Two weeks ago I finished rewriting my book Jinx Hill 13. It was midnight and there was no one awake in the house to celebrate this momentous occasion with. Completing this novel made me think of the time and effort I had put into it over the years. I had the inspiration for it in 2002, however it was vastly different from the young adult book that it is today. Its current story line has been set in place since 2006. Yes, it has been that long ago. Jinx came and went, in and out of my life, had major rewrites and edits. At points I had given up on it all together. Then a writer friend of mine told me this winter that instead of me working on a new book he would like to read Jinx Hill 13. I started to think back. Why I had sat Jinx aside this most recent time? It was after my first son was born, but just prior my identical twin boys who came two years later. Then two years after that my youngest son. That make...
Writer JL Cooper