Some Tidbits About the Writing of End of the Trail
This book was not an easy one to finish--and yes, the pandemic we're experience was one of the problems. The book was 3/4 of the way done, when one of our writing critique members doctor husband advised us we probably shouldn't keep meeting. We stopped. We did share our chapters via email, but it wasn't quite the same. I struggled with the ending. Some days I couldn't write at all, others I only managed a paragraph or two. Finally, my good friend and editor. Lorna Collins, prodded me a bit and I sat in front of my computer and wrote for a couple of hours most days until I was finished. Finally it was done. The critique group had a pass at the final chapters, then I sent it on for editing. When it came back, I accepted most of the changes/suggestions, but one of the clues kept bugging me--to the point that I woke in the night thinking about it. Discussed the problem with Lorna, and what I felt needed to get fixed was--and then it was p...