I'm John and I live in New Brunswick.
I haven't been writing fiction very long, three years, but I have written much over the years. I am working on novel number three, first revision. My gut says I have three winning stories, but the right side of my brain slaps me into reality. I've very recently settled on some major issues -- voice/pov, major plot pillars, and character motivations.
I'm now claiming to write
21st century fiction Write the book you want to read? I love mainstream books like
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Tom Clancy's earlier works, and much of Ken Follett's stories. But honestly, these stories leave me feeling empty. I feel almost no empathy towards the characters.
And then there's the literary novel. I've been moved deeply by books such as Jeffrey Eugenides'
Middlesex, Wroblewski's
The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle, and Miram Toews'
A Complicated Kindness. I fall hook, line, and sinker for the characters, but don't ask me what the stories were about. I had to force myself to read every one of them, yet in teh end I felt fully satisfied
So I decided to write books I want to read and make me feel satisfied -- compelling plots with deep characters. I think this 21st Century label fits what I'm writing.
John