How do you plot novels? Do you outline? For my middle grade fantasy novel, “The Sacred Artifact,” I did a basic outline of the whole novel with plenty of wiggle room for changes built in. I wanted to have the freedom to incorporate new interesting scenes as they developed during the writing process. If a chapter has a lot of […]
Author Interview Why did you decide to create a second edition of “From Frights to Flaws”? I was disappointed that Amazon kept deleting my book’s reviews, thus my overall rating got lower. Also, sales were not so great. The reviews were fine, but I decided that I could get better reviews if I updated some minor content. The cover has […]
Author Interview How do you plot novels? Do you outline? I am a diehard plotter and outliner. I could never sit down and simply begin to write. I need to know who my characters are, where they are going, and how they are going to get to their HEA. I outline the events that need to happen in my books […]
Author Interview When did you know you wanted to be an author? I did not grow up with the dream of being an author. When I was little I wanted to be an oceanographer, later a chef, and then a comedian but being a writer never occurred to me. Perhaps one of the reasons is that I was diagnosed with […]
Author Interview Thank you for visiting my blog again! I previously interviewed you when your book “Noble Magic” was on tour. This was the fourth book in the Chronicles of Eledon series. Is there any connection between that series and this new one—The Admiralty Archives? Yes, there is a connection. “Curse of the Sea” begins six months after the end […]
Author Interview 1) How do I plot my novels and do I outline? I don’t plot, at least not in the formal sense, and I never outline. I’m what’s called a pantser. I write by the seat of my pants. I start with a vague idea for a story and sort of flesh the beginning out a little in my […]
Author Interview Tell us a little about why you write in so many different genres. Does it work for you? I can’t stick to one genre. I love writing all types of stories. Does it work for me? Yes and no. Yes, because I’d start to feel claustrophobic if I had to write in the same genre all the time. […]
Author Interview When did you know you wanted to be an author? Jeeze, so far back I can hardly remember. It goes all the way back to when I was a little kid sitting in my fifth grade class with a notebook writing Harvest Moon fanfictions. I remember once writing a horror story (albiet a terrible one) and binding it […]
I’m interviewing Wayne Kerr today, author of mystery / thriller “Framed – A Black Swann Investigation”. Welcome to my blog! Author Interview When did you know you wanted to be an author? That is a very good question. It kind of snuck up on me. Five years ago, I wrote my first novel just to see if I could do […]
Today I’m interviewing Cheryl Meyer, author of nonfiction / health “It Feels Good To Feel Good”. Thanks for dropping by and answering my questions, Cheryl. Author Interview When did you know you wanted to be an author? I was a lit major at Cal Berkeley and it was always my joke that I was going to write a fun book […]
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