I have a short piece today on pattinase, Patricia Abbott's blog, about writing the story Mapping the Territory, which is posted here and also published at Shotgun Honey. The "How I Wrote"--both stories and books--column is published a couple of times a week and has a lot of good stuff on it.
http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-i-came-to-write-this-story-jane.html
Great story, nice bit of insight in the "How..." of it. Getting down into the down and dirty corners of our less Proustian, wilder human perspectives is what makes some writing terrific.
Jane Hammons is a master in this.
Loved the story originally and again, and found the site quite interesting. . .
Thanks JLD and MAK--yeah, Patti's site is great for those inclined to crime and darkness.
Jane it was so interesting to hear your back-story. Thanks for sharing. I'm a big fan of your work!
Thanks, Susan.