While there is nothing more important to writing that time spent in the chair, there is another, more elusive, component to the creative process. For someone as compulsively driven as I am, this second part is often tougher. Time away. It takes a little prodding (and sometimes force with a crowbar) to pull me from my writing. But time away, fresh air, a little sweat—these are as vital to my writing as the dedicated computer time.
The seed
With book two of the Badlands Thriller Series done and in editing, I find myself looking back at where it started. Here I am in the fall of 2015, on my first visit to North Dakota. It felt like outer space. Still does a bit. But what a great place for an edgy thriller…
