A while ago I blogged about writing real life characters instead of my usual make-believe, and just how difficult I found it. Well, all that hard work has paid off! I’m very very excited to say my auto-biographical piece, titled ‘A little courage’, will be published in Out of the Frying Pan: Bittersweet Tales of Stumbling into Adulthood by Finch Publishing. Scheduled for release in April 2010.
What is my chapter about? Well, it’s the story of my husband and I, meeting as kids, growing up together, and finding the courage to tell each other how we really felt.
So yay! However much I love my genre, writing this piece has involved stretching an entirely different set of writing muscles, and I’m very glad I gave it a go.
Thanks Marianne for mentioning this opportunity to me!
September 27th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Excellent news- congratulations! And sounds like my fave kind of story - romance & happy ending
September 27th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Thanks Janette
September 27th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Great news. I’d read it, only it would seem like peeping.
September 27th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Yeah, there’s a part of me that’s slightly weirded out by the idea of our story going out into the world to be read. Easier when the characters aren’t real people. But it’s a good story (well, I hope!) and I hope it will resonate with some readers.
September 27th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Wooo! I have to wait till 2010 to read it??
September 28th, 2009 at 2:10 am
Congratulations! Especially on writing outside your comfort zone.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Rabia: You know, 2010 isn’t that far away O.O
Miqu: Thank you!!
September 29th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
sounds great, jo, looking forward to reading that one. you’re just going from strength to strength - onward and upward!
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Gutsy, stuff, Jo. I know we all put a bit of ourselves into a character but you have bared a bit more than the usual in this piece. Congratulations on doing the brave and artistic thing. Rare in a world of facades.
terry
December 12th, 2009 at 1:43 am
Good work Jo. More please (interesting non-horror/fantasy). Whatever happened to that first story you wrote about a baby Cheetah in 1985??
Dad