After my first interview, I was sure no other author would agree to do an interview, but after much begging and pleading, Donna decided to shut me up and just do it! Over a cup of coffee, we discussed anything that popped into my head (that was G-rated). Continue reading
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Actually, all of my characters are inspired by people I know, meet, or observe. Josie (The Witness Series), for instance, is modeled on a judge who sits in Los Angeles Superior Court who went to college on a volleyball scholarship.
Rebecca Forster – 19 December 2013 Continue reading
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It is a joy to see parents and grandparents in the children’s section of a bookshop purchasing books for the young. It is an even greater delight to see children themselves selecting books for themselves.
Pam – 12 December 2013 Continue reading
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I start with a ‘what if?” idea, mull it over for a while (anywhere from a few days to months depending on where I am with the current work in progress) and let the major characters emerge in my mind. When I start writing I usually have a vague idea of how the story might end, but no idea of how to get from the start to the finish. I let the story unfold as I write
Mel Parish – 12 December 2013 Continue reading
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I have always read a lot. As a kid I read comics, I could name the planets in order from the sun at a very young age…and tell you a little about each.
James M. Robison – 5 December 2013 Continue reading
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He’s angry about the war in Iraq and prisoners of war being tortured. These are the kinds of issues that preoccupied me in the decade following 9/11. It was a period that changed the way I thought about myself in relation to my country. Writing the book was a way to channel my own anger into something else.
Alex Miller – 1 December 2013 Continue reading
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Fall in love with your characters. Find compassion for the evil, nasty ones. They, too, have a mother.
Ellen Plotkin Mulholland – 28 November 2013 Continue reading
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I tend to start out with characters that I like and put them into an interesting situation. I don’t know how my stories are going to end, and therefore, I have to write the story in sequence.
Mia Grace – 24 November 2013 Continue reading
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I suppose I would give the same very simple, very basic advice many others have given; stay true to what is in you. Otherwise, what do you have to offer that will be any different from anyone else?
F.J. Schurr – 21 October 2013 Continue reading
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I love having the freedom to have creative control over my own work, as well as the flexibility of my own deadlines. Besides, I would rather pursue an Indie career and get my work out to readers rather than play the lottery with the big publishers.
Christy Dorrity – 17 November 2013 Continue reading
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