Ask the Author: Michaela Renee Johnson
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Michaela Renee Johnson
Vintage Living in a Hectic World, is my next book, it's an e-book and it came from see clients (as a marriage family therapist) and realizing that people needed a quick and easy read to reduce stress. I hope to publish it before the end of the year.
Michaela Renee Johnson
I never force myself to write. I have enough going on in my life, that I allow writing to be a fun, therapeutic outlet. I see it as a way to be creative, so if creativity isn't happening, I direct that energy to something else in my life.
Michaela Renee Johnson
At any given time I am working on a couple of stories, some which I never intend to publish. "Write" now (get it, haha) I'm working on the sequel to me & Moe, a quick e-book read about reducing anxiety/mindfulness, an adventure fiction story and a children's book.
Michaela Renee Johnson
You don't have to sit down and pen an 80,000 word novel. I probably have 5 active stories at any given time, each with between 5k and 10k words. Just keep writing when you feel inspired and don't force it when you are not.
Michaela Renee Johnson
I love that I can take a concept and put it on paper, and inspire emotion from others. I often say I can type as fast as I can think...so it ends up being a very therapeutic process for me.
Michaela Renee Johnson
I find inspiration from an overly active imagination. Inspiration comes to me from almost every life experience I have. Even something as simple as a hike in desolation wilderness can get my creative juices flowing.
My husband was pretty mortified that my last book was a "dating" book, as we'd been married for 3 years when it published, but he was my muse for so much of the story, and actually lent a lot of great ideas on character development.
My husband was pretty mortified that my last book was a "dating" book, as we'd been married for 3 years when it published, but he was my muse for so much of the story, and actually lent a lot of great ideas on character development.
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