ever wish you were friends with a character from a book?
yeah, us too. and now that it’s the season for gift-giving, we’re thinking about all the characters who’d give the best presents.
i try to get started pretty much right away — for some reason i can never make myself outline anything, or even do all that much thinking or research before i start writing. i think i just need to see the story on the page before i know what to do with it or whether it’s working. so as soon as i have the very beginning of an idea, i usually try to start writing the story or novel 