Norman Green

WRITER’S BLOCK

I am writing this blog, right at the moment, because I have lost traction on my story, on the book I am supposed to be working on. It is a sequel to The Last Gig, which came out in hardcover last month. January was a great month, I think I made pretty decent progress, I was fine right up until this last weekend. It’s the continuing story of Alessandra Martillo, a twenty-something Puerto Rican refugee from the Brooklyn projects. In the last book, she was working as an investigator for an ex-cop named Marty Stiles. As this book opens, Marty is in a rehab, recovering from bullet wounds suffered near the end of The Last Gig. He’s stuck in a wheelchair, and I’m guessing that’s where he’s going to stay. As a result, his body is healing as best it can, but Marty hasn’t yet decided if this new life in a wheelchair is going to be enough for him. That leaves Alessandra and Marty’s other employee, Sarah Waters, to fend for themselves. › Continue reading

Tags: brooklyn, marty stiles, progress, sarah waters, the last gig, writer's block