Let's take a break from the writing process, get to know each other a little and have some fun. :)
When did you know you wanted to write?
When did you know you wanted to write fantasy?
What are your dreams for your writing? It's okay to dream BIG!
How many novels have you written? Are they all fantasy novels?
Do you write anything besides novels?
Anyone considering your novel/short story/article or devo?
I'll jump in later!
Don't Plant Trees!
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I guess I always wanted to write, but I didn't start to do it seriously until six years ago.
ReplyDeleteAfter I took a writing course at ICL. For my second assignment I wrote a short story that was a fantasy. After I finished it my son looked at it and told me it needed to be novel instead of a short story, because there was more story to tell. I've been writing it ever since.
To get a couple of my Christian fantasy's published.
have two on my desk right now, along with a couple in different phases of completion scattered throughout my office. I have one historical fiction, but the rest are fantasies.
I write inspirational stuff, like devotions, Bible studies and articles.
Not yet, but I hope soon.
When did you know you wanted to write?
ReplyDeleteWhen someone told me I couldn't. Honestly, the moment I was told that I couldn't write, I found that I really wanted to and not just to prove 'it' but because I wanted that magical talent.
When did you know you wanted to write fantasy?
When I decided to take my superheroine alter-ego and move her up a few levels. I decided powers like flying and invincibility was good--but to throw lightening and inter galactic travel? Ah, bliss!
What are your dreams for your writing? It's okay to dream BIG!
Several successful series in different genres. I say this because I can definitely do the fantasy thing and once in awhile, I do have the incredible urge to write something vaguely inspirational, maybe with a romantic twist, that does not have anything to do with fairies...or wizards...or Iron Men Type robots clomping around.
How many novels have you written? Are they all fantasy novels?
Currently . Three of the five are complete and I'm working them through basic edits. Yes, 5 of them are fantasy, one of them is not, It is just a plain ol' mystery, with everything earth-based.
Do you write anything besides novels?
Quite a bit of short stories, an occasional script, some poetry, a bit of songwriting(even when I can barely hold the tune in my head) and I aim to do more. I can't stop writing, so I write pretty much everything.
Anyone considering your novel/short story/article or devo?
No. I wish, but also kind of glad, because I know they are not in the publishable stage yet--I want to do better by them, both for the readers and myself.
Fun Questions! I love 'em!
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When did you know you wanted to write?
ReplyDeleteI have been obsessed with books since high-school when I discovered Stephen King, but I didn't consider writing until my last son was born (seven years ago). Now I can't imagine not writing.
When did you know you wanted to write fantasy?
The first book that had a real impact on me was "Wrinkle In Time," which I read when I was 9. It opened my eyes to so much possibility, and ever since then I've loved anything fantasy. Plus, I've always fancied myself a fae child. ;)
What are your dreams for your writing? It's okay to dream BIG!
I hope to have a voice into the lives of teens and young adults. I have a real passion for the youth and want to encourage and empower them. If I could have my dream, that's what my work would do.
How many novels have you written? Are they all fantasy novels?
I've written three novels and one novella, all fantasy. I've started two different "mainstream" novels but I tend to lose interest when just humans walk around on the page.
Do you write anything besides novels?
Short stories--lucky enough to have a few of them published.
Anyone considering your novel/short story/article or devo?
I have some interest on the project I'm working on right now from an editor I met at SCBWT LA. We've had a few chats and she's keeping tabs on how things are going. Hopefully she'll like how it all turns out. :)
I've wanted to write as long as I can remember, at least since second grade. (Actually, "want" is a rather imprecise word; it's more like there's this story that needs or itself wants to be told that only I can tell.) The stories I've wanted to tell have fantasy to one degree or another, though since they started coalescing properly they're more "science fantasy."
ReplyDeleteMy dream is to finish this vast story (I call it my "magnum opus" with "magnum" merely signifying "big") properly within my lifetime.
I have not yet completed anything that can reasonably be called a novel.
I also write poetry (like my fiction, that doesn't feel entirely voluntary ...)
Since none of my fiction is really beyond the planning stages or the first few chapters yet, I haven't submitted it anywhere yet.
Being a writer is one of my earliest career choices. Then I grew up and got started on a more acceptable career path. A few years ago some of that world crashed, and I began to write; and I've been loving it.
ReplyDeleteI've always loved to read fantasy; Anne McCaffery's THE WHITE DRAGON was my first. To this day nothing thrills me more. A few months ago I decided to try to write fantasy. I'm about 1800 words into the novel; and unsure how I'll ever get it finished. The research is time consuming; and I don't have time.
I'd love for writing to be my full time day job. I've written three novels in a trilogy - womens fiction, or main stream - and have four or five short stories. No bites for anything. It's like that saying: you can't win the lotto if you don't buy a ticket. I've only queried a two of the short stories - one ezine each - and had maybe four rejections on the first novel. Two of those queries were sent well before the novel was close to ready.
