Writer's Note #3

I don't know how others feel about it, but I am still affected by my own writing no matter how many times I read my novels.

In Infused, reading chapter four always makes me smile. In that chapter, an inexperienced Geoff seems to be enthralled by a woman's leg (once he comes to the realization that he is actually touching it). I find it amusing and a bit heart warming. It really shows how Geoff was at this point, how removed from any kind of intimate interaction he was.

In A God's First World, I can't help but cry when I read chapter sixteen because of the intense emotions that occur as the characters deal with life and death. Geoff's minimal experience with friends and loved ones prior to this had led him to have limited control over his emotions. Faced with the the events of this chapter, his emotions are pushed to extremes.

Writer's Note #2

In my second novel, A God's First World, there were some details about the story that I did not put in the book.

One of the details was why a person was in a location at a certain time, when they would normally be there at a different time of the day. There were a couple of reasons that I didn't explain this detail. The main reason was that I did not want to break the mood by throwing in an explanation in the middle of a very emotional chapter. The other reason was that none of the characters knew why the person was there at that time, so they couldn't answer the question in story (if you have read the book, this will make sense).

The character was there at that time because they were attempting to avoid running into Geoff.

Writer's Note

Before the final editing of my first novel, Infused, had been completed, a few friends read it and gave me some feedback. I learned that some things that I had left unsaid, needed to be said.

Since I wrote the story, I knew why people were doing the things that they were doing, and I understood how they felt. However, sometimes things aren't as apparent to people that do not have the story living in their head. So, I added a few lines in to the story to clarify what was meant.

I try to look for things that may not be evident when I write now, and then I will make sure that I state the non-so-obvious.