The photo at the top was taken on the Big Island of Hawaii, on a beach only accessible by a 45 minute hike through banyan forest and volcanic beachfront (or you can drive in if you happen to work for the property owner’s company).
My original blog theaccidentalnovelist.blogspot.com is also full of cool poop.
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I’m in my 40’s, on my third marriage, 6th cat, 7th religion, and I’ve always been a writer. Or what I should say is, I’ve always been writing. I think it’s not until one believes she is that she becomes a writer. That part took a while.
I started out as a poet, spent many years as a spoken-word artist, and began screenwriting in my late 20’s. I wrote while I earned my paycheck as a waitress, teacher, non-profit arts administrator, event manager/producer, and on-set tutor for film and television.
One year I wrote a screenplay that landed me an agent. It was my 6th feature script, a fantasy adventure for kids. Around that time, a screenwriter friend of mine adapted one of her original screenplays into a novel. The novel was published, which got the screenplay optioned. I thought this sounded pretty good. I asked if she would consider adapting my screenplay into a novel. She told me to take a year off and write it myself.
But I’m not a novelist, I said.
Neither was I, she responded.
I took a year off and birthed Brigitta of the White Forest. But it didn’t stop there… I discovered something about myself that I never thought possible. I could write a novel. And I liked writing novels.
Oops.
(I have also been an Accidental TV Show Producer and was the Accidental President of Women in Film and Television Vancouver for a year)
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I live in Vancouver, BC with my husband “Baby” and our two cats Albert and Victor. I recently resigned as writer/director for vjiam.tv to work on my own writing full time. I have not owned a car in 6 years and Baby hasn’t owned one in 10. The #8 Fraser bus is the best bus inn Vancouver for character research.
December 26, 2008 at 5:54 PM
i have 3 cars.
much of the time recently 2 of the don’t work.
some days we don’t even get in the car that does work.
those are good days.
December 26, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Yes, but you also live in Ventucky, where I assume the bus system isn’t quite as good as Vancouver. I could be wrong. I love sky-train, too.
When it’s nice out, we bike. Baby bikes much more than I do, though. He even bikes in the rain.
January 13, 2009 at 6:44 AM
Are you planning to import your posts from the old blog? (Look under Tools -> Import on your WP dashboard.) I ask because I’d like to subscribe to one or the other blog, but not both. I can barely keep up with all the blogs on my blogroll right now, and am loathe to expand it much, but find it hard to exclude blogs with such great writing as yours.
January 13, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Hi Dave!
Thanks! I can’t remember how I found your site, but I was drawn to your words as well.
Subscribe to this one. The original Accidental Novelist will be phased out by Jan 31, 2008 and I will only be using the (writes again) blog.
I wasn’t planning to import the other blog, I’d like a fresh start over here, but I’ll check into it.
January 27, 2009 at 2:35 AM
You are a fascinating individual indeed, and I’ve enjoyed working my way through your writing here. I think you should expect to see me back again soon. Cheers.
Hello Brad! It’s great to hear new voices. Thanks for playing.
February 14, 2009 at 3:42 AM
Some great tools here. Thanks for the tips.