Ask the Author: Sue Perry
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Sue Perry
Yes! Soonish! I feel much pressure (as well as joy) when readers ask me versions of 'when will the next one be out?' so I've decided not to promote more of the books until the whole thing is done. Thus you may not be aware that the series now has four installments complete and available, two novels and two novellas:
Nica of Los Angeles
Nica of the New Yorks
Boredom Fighter
Book Defender (includes my favorite-written-by-me twist ever)
I'm currently writing the last of the novellas ("Death Defy-er") and then, only one more novel to go!
Nica of Los Angeles
Nica of the New Yorks
Boredom Fighter
Book Defender (includes my favorite-written-by-me twist ever)
I'm currently writing the last of the novellas ("Death Defy-er") and then, only one more novel to go!
Sue Perry
My beloved cat Leo disappeared. In my desperate futile efforts to find out what happened to him, I started wishing I could connect with, somehow contact him. That was the genesis of "DDsE", a YA paranormal horror romance which I'm writing now.
My most recent finished/published book is "Nica of the New Yorks", book 2 in the FRAMES quartet. The notion of the Frames arose when I was walking circles at a high school track, and wondered what the hurdles might think about the people jumping them. I passed the gym and it erupted in cheers during a basketball game. I recalled the saying, "if these walls could talk" and I wondered what the gym walls would say.
My most recent finished/published book is "Nica of the New Yorks", book 2 in the FRAMES quartet. The notion of the Frames arose when I was walking circles at a high school track, and wondered what the hurdles might think about the people jumping them. I passed the gym and it erupted in cheers during a basketball game. I recalled the saying, "if these walls could talk" and I wondered what the gym walls would say.
Sue Perry
Keep writing.
Don't let "them" crush your spirit.
Writing fiction's a marathon. Make sure you're writing something you love or you'll want to kill off all the characters way before you're done.
Take criticism seriously yet lightly. Look for patterns. If everybody has trouble with Chapter 3 - even if one complains "black" while the next complains "white" - you've got a problem in Chapter 3.
Don't let "them" crush your spirit.
Writing fiction's a marathon. Make sure you're writing something you love or you'll want to kill off all the characters way before you're done.
Take criticism seriously yet lightly. Look for patterns. If everybody has trouble with Chapter 3 - even if one complains "black" while the next complains "white" - you've got a problem in Chapter 3.
Sue Perry
This used to be such a huge issue for me. I would decide a daily quota of pages and keep a Guilt Chart to log actual pages.
I'm not sure what changed. Nowadays I feel such urgency to get stuff written. I also cut myself a lot more slack and self-permission to skip days leads to fewer skipped days.
Writer's block is all in my head so in principle I can escape it by staying out of my head. And that's a goal of ever-increasing importance to me. Staying out of my head. As I've heard said, that's a dangerous neighborhood.
I'm not sure what changed. Nowadays I feel such urgency to get stuff written. I also cut myself a lot more slack and self-permission to skip days leads to fewer skipped days.
Writer's block is all in my head so in principle I can escape it by staying out of my head. And that's a goal of ever-increasing importance to me. Staying out of my head. As I've heard said, that's a dangerous neighborhood.
Sue Perry
I write, plus/minus daily, and sometimes inspiration visits.
Sue Perry
A young adult paranormal horror romance called DDsE - the diary of a 16-year-old girl to whom many awful and other wonderful things happen. Basically it is the story of a girl, a boy, a feral cat, and pursuit by unhuman things.
Meanwhile, I am prepping FRAMES # 3.
Meanwhile, I am prepping FRAMES # 3.
Sue Perry
Sorry for the shockingly delayed reply. I've wandered onto a new (to me) page in Goodreads and discovered your question. At one time I was almost a decent piano player and have been missing it.
Given my druthers - and any talent whatsoever - I would have been a musician.
Given my druthers - and any talent whatsoever - I would have been a musician.
Sue Perry
Collaborating with my subconscious. The 'Woah. Where did that come from?' moments.
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