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So are you guys enjoying the Olympics? I'm always glued to the TV, no matter how many times I tell myself I'm not going to be interested this time. I'm just addicted to people obsessed with being the best and doing extraordinary things. You should have heard me jumping up and down and yelling at the TV when Lezak was chasing down French "we'll crush the the Americans," Bernard, during the team relay. Now, THAT is such wonderful karma to watch.
What are your memorable moments? Do you remember past Olympic moments that made your heart leap into your mouth? My first one was watching Nadia live and getting all those perfect tens. Or, do you remember those that show the agony of being second/losing? Like the two heartbreaks of Michelle Kwan's quests for gold.
Those athletes' tremendous sacrifice and willpower give me the shivers. My goal is to capture the essense of giving one's all in a magical moment in my writing--how does one do that in words and have the same effect?
For a writer, finishing a manuscript can be as exhausting as any sport event. The manuscript that took everything out of me was Facing Fear. My emotional tank was literally empty by the last scene. The next one that almost killed me was writing Jed's story; the controlled pace of both the story and the character took every ounce of my concentration. Well, it was His Jedness, so what did I expect? An easy time? ;-P
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