My Writing Process Blog Tour
I
would like to thank Rebecca Allard, author of “Reckless: A Memoir,” who invited
me to participate in the #mywritingprocess blog tour. This is my first blog
entry and although it is not about Long Island, it is an opportunity to reach
out to a new audience and to explore the writing process.
Briefly
here is a little about me.
I’m a journalist who has reported on Long Island community
news for nearly 20 years. I’ve also written about Long Island’s rich history
and the people and places that make
America’s first suburb a unique place to live.
America’s first suburb a unique place to live.
“Fingerprint of Destiny” is my first novel, which reflects my
experience as a journalist as well as
my family’s Latin American background that hails from Venezuela as well as Argentina.
my family’s Latin American background that hails from Venezuela as well as Argentina.
Additionally, I’ve written several plays – “Silent History,” a
play about famous women from Long Island and “Cleaning Lessons,” a two character play about a cleaning
lady on Long Island. “Silent History” was produced at the Speigel Theatre at
Hofstra University in conjunction with a conference on Long Island Women.
“Cleaning Lessons” was produced in conjunction with the “Women and Work
Performance Project” by NEAR Theatre in Huntington.
The following four questions have been asked of everyone who
has and will participate in this community of writers.
1) What am I working on?
I
am in the middle of a second novel (still untitled) which takes place in the
same fictional Long Island town of Hope’s Point . Like my first novel “The
Fingerprint of Destiny,” this story is about a small town journalist trying to
solve a murder at the beginning of the last century.
2) How does my work differ from others of its genre?
Although
this novel has many historical elements to it, I have taken liberties with some
of the timeline in order to make the story come together.
3) Why do I write what I do?
I
am very curious about the world and about human behavior. As a journalist I
want to know why or how things happen? Those are the burning questions for me.
4) How does my writing process work?
I
am an avid reader and most of my ideas begin with a newspaper clipping of some
sort. Usually the scene comes alive in my mind – I not only see it, I hear it
and feel it. It’s like falling into a dream and I must pursue that dream to
it’s conclusion.
Who’s
up next?
I
am honored to present the following writer who will post next week, the week of
June 30th 2014.
Edith
Chevat is the author of two novels, THE BOOK OF ESTHER and LOVE LESSON, which received a starred review
in Booklist, and the author of the chapbook LOST, a poem of personal loss and
the loss of 9/11.
She
is the editor GIRLS: An Anthology. Her stories, interviews, and poems have
appeared in periodicals and journals including Other Voices, Bridges, Global
City Review, Home Planet News, Jewish Currents, and the anthology THE ONE YOU
CALL SISTER.
She
is at work on a new novel, CROSSROADS. Learn more about Edith's work at www.edithchevat.com
She
lives in New York City, within sight of Ground Zero.
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