Ask the Author: Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
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Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
Okay, I've been thinking about this question for a few days trying to think of the best answer. The first that came to mind was the world of Harry Potter. That would be fun. I'd love to be a witch and live in the wizarding world. But, I just finished reading, A Handful of Pebbles, and I must confess that even though it's a real place, I would love to live in Greece. In 1996, my husband and I took a trip circumnavigating the globe. Greece was one of my favorite places to visit. We got to travel around the country during our three weeks there and it was a vacation from our vacation. I loved the pace of life in the smaller villages. So, I think my answer would be Greece if I had to stay there. It would be the prefect place to write, eat, lay in the sun swim in the gorgeous Agean Sea and have lovely conversations with friends.
Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
I'm not sure at the moment. I tend to go with my mood from one book to the next. I just purchased, The Pilgrimage (Malmaxa Book 2) by C. G. Ayling. I loved the first book. It's fantasy. Ayling does such a beautiful job of world building. The religious practices and social structures are extremely detailed. And of course the characters are all distinct from each other and well rounded. I made a promise to branch out and read things I normally wouldn't pick up, but after doing that for a while, I want to go back to fantasy.
Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
That's a tough question. I'm not into one favorite of anything, but I'd have to say that Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy are one of my favorite couples. I love it when characters banter with each other, something Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy do quite a bit. It's also fun when they hate or misunderstand each other at first, and then learn to love each other in the end. They are both smart, complicated and interesting. I'd love to write a couple like that one day.
Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
I began writing *The Space Between Time* about sixteen years ago after a visit to see my parents. My father had heart disease, though at that time he was doing pretty well. But, something about that visit made me face the fact that he wasn't going to be around forever. That was the impetus for beginning the book. I always had the idea that the book would have two story lines where the characters would interact with each other, but the story line in the past came first. My father was my mentor, you see, so I wrote about a father in the 1850s who is dying, and how his daughter and he deal with his impending death. I had to set writing the novel aside when I began teaching full-time, but I picked it up again about four or five years ago. It wasn't until about a year and a half ago that the timeline in the present came to me, and how the two main characters could communicate and learn from each other. Everything in the book came from my life experiences.
Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
That's a hard question to answer. I have no formula. I've always been attracted to stories. My family members were big on watching movies and TV shows and discussing them. I've been a reader since I was young. Then I got degrees in Theatre and worked for many years in various ways in theatre companies and teaching. So, writing is just an outgrowth of all of that. Usually something happens to me and I have to write about it on my blog, or I use the experience in my novels.
Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
I'm finishing revisions on my first novel, *The Space Between Time*. It's about a woman who's life is shattered all in one day. When she goes home to put her life back together she finds her 3-times great-grandmother's journals. When she begins to read the first one, she enters her great-grandmother's life. They are living with similar situations, though they live 155 years apart. While there are elements of reality, it also has magical, or supernatural elements to it. I've posted sections of the book on my blog here on Goodreads.
Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
Write. There is no better way to improve your writing than to write. It's good to get feedback, eventually. However don't seek it too soon, and be careful about who you choose at first. Remember that your reader's opinions are just that opinions. You don't have to follow their advice, or suggestions. The story is in you, not them.
Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
The only people I have to answer to are my characters. I love the freedom. It's also nice to hear what my readers have to say, good and bad.
Lucinda Sage-Midgorden
I'm a new enough writer that I haven't suffered from writer's block yet. However, there are times when working on my novel that I wasn't quite sure what should happen next, or which direction I should take the story. When that happens, I go do something else. Usually the answer comes to me while meditating, or in that netherworld between sleep and waking. I often get ideas when doing menial tasks, or driving. It's always good to let go of the problem so the answer can present itself.
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