First, I just want to note that this is not inspired by the Sopranos ending. I never watched the show and have no opinion about the conclusion. This is inspired by a lively and interesting conversation I had this evening with a writer friend. That said, I am struggling with the question of what kind …
Writers Don’t Make the Best Friends
Plenty of parent-writers out there talk about the struggle of balancing parenthood and writing, and much of what they have to say is true. But it's my friendships I neglect. My child is here in my house demanding attention. My friends are far away and too busy themselves to point out that I haven't called …
The Writing Crush
That's what good writing feels like--that delicious crush calling and wanting to see you, that rush to tell your friends about what your object of desire said or did, that lovely oh-he-kissed-me moment. Silly to admit to, I suppose, but when I believe (rightly or wrongly--just like rightly or wrongly choosing the guy) that my …
Plot in Real Time
Before lakebelle I could pull back and set a scene, explain what was going on in a character's head, find the mood. Writing in first person all the time and having only their musings to spin a plot wears me out. The characters, well-drawn or not, possess immediate lives and I find myself thinking about …
The Fictional World
to the visitors of lakebelle.blogspot.com This post is to acknowledge that lakebelle exists in my imagination and in cyberspace but on no real world map. The three characters come from novels--novels by me. Paul survived being seventeen and in love in The Blue Jar. Linnie did her best to save the doomed heroine in Drowning …
Marta Bacon 