- I have a novel that I've slowly been working at since, according to my laptop records, November 2005. Which is funny since I remeber reading Writers Digest and looking at debut authors and their book gestation periods and thinking to myself 'I'll never be one of those writers who takes five years to write a book. I can write a manuscript in six months.' Anyways, I've recently gotten back into the second draft, which was put off because I lost the cord to my laptop and couldn't charge it.
My biggest concerns right now are that a) there doesn't seem to be enough time between events to fit in my various subplots--dealing with family and past criminal activity issues, basic loveness, and dealing with growing up-- and b) I'm very much afraid that professionals will not like my protagonists first name. Which is Pyro, and he's a firestarter. I'm trying to decide how I would explain it, or if I should just change his name, but keep Pyro as his nickname. Frustrating. I'm really struggling with the idea of changing the name of a character I've had since forever and a day.
Massive amounts of random research have got me thorougly acquainted with the city of Detroit (by now, I could give you directions to two hospitals and tell you where Jerry Bruckheimer graduated from) and if anyone's from Detroit I would LOVE to talk to you and it would be SUPERBLY helpful.
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