Novel Journey’s Ane Mulligan just posted her conversation with me about Auralia’s Colors. These are the questions she asked:
- Time to crow: What new book or project do you have coming out?
- How did you come up with this story? Was there a specific ‘what if’ moment?
- You write movie reviews for Christianity Today. How did you get into that?
- Every novelist has a journey. You say on your blog you dreamed about your first novel since you were five. That’s a long road to publication. Tell us about it. How did you find out and what went through your mind?
- Do you ever bang your head against the wall from the dreaded writer’s block? If so, how do you overcome it?
- Novelists sometimes dig themselves into a hole over implausible plots, flat characters or a host of other problems. What’s the most difficult part of writing for you?
- How did you climb out or overcome it?
- Where do you write: In a cave, a coffeehouse, or a cozy attic nook?
- What does a typical day look like for you?
- Some authors report writing 5-10 thousand words a day. Do scenes flow freely from your veins or do you have to tweeze each word out?
- Briefly take us through your process of writing a novel… from conception to revision.
- What are a few of your favorite books (not written by you) and why are they favorites?
- What’s the best writing advice you’ve heard?
- What do you wish you’d known early in your career that might have saved you some time and/or frustration in writing? In publishing?
- How much marketing do you do? What have you found that particularly works well for you?
- Do you have any parting words of advice?