The Art Garage is one of the featured locations in my novel All Falling Things. In the story, it’s an old mechanic shop turned art gallery in Chicago – five stall capacity with the glass garage doors left in place, concrete cleaned of all stains and polished, and moveable walls constructed to section off individualContinue reading “AFT: The Art Garage”
Category Archives: All Falling Things
AFT: Meet the Team
You’ve met Alice. You’ve met Stanley. Now, meet the team. 🙂 Along with my main characters, I like to cast prominent secondary characters. This helps me keep a specific image of them straight in my head as I write. I thought I’d take a minute to introduce you to some of those characters. In thisContinue reading “AFT: Meet the Team”
AFT: Blurb Reveal
All Falling Things was my first book, forthcoming from Scarsdale Publishing. This story looks at the threads of life – how something as simple as bumping into someone on the street can redirect someone down the right path. It is also an homage to one of my favorite stories, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Below, I reveal theContinue reading “AFT: Blurb Reveal”
AFT: Meet Stanley
As I talked a bit about in my last All Falling Things post, when I first thought up this story, I intended/assumed it would be told entirely from Alice’s perspective. It was her story. But then almost right away, another character demanded a chance to use his voice too – and suddenly, my book hadContinue reading “AFT: Meet Stanley”
AFT: Meet Alice
It’s sort of strange to still call this my first book given that two others have since found their way out into the world, but this manuscript, titled All Falling Things, was indeed my first completed novel-length manuscript – my delayed debut if you will. Publishing, it turns out, can be quite the lengthy processContinue reading “AFT: Meet Alice”
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: 3D
This year for Christmas, a couple of dear friends gifted me something that I never would have thought to get for myself – and I love that it shows how well they know me. (Thanks Cody and Jim!!! ❤) If you are new here and didn’t already know, I have a love of the storyContinue reading “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: 3D”
Alice vs Lucy
I can still vividly remember the day I sat down and started, officially, writing my first novel – I was on winter break, and I spilled out 8K words onto that digital page in one day. It was unlike any other writing experience I had ever had. I don’t know why, but this one feltContinue reading “Alice vs Lucy”
Chai
I love chai masala. I could drink it every single day and never get sick of it. I’m a ginger fiend. The cloves and cardamom and cinnamon are like a spicy hug. The little boost of caffeine helps me in my moments of need. It’s all perfection. In my stories, my characters are all aContinue reading “Chai”
Writing Slump
On the morning of Friday, March 5, I received All Falling Things back from my editor. I asked for a timeline since they didn’t offer a deadline, and the response was by the end of April if possible. I returned the manuscript March 18. [strained smile] Any moment I wasn’t working or sleeping, I wasContinue reading “Writing Slump”
Editing Alice
I will say this – the process of turning a manuscript into a book can be a humbling experience. I mean, here we are – finally ready to query. Because we’re done. The book is done. [enter sad laughter here] When I received my manuscript back from my editor, I felt like someone had dousedContinue reading “Editing Alice”
Ami Maxine 