Author: marylowd

The Importance of Otters Having Wings and Writing About It

I’m writing a fantasy novel, called “The Otter’s Wings,” about an otter who has wings.

And if that’s not living my best life, I don’t know what is.

As a writer, it’s easy to get lost in the wash of goals and aspirations that always seem just out of reach… Continue reading “The Importance of Otters Having Wings and Writing About It”

Seeds That Have Already Grown into Novels

As a writer, it’s easy to get lost in the wash of goals and aspirations that always seem just out of reach…

What I find that helps is to think of one of the novels I’ve finished, and remember back to what my very first inspiration for writing it was — a character? an idea? Continue reading “Seeds That Have Already Grown into Novels”

The Cipher in the Middle

The show named after Buffy cares so much more about Xander’s feelings about her not wanting to date him than about her own feelings at having one of her best friends mess with her head and guilt her and show he thinks of her differently than she’d like.

It makes it hard to identify your own emotions — to even understand your own feelings & self — when so often looking in the mirror of pop culture shows the feelings of everyone around you… and leaves you invisible, a metaphorical vampire who doesn’t cast emotional reflections. Continue reading “The Cipher in the Middle”