Hard to believe but I haven't been here for a year! After a disastrous run for US Congress, where I learned that the California Democratic Party doesn't care about democracy, I'm back with a fresh start on my novel.

Distance from the emotional subject matter helps and I have reached the conclusion that there is formula or rather, a style for literary fiction just as there is for genre fiction. Now my dilemma is to tell the story the way I want or to or edit it into an accepted style that get its published. Not easy...I did not expect the realm of literary fiction to be as reactionary as genre fiction. Maybe because I come the entertainment industry and the fine art world where there's art and then there's crap that sells. If something is art, there should be no rules but that the artist in me talking.