreciate it.]
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You had the idea in your head for 15 years, does that mean you had it written for that long and just couldn't get a publisher to take it? Or did it take that long to work the idea out in your head?A: I started writing
Mélusine in very late 1993/early 1994. I finished the draft that actually sold to Ace in early 2003--and it was bought in October '03. It took me ten years, in other words, to become a competent enough writer to tell the story I was trying to tell. And of course, during those same ten years, I was getting my B.A., my M.A., and my Ph.D., getting married, all those other growing up type things.
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