What inspired you to start writing career? I enjoyed writing, even in grade school and high school. I majored in English in college with the intention of writing fiction as a career at some point or a least finding a job in the writing field. But I got married at age 24 and had three children causing me to put […]
1.“Edge of Death” is the second book in a series. Was writing the second book harder for you than the first book? In what ways was it different from writing the first book in a series? The second book in any trilogy can be tricky. I’ve read several where it’s nothing more than a bridge between the first and third […]
I’m interviewing Michele Sims today, author of contemporary romance “The Fire God Tour”. Welcome to my blog! Author Interview 1) What inspired you to start a writing career? I have always been a reader and having a little more time after I retired prompted me to start writing 2) Is your book a stand-alone, or is it part of a […]
1) What inspired you to start a writing career? I’ve always been convinced that I had something to say. Maybe a little too convinced! That’s what’s led me to write about all kinds of things for all kinds of reasons. A lot of people say that they started writing after reading a book that made them sure they could do […]
1) What inspired you to start a writing career? I’ve always enjoyed writing and have been doing it for as long as I can remember, though it was always just a hobby. I decided to get serious about my writing about three years ago. My son had just turned 2 years old and I realized that I hadn’t written anything […]
1) How do you plot novels? Do you outline? I use a method I created called the Plot Menu. I first figure out who my characters are using the Enneagram personality types, then I create a spreadsheet in a three act structure, plug in major plot points, and start writing! I go back to it every 5 or 6 chapters […]
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 […]
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