Ask the Author: Debra Renée Byrd
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Debra Renée Byrd
Hey! Thank you so much. Sales went amazing! I hope you enjoy the book!
Debra Renée Byrd
(I can try.)
"Alexa, is there someone in my house?"
"I'm sorry, they won't let me answer that question."
"Alexa, is there someone in my house?"
"I'm sorry, they won't let me answer that question."
Debra Renée Byrd
This summer I read:
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, and
Sula by Toni Morrison.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, and
Sula by Toni Morrison.
Debra Renée Byrd
I have ALWAYS wanted to go to Narnia. I used to have dreams where I would try to get there from the main closet of my childhood home. I have absolutely no idea what I would do when I got there, but travel and chronicle, I guess!
Debra Renée Byrd
Some are able to write through it. I'm not one of those people. If I'm stuck, I'm either not writing on the right path, or I need a mental break from writing, and I come back when the block is gone.
Debra Renée Byrd
Knowing that your mind works in a way that every idea is a new world with new possibilities, and new escapes for potential readers.
Debra Renée Byrd
It's cliche, but just keep writing. I won't say write every day, because life is real, but if you wake up every day and all you can think about is writing, then you're a writer, girl! (Stolen from Sister Act II)
Debra Renée Byrd
I am working on a rough draft for the sequel to FRACTURED PRINCESS, as well as a New Adult Fantasy novel.
Debra Renée Byrd
A lot of different things inspire me: tv shows, other books, life situations. It's not one specific thing. When the inspiration hits, it hits.
Debra Renée Byrd
The last scene of the first chapter was a dream I had. I wrote it out for my sister to see because it was so vivid. The majority of that scene is exactly how I dreamed it from the (no spoiler) Oculus changing colors to the dark hallway in the basement.
The rest of the story is an homage to Final Fantasy games I played at the time, IX and X. Some of the prominent themes and nuances in the story blossomed from tropes in those two games.
The rest of the story is an homage to Final Fantasy games I played at the time, IX and X. Some of the prominent themes and nuances in the story blossomed from tropes in those two games.
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