Ask the Author: Lori Wolf-Heffner
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Lori Wolf-Heffner
If I could remain undetected, the Borg home. Not that I want to be assimilated! But to witness that utter lack of humanity would remind me of my own and why I cherish it so much.
Lori Wolf-Heffner
"This Time Will Be Different," by Misa Sugiura and "The End of Loneliness" by Benedict Wells. Granted, now that it's September, this books are on my fall reading list :) But they're up next.
Lori Wolf-Heffner
Easy: I don't believe it in to begin with. When my energy for one project has run out, I take a break (snack, exercise, maybe even a 20-minute nap) and then move on to another project.
Always have several projects on the go.
And if you do believe in writer's block, for Heaven's sakes, don't romanticize about it. Acknowledge that you're stuck and then move on to something else.
Always have several projects on the go.
And if you do believe in writer's block, for Heaven's sakes, don't romanticize about it. Acknowledge that you're stuck and then move on to something else.
Lori Wolf-Heffner
*Learn to discern useful criticism from hurtful comments. For my current novel, an editor I respected told me to start over. I have, and it's the best thing I could have ever done for the piece.
*Keep at it. You only become a writer by practicing.
*Don't be afraid to have a day job (or a night one). Your job can offer you a much needed break from writing to refresh your creativity. You'll also learn more about people and how they interact. And the money never hurts.
*Write whenever you can. I write on my tablet for 20 minutes every morning on the bus, 20 minutes at lunch while I'm eating, and an hour or so at my desktop every night. When I walk home from work, that's 50 minutes to think about my writing. If you want to write, you'll fit it in.
*Keep at it. You only become a writer by practicing.
*Don't be afraid to have a day job (or a night one). Your job can offer you a much needed break from writing to refresh your creativity. You'll also learn more about people and how they interact. And the money never hurts.
*Write whenever you can. I write on my tablet for 20 minutes every morning on the bus, 20 minutes at lunch while I'm eating, and an hour or so at my desktop every night. When I walk home from work, that's 50 minutes to think about my writing. If you want to write, you'll fit it in.
Lori Wolf-Heffner
I'm working on a historical fiction novel that takes place in Late Iron Age "Germany."
I'm also ruminating on a historical YA series.
I'm also ruminating on a historical YA series.
Lori Wolf-Heffner
Some ideas sit around for a long time and ruminate, and others hit me. This one took a few years, because I had to first decode her postcards: many were written in German but with Hungarian phonetics. I speak German but not Hungarian.
Generally speaking, though, I'm at the computer about 28 days a month, for an hour or more, plugging away at my current project. That's on top of work, freelance writing, and family duties.
Generally speaking, though, I'm at the computer about 28 days a month, for an hour or more, plugging away at my current project. That's on top of work, freelance writing, and family duties.
Lori Wolf-Heffner
This book was very much a personal project. I was snooping in my grandmother's closet and found two boxes of old photos. In them were postcards to my mom (my aunt hadn't been born yet) from her grandmother, who had been trapped in Romania under Communism. I wanted to try and piece together her life as best I could up until the point when her son (my grandfather) was born.
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