Ask the Author: Riley Lashea
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Riley Lashea
Hi!
Thank you so much. I am currently working on a book, but it's a follow-up to my thriller series 21 Weeks (under the name R.A. LaShea). I'm not sure when I'll be releasing another romance novel. I do have an email sign-up on my website. It's in the right sidebar of this page - http://www.rileylashea.com/books/. If you sign up, you'll be notified when I have a new book coming out. I also typically put book news on my blog.
Thanks again!
Thank you so much. I am currently working on a book, but it's a follow-up to my thriller series 21 Weeks (under the name R.A. LaShea). I'm not sure when I'll be releasing another romance novel. I do have an email sign-up on my website. It's in the right sidebar of this page - http://www.rileylashea.com/books/. If you sign up, you'll be notified when I have a new book coming out. I also typically put book news on my blog.
Thanks again!
Riley Lashea
Hi! Thank you so much. I like to write in different styles for different types of stories, and I'm glad you were captivated by both. As for May-December couples, it could, potentially, happen, but it is not a dynamic in any of my current works in progress. So, if it does ever come to pass, it will be a ways down the road.
Riley Lashea
Thank you so much. That's very nice to read. I always hope to tell a visual story. I'm glad it worked for you.
Sorry there aren't more laughs in this one. Most of my other books have more funny moments.
Sorry there aren't more laughs in this one. Most of my other books have more funny moments.
Riley Lashea
Thanks :) Honestly, though, who could resist Haydn? And who would want to?
Riley Lashea
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Riley Lashea
Wow. Thank you. That's very kind of you to say.
I am currently working on a 21-part serial that will be a bit of a departure from my previous releases. I write screenplays too, and this series goes more in that direction (more action/dialogue :) My intention is to release the first three at the beginning of August, and then one a week through the end of the year.
It's also my hope to have a new erotic romance out this fall.
Though I've been lax, I do try to announce upcoming releases on my blog: http://www.rileylashea.com/blog/. There is also a mailing list on the sidebar to sign up for news on my upcoming books, if that's of interest to you.
Thanks for asking, and for your reviews :) I really appreciate them.
I am currently working on a 21-part serial that will be a bit of a departure from my previous releases. I write screenplays too, and this series goes more in that direction (more action/dialogue :) My intention is to release the first three at the beginning of August, and then one a week through the end of the year.
It's also my hope to have a new erotic romance out this fall.
Though I've been lax, I do try to announce upcoming releases on my blog: http://www.rileylashea.com/blog/. There is also a mailing list on the sidebar to sign up for news on my upcoming books, if that's of interest to you.
Thanks for asking, and for your reviews :) I really appreciate them.
Riley Lashea
Hi, K.
Thanks for being my first question :)
To be quite honest, I’ve been doing it for so long, I can’t remember what got me into writing exactly. I remember writing short stories and poems and working on plays and a school magazine in elementary school, and I’ve been scratching into notebooks on my own for as long as I can remember.
As for writer’s block, I don’t suffer from it often, but I definitely suffer it when it happens. I think a lot of people don’t realize how cerebral writing really is, how much brain power it takes. I really think your brain can just get tapped out. I don’t know about you, but at the end of a long day of writing I often have a raging headache I’m convinced comes from thinking too hard for too long.
I get over writer’s block by doing the same things I do in an effort to prevent it from happening in the first place. I like puzzles, so I do crosswords or Sudoku or KenKen when I get a little burned out. Sometimes I play guitar or work in Photoshop. When I know I need to put in some long writing days (when I’m coming up on a release date or deadline), I generally stop every two to three hours and play ten minutes or so of a video game. Mrs. Pacman, Mario Kart and Legend of Zelda are my faves. I find things that force my mind to work differently are the most effective remedies