Ask the Author: Christine Rimmer
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Christine Rimmer
Lisa! I can't believe I missed this. Hope you enjoy--or enjoyed? A Hero for Sophie Jones. As for performing, not much anymore. I do speak occasionally about my writing and the writing life. In person--and lately, only in video chats and such.
Christine Rimmer
Leira! I love "second chance" and "reunion" stories. In Christmas at Bravo Ridge, the hero and heroine get a second chance to get it right. And they do! Too often in real life, we don't get that second chance.
Christine Rimmer
Cintia, the honest truth is, you not only need talent and all that, you need persistence most of all. You need to keep going, keep writing right through all the fear and discouragement. That really is how people make it. They just plain don't give up. You also have to really LOVE the writing itself. I would still be writing if no one ever bought anything of mine. it's just...part of me. I've honed what I write to fit a market so I can get paid to write and not have to spend my energies on some frustrating day job. But even if I couldn't get anyone to pay me, I would write. And the more you write, the better you get. You have to write a lot of bad stuff and the good will come. But if you let yourself get discouraged, you're done. Because you'll never write the stories for someone to want to read in the first place. I wish I could tell you how to keep your spirits up. But I don't know what will encourage you. That will be specific to you. Some write because they're so mad at all the "idiots" who don't appreciate their writing. Some write because they HAVE to. Is this helpful at all? Probably not. I hope you keep at it. Because the determination to persist is the most important attribute of a successful writer.
Christine Rimmer
First, get the words written. So much comes into play when you're publishing your book. But the bottom line is write, write, write. Finish books. Start new ones. Finish them. The more books you write, the better you will get at your craft and the more books you have for your readers to find when they discover you.
Christine Rimmer
There are really so many. But I think Claire and Jamie from Outlander have really stuck with me over the years. I loved the way their romance developed, and how they changed and adapted to the violent tapestry of their lives--in two different eras--over the series of Outlander books.
Christine Rimmer
I push through it. We humans are creatures of habit and I make my habits work for me. I set realistic daily page goals and I work very hard to meet them. I get my butt in the chair for a set number of hours a day even if my creative side is on vacation. At some point, my subconscious gives in and says, "Well, okay. I'm stuck here in this chair in front of this computer. Might as well write."
I also find doing other creative activities than writing helpful. Arranging flowers in a pretty vase, an art project, "casting" my characters and creating Pinterest boards for each book filled with images that inspire me. All that kind of fills my creative well and gets me ready to write.
I also find doing other creative activities than writing helpful. Arranging flowers in a pretty vase, an art project, "casting" my characters and creating Pinterest boards for each book filled with images that inspire me. All that kind of fills my creative well and gets me ready to write.
Christine Rimmer
Spending all day making up stuff. Truly, a writer writes and you must love the process of writing first and foremost. Secondly, anything I read is research. And I LOVE to read.
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