Most women I know worry that they’ll be in a car
accident, wearing ‘old lady panties’.
While researching
private mental health clinics online this morning, I reminded myself to clear
my browsing history before I die. People could get the wrong impression.
We writers are different than other people.
I’m currently ‘living’ in my work-in-progress. When my
husband told me of a long conversation we had earlier in the week that I have zero recollection of, the look he gave me made me realize how odd we
must seem to the ones we love.
I
canvassed my author friends. Turns out, I’m not alone.
When I was writing
one of my first novel after my day job, my husband walked into the computer
room. He asked if I was going to make dinner. I answered, "When it's
dinner time."
"It's eight o'clock. Guess I'll have
cornflakes again." He turned and walked out.
***
I got a call from
homeland security a few months ago. I was researching "can you get sick
from eating human flesh", then searched pressure cookers, then bought a
body bag for my book trailer video shoot.
They were like, ‘we
just wanted to make sure someone wasn't using your IP address.’
***
The other day I
was fixing my son's lunch before school. I’d gotten up early to get a writing
session in before the craziness started. My husband and son and were at the
table having breakfast. Apparently I stopped in mid sandwich prep and waved the
knife around then said, “So that’s what happens next!”
I hear a quiet,
“Um, mommy, what happens next?”
My husband
counseled, “Don’t disturb her, she’s talking to someone else.”
Orly Konig-Lopez OrlyKonigLopez.com
Orly Konig-Lopez OrlyKonigLopez.com
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I learned as a
young child that most people don't have people who live in their head chatting
away, so after seven years old or so, I stopped talking about it. And I stopped
talking to them out loud. I was thrilled (THRILLED I tell you) when I went to
my first RWA conference and the luncheon speaker talked about the people in her
head. I think I cried when I realized I wasn't alone.
Early this spring my husband read a book of mine and wanted to know who these people were. How did I know them so well? Were they based on anyone we knew, because he couldn't find people like them among our friends and family. For the first time in our nearly twenty years together, I mentioned I have a bunch of characters up there. He freaked out, a little. Just last week, he asked if there were really people up there. I said yes, and we moved on to something else.
I'm not totally crazy, I promise. Wait, that's what people say to stay out of the funny farm....
Early this spring my husband read a book of mine and wanted to know who these people were. How did I know them so well? Were they based on anyone we knew, because he couldn't find people like them among our friends and family. For the first time in our nearly twenty years together, I mentioned I have a bunch of characters up there. He freaked out, a little. Just last week, he asked if there were really people up there. I said yes, and we moved on to something else.
I'm not totally crazy, I promise. Wait, that's what people say to stay out of the funny farm....
***
My family
especially loves when we're on vacation or at a restaurant and I'm trying to
get information out of my husband who is a judge. I'll say 'how much time could
I get for murdering…." or "If I killed so-and-so would this be
admissible evidence?" I don't' even notice the odd looks we get anymore.
Rebecca Forster RebeccaForster.com
***
Back in high
school when we all went to 'hang out' at the mall. I was always wondering what
other people were thinking. We'd be sitting and eating and I'd be, "I
wonder what those two are saying to each other." My friends started
calling me Wonderlee instead of Marilee.
Marilee Crow BooksByMarilee.blogspot.com/
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Actual text
between Brynley Bush and her daughter Lyn:
“Is it wrong that
I’m currently Googling ‘How to Fake Your Own Death’?
“If someone ever
looks at your search history, you’re going to have a lot of explaining to do.”
“I’ll have to show
you later. I’ve moved into a fake murder series.”
“Because that’s
normal.”
Brynley Bush BrynleyBush.com
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Laura Drake's latest release, The Last True Cowboy, was chosen by Amazon's Editorial Board as a Best Book of the Month in December. Her next in the series, Home at Chestnut Creek, is out July 2, but is available for pre-order now.
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3 comments:
As soon as my head hits the pillow, I hear conversations between my characters, see them moving around and get a gander at the decor behind them. As soon as I get up to write it down, it all disappears, lol. Great blog, Laura. Nice to know I'm not alone when it comes to characters.
This is so very interesting, how authors have so many friends and how their characters come about in and out of their lives. Sounds like you all stay pretty busy, I am not an author, and things are a little out of the ordinary with me also. :) Thank you for sharing this, i enjoyed it. God Bless you all.
This is so funny. I can totally relate.
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