I knew the basic outline of the novel [The Dissemblers] and would write whatever scene of the book I felt particularly excited about at the time.
Writing a book set in New Mexico was partially a way to express my own love for the state, and partially a way to prudently follow the advice to write what you know.
At the end, I cobbled scenes all together and smoothed out the transitions as much as possible. Incidentally, I would not recommend this approach to writing a book, and will probably not write that way again!
I find that time constraints actually make me more productive, and "real world" experiences provide a lot of inspiration to write.
I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for me to work a day job!
From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically.
I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for me.
I've spent many a day worrying that I will never be able to write again!
Now I am as big of an [ Georgia] O'Keeffe admirer as Ivy [Wilkes] is, but that came through writing the book.
I was only loosely aware of [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work. Primarily, I had seen her famous paintings of skulls with flowers, which are not my favorite. I didn't really become familiar with her work until after I started writing the book, but the more I learned about her the more I admired her.
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