Many thanks to R. Vincent Moniz, Jr. for inviting me to respond during the “My Writing Process” international blog tour, an activity originating with some terrific writers including LeAnne Howe.
The questions I must answer:
1. What are you working on?
I work all the time on different projects and none of them have a name until the project feels finished.
2. How does your work differ from others of its genre?
I don’t know if my work differs much from other’s works, I feel; I read a lot and process other works. I like to write in short declarative sentences. Maybe that is how I differ from others.
3. Why do you write what you do?
I do what I do because I am full of ideas. I like to see if those ideas work or fail. I’m never bored that way.
4. How does your writing process work?
I’ve been mapping my writing/creative process and what I’ve noticed is I become detached and hyper-focused. The periphery becomes more blurred and what I have created more salient as I build its structure and voice/tone.
Nominations:
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke is an American Book Award-winning American and Canadian poet of mixed Wendat-Huron/Metis/Cherokee/Creek/French Canadian/Portuguese/Irish/Scot/English heritage.