Friday: Writing Process Q & A

 For my recent virtual book tour, I had a few author interviews.
It was so fun pondering the questions and taking time to record answers about 

my writing process, my novel and personal get-to-know-you's, 

that I've decided that every Friday will be Author Question and Answer Day!

If you have a question, I'd love to answer it! 

Send your questions to me through my contact form on my website.

When did you decide you wanted to become an author?

Even as a child I wanted to write a book. (The Mystery of Silver Glass Pond!) I majored in advertising and minored in English so had a few creative writing classes. A few years later I enrolled in a writing program when my oldest child was a toddler. But soon that goal was forgotten as life raising children became too busy for pursuits that required homework. 

 

Twenty years later, that toddler was now in college and my youngest (I have four children) was in school and I had more time to think about what else I wanted to do with my life. I enrolled in my first post-college writing class at 43 years old.  It’s never too late to pursue a dream!

What advice would you give a new writer, someone just starting out?

Enroll in a writing class (I took online courses from UCLA extension). I thrived with the accountability of weekly homework, workshopping and critique, and the camaraderie of classmates of all ages from all over the globe. 

Also, people watching and eavesdropping is fertile ground for fantastic story starts. Write the good stuff in your phone or in a notebook and keep it with you at all times.