Author's Note
Another book, another drink.
Seriously.
I always have a drink after I write an author’s note, because that signifies the end of the whole process for me. That’s worth celebrating! (A Scotch and Seven sounds VERY good right now!)
This is my ritual every time I finish a novel:
I have a drink, usually around 9PM that night.
I play Queen’s “We Are the Champions” once.
I have a whiteboard next to my desk that has my lifetime word count on it. I update the word count.
I figure out how long the next novel will take me.
Then I sit down and write it.
So I don’t celebrate for very long.
But you have to have fun in this business. If you don’t, you won’t last very long!
Smoke’s Inspiration
I had two character images in my head when I wrote Smoke.
Soldier: 76 from Overwatch.
