Today was the first day of the Southern California Writers Conference. I already want to stop working and write full time, and it's only been a few hours of inspiring speeches and writing critiques with other authors! Actually, I'd never be able to endure the solitude of a life of just writing. That's why I teach math---to be around people, but I'm in the writing zone now.
Here's a "first paragraph of a novel" sample that I created when the speaker showed us a sunset and said, "Write a hook with a heart."
That line of the setting, blood-red sun stalks me. It follows me no matter where I peacefully saunter along the rocky beach. It's like God's spot light on me silently saying, "Do you really think you can say, 'No'?"
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