Ask the Author: Ruth Sharp
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Ruth Sharp
It was a writing prompt given to me from my writing professor. I took the prompt and turned it into a book.
Ruth Sharp
By reading other authors who write the kinds of books I like to read. Authors like JoJo Moyes, Liane Moriarty, Jeannette Walls, etc. Great storytellers!
Ruth Sharp
I'm blogging weekly to keep my creativity flowing and am considering a potential sequel or prequel to The Lake Effect. I'd be interested to hear what character you want to read more about.
Ruth Sharp
Follow Nike's slogan and Just Do It!
Ruth Sharp
Everyday is a new opportunity to tell a new story.
Ruth Sharp
I allow myself to be inspired by other mediums, like television and movies, while I'm in a writer's block. And I ty to remind myself that things happen everyday that can inspire us to write. We just have to be willing to listen to the world a bit more closely.
Ruth Sharp
There aren't any fictional book world places I'd like to go, but there are plenty of real world place I'd like to go that were a part of a fictional story. Off the top of my head, I'd like to go to Venice. I read The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen this year. She did such a great job of describing this historical city that I immediately put it on my bucket list.
Ruth Sharp
Oh my gosh, nothing! My life is an open book, as they say. I guess that's good and bad. Maybe that's why I've ventured into writing - to make my life more interesting.
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