A learning experience. Like the fantasy; I'm learning a bit at a time as I go. I'm just gathering resources now; checking out the info on how fantasy writing is done.
..........dhole
When did you know you wanted to write?: When I watched and read Little Women
ReplyDeleteWhen did you know you wanted to write fantasy?: When I would tell fairy bedtime stories to my little sister.
What are your dreams for your writing?: To finished and publish them all! And to illustrate my children's books :D
How many novels have you written? Are they fantasy Novels?: I have about 6 drafts completed but 86 separate ideas :p Almost ALL of them are fantasy or sci-fi ... I have like two fiction ideas.
Do you write anything besides novels?: Rhymes and songs. Little notes and things here and there :p
Anyone considering your novel?: There was one agent who was interested in helping me but so far nothing. Maybe this year *Fingers crossed*
I love hearing about all of you!
ReplyDeleteWhen did you know you wanted to write?
I've always been making up stories, but didn't think about writing as a career until high school. Then I didn't tell anyone. Don't know why. Life went on and I forgot about it until I had a late-term miscarriage and lost a little boy. I began to write as a way of dealing with the grief - poems mostly - but the love for writing stories came back and I started writing children's books. Got two of 'em published before I knew anything about the craft of writing.
When did you know you wanted to write fantasy?
I've always loved fantasy/sci-fi, but never thought I could write it. Then I got an idea for Fairyeater and wrote the beginning. My writing partner say, wow, you just found your voice! And ever since then, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
What are your dreams for your writing? It's okay to dream BIG!
I want to be known as the Fairy Lady. All my stories have fairies of some kind in them.
How many novels have you written? Are they all fantasy novels?
Fairyeater is almost done. It will probably be around 115,000 words. I've also completed a MG novel (computer fantasy) and started the second one in the series. I put that away, though, when I started writing Fairyeater. I'm hoping to get back to it someday.
Do you write anything besides novels?
Yes, picture books and devos. I have several devos published in The Secret Place and in various book compliations. I'm also working on a devo book with a friend about praising God while you are suffering. It's slow going, but something I'd love to see come to fruition.
Anyone considering your novel/short story/article or devo?
Zonderkidz is considering a Countdown to Easter book for families (kind of like an Advent book). I'd reeeeeally love to see that in print. My friend, Kim (the artist who did the artwork for this blog,) has some beautiful illustrations for it.
When did you know you wanted to write?
ReplyDeleteI've always written stories, from the time I could hold a pencil. But I didn't think anyone would want to read my work in print until recently.
When did you know you wanted to write fantasy?
Since I read "The Chronicles of Narnia" as a child. I wasn't something I thought about, it was always just a natural choice to write about imaginary worlds, since the real world seems so dull and depressing most of the time. At least to me it did.
What are your dreams for your writing?
I want to be popular in the secular market by taking Christian principles and ideals and expressing them through stories that anyone can relate to, regardless of their faith (or lack thereof). I think the world is hungry for true hope and faith, and believe that there is an audience for my work. But it's a tough thing to do convincingly. I don't want to come across as corny or contrived.
How many novels have you written? Are they all fantasy novels?
I have two half-written novels, one romance and one sci-fi. And the current one which is 95% done story-wise, but still needs a lot of editing. I took a huge period off of writing during college and my early career days. I've only gone back to it since I became a stay-at-home mom for a while, though now I work part-time.
Do you write anything beside novels?
Yes, I've done a number of short devotional articles for our Mothers of Preschoolers group, and for my blog. I've also written a short story for a Writer's Digest contest of which I'm rather proud, and some poetry. I also have a couple of how-to articles on making colonial woodwork for dollhouses published in The Greenleaf Gazette. Having a hobby is a good way to get into print.
Anyone considering your work?
If you mean agents, not yet. But I hope to have my novel ready for submission by the end of the summer.
P.S. My romance novel was crafted for a Christian romance publisher, who rejected the proposal but liked my writing. I had been incorrectly informed that you should not write the entire book until it was sold, so I had put together the whole proposal and written about half before I got a response. I don't really want to write romance, but thought it might be a good way to break into the business.
ReplyDeleteI knew that I wanted to write very early in life. I began writing when I was seven years old. :) My writing turned to fantasy when I was ten and The Keepers of Elenath was accepted for publication when I was sixteen.
ReplyDeleteMy BIG dream is to be recognized as a worthwhile Christian Fantasy Author-- and stop being looked at as the "child author" (I'm eighteen) My first dream was to be published, and that, by God's grace happened last year. It would be really neat if The Keepers of Elenath was made into a movie, but first (as Pam knows) I have a lot of writing to work on. :)