Rebeca Schiller

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Most writers suffer some degree of insecurity about their writing. I know I do and it’s probably why I procrastinate. Sometimes, though, when you have an assignment that you sought out you need to bite the bullet and just write.

About a month ago, I moaned on my status update on FaceBook that I needed to find more freelance gigs. Lo and behold, one of my FaceBook friends wrote back and asked if I would be interested to write a piece for HAND/EYE Magazine.  I went to the site, read the articles and wondered who or what I could write about. After an hour or so of scrutiny, I realized I had the perfect candidate: my friend Joseph Cavalieri, an artist who specializes in stained glass.

I pitched the idea to the editor and I got the green light to write the piece. I was

A few days ago, I was ready to murder several of my little darlings and a character to boot. I posted the link to the post on my FaceBook page and I received a few responses from my instinct might be be correct and I should dump the character to I can always use that character for another story down the road.

I really hate having to dump seven pages of pretty good work and a character that has potential. So I pondered for a day and then an epiphany hit me, and I’m pretty happy with the outcome. I’d write more but then I’d be revealing a major spoiler.

So let’s see what this devious fellow will be up to next. . . .