When I am working on a story, I spend hours thinking through plot lines and motivations, putting myself in my characters’ shoes, and especially, driving to faraway places – alone.
Seriously, I book flights for international trips at airports 5-10 hours from home just so I can spend hours alone in my car. My mother thinks I’m loony. Maybe she’s right, but it works for me.
I enjoy traveling alone. I’ve traveled all over the US and to several foreign countries by myself. And every single time, I have told myself a story. Entire books have been conceived simply because I went somewhere I’ve never been before. One of them, which I believe could be the start of a series, will hopefully come out in 2022, all because I took a “quick weekend trip” to Richmond, Virginia in 2019. Continue reading “My Favorite Writing Tool Is My Car”
