by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I’ve transformed my heroine into something a lot more interesting by leaning into the idea that she’s a Second Wave feminist. Some of the evolution is just the result of being the second draft of the novel.
And some of it has come from me coming to grips with the cold hard fact that I just have no assurances that I’m ever going to be able to complete this projected six novel project. So, I’m beginning to draw from some of my ideas for my actual heroine that I dream would be the basis of a open-ended series of books like the Lisbeth Salander novels.
Now that I’m 50, I also realize I need to really work on second and third tract creative projects as well. It’s really beginning to sink in that if I’m lucky, I could be in my mid-50s before I’m a published novelist.
So. Ugh. I have to really be a lot more aware of time moving into the future and act accordingly. I’m not going to live forever. I’m just not. And that doesn’t even begin to address quality of life issues.
I keep thinking about how Stieg Larsson died of a massive heart attack at — you guessed it — 50. I need to lose some weight and I probably need to stop drinking so damn much.
Lulz.
