Ask the Author: Ilene B. Benator
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Ilene B. Benator
When you write something good, and you look back at it with wonder and think "I wrote that!" It is truly exhilarating.
Ilene B. Benator
Spend more time with my editor! I swear just talking with her makes me get a zillion ideas. I think that being around creative people in general makes it ooze off them and onto me.
Ilene B. Benator
Read. Write. Live. Experience.
Especially, keep writing. Also, get an editor to work with you. Your first effort might be crap, but you keep learning and improving. Your best book might be the third book, so don't stop at book one. Keep going.
Especially, keep writing. Also, get an editor to work with you. Your first effort might be crap, but you keep learning and improving. Your best book might be the third book, so don't stop at book one. Keep going.
Ilene B. Benator
Book Two of the Schizo Series. Also, I am in early stage ideas for three other books. I often start a book for a few chapters, then focus on just one book. Finish it. Then I pick up one of the others I have started.
Ilene B. Benator
Reading. Reading. Reading.
Nothing inspires me more than getting sucked into a story. Also, being around creative people inspires me. Artists, musicians, etc...
Nothing inspires me more than getting sucked into a story. Also, being around creative people inspires me. Artists, musicians, etc...
Ilene B. Benator
When I was in med school on my psychiatry rotation. The idea stuck with me for years, until I felt I was ready to actually write it.
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