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When it came to the writing of my November novel, Lovejoy,
I did not make one single plan. I did not even think about it until
the writing began. I had a character. I had one scene in mind, and
that was it.
I had one character from another
novel Undertakers of Rain.
Undertakers of Rain
was written in 2009, early 2010, maybe. It was published and had a
five year run with my now defunct publisher. In this novel, I had a
minor character named Sophie who had a brief fling with one of the
main characters. But the main characters showed up in my 2017
nanowrimo manuscript, The Second Door.
In short, I have a number of novels that take place in my imaginary
northwest Portland neighborhood.
When I chose the Sophie character
it was really because I knew I could rewrite the scene I had already
written from her point of view. I also knew that Sophie had been
through a bunch of life before she met John in Undertakers
of Rain. In an essence, Lovejoy
was my chance at writing her back story.
But that’s all I had going
into it. That was all I needed. I had my time, my locale, and my
character. What more did I need?