Ask the Author: Amber Ivers
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Amber Ivers
The dreams were no different tonight, dreams of suffocation and blood lying all around me. I gasp, or try to, when I open my eyes to find myself wrapped in a cocoon of spider silk, staring into eight eyes of a spider that's the size of a Dodge Journey; the dream was real.
Amber Ivers
This year, I read the Shadowhunter Series. The book that I never got to read, and rereading the ones that I have. This summer has been mostly rereading for me.
Amber Ivers
I would go to Middle Earth. I would live, and be a farmer, with the hobbits.
Amber Ivers
The mystery of where my, not so loving, father, lived for thirty years on the run.
Amber Ivers
I take a few days off and re-read what was currently written. If that doesn't work, I talk to my family and ask if they have any ideas. I write their ideas down.
Amber Ivers
For me, it's that I can write when I have the down time. That's because I am self published. I have a very busy life and some days I can write while most days I am unable. I love telling stories. I have the craziest dreams and sometimes they are worth telling.
Amber Ivers
Follow your heart. I like to re-read what I had written the day before and continue from there. Everyone has their own writing style. Just don't give up. You never know when your day comes. Remember, always write for fun, because you enjoy it.
Amber Ivers
I am currently working on a story in which the human race will have to decide on either being allies with vampires or aliens, for their survival. I have been writing it for the last few years, off and on. I don't broadcast it much as my schedule is busy and I didn't want to make anyone anxious.
Amber Ivers
I've always loved writing. I would write my nightmares into stories all through elementary school. I stopped in seventh grade after a friend of mine stole my stories and got credit for them, in class and in a contest. One day I overheard my children talking about how broke we were and that they would never be able to do their dreams. It broke my heart to hear them. So, I decided to prove to them that it didn't matter what life through at you, the only thing that will keep you down is yourself. I also wanted them to know that they could do whatever they wanted as long as they set their mind to it. So, I wrote a nightmare that I had three days straight down on a piece of paper. I read it to them and I asked them, if I took that nightmare and made it a story, would they believe me when I told them they could do whatever they wanted to in life? They said that if I wrote it and sold three of them, they would believe me. So, I set out to write that story, one day at a time, fifteen pages a day. With no idea how the story was going to go, I wrote it. The nightmare is the first few pages of that story and my kids did the editing. I wanted them to feel as involved until my daughter became a little emotional about how I ended it and demanded that I change it so she can be happy with the ending. Well, I sold three of them. Now, I have one in the army and one in college working on her bachelor in science for RN, and in her drama fun, and my other two with their minds on the future. It may not be the best story but it is worth every word to me.
Amber Ivers
The most recent book, that I wrote, was written a few years ago. It was the prequel to my first and I wrote it because my daughter asked me too. She wanted me to write a short story explaining the life of the girl, in the first book, and how she ended up where she was at the beginning.
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