Yep. Paul is reading the crappy, barely-readable full manuscript of my novel about Sarah (let’s all give him a round of applause—seriously, bless him). So, right now I’m snuggling with my teeny coauthor while he watches The Polar Express for the 1,313th-or-so time while I try to write my other book with a notebook and a pen. 😁 Been working on it for the last few days. It’s the one that’s from Nothe’s perspective—and Snowman’s. I didn’t know it’d have Snowman’s point-of-view until I started working on it. I freaking LOVE how stories do that to you as you write them! I was so excited when I learned that about this story. And it’s through Snowman that I’ll be able to truly introduce a character that I worried I’d never be able to show people, because he was in the old manuscripts that I had to throw out.
The monster from Sarah’s story did this to me, too. Through the monster, I got to reveal another character from those manuscripts—a villain I always hoped I’d get to write again someday.
I love writing. I love letting my brain plug into a universe and just letting it go, documenting what I see. There’s something so liberating about it! And the fact that all of this stuff is leading back to things that I thought were lost forever is so healing.
Writing is how I process grief for dreams I lost, and a way for me to find them again—or find new ones. It’s a way I process trauma and get justice for things I’d otherwise never have justice for. It’s a path to a completely different world, a safe place to go to find answers and understanding. Writing is magic, man!
Where Rose Writes Very True Stories 