If I were Queen of the World I would have my own zebra! Besides the two horses I own at present. I write fiction and I am lucky enough to have published. I am pretty well acquainted with editors, agents and publishers. I also know what works for me as a writer. I know when I am bored with my own inventions, there is something structurally wrong with it and it has taken me some time to figure out structure. You'll find that very, very few creative writing teachers know anything about structure. They weren't taught it themselves, and as our education system goes downhill, they really know less and less about what makes writing work. so they aren't helpful. And often enough, neither are editors. What am I working on? Well, the last mss. is now in production and so I am now fooling around with a folk-tale narrative. I have been reading all the post-apocalypse novels I can, to see what other writers have done with an alternative world --- a futuristic tale of what happens after civilization collapses. So I have recently read The Road, The Earth Abides, A Canticle For Liebowitz, and some others. And what about yourself? What sort of story are you working on?
I am working on an alternative history novel about the Civil War. I have changed an event and following the ramifications of that event.
I have written one musical and have had several plays produced locally (in a very small town). I like to do comedies.
If I were Queen of the World, I would make sure that I got to move to ahead of the line in traffic, at Taco Bell, and at the donut shop.
Do you not find that when you read other authors in the genre that you are working on that you get unduly influence. I read alot but shy away from similar works because I am afraid that 1) they might inadvertantly influence me or 2) they may sap my confidence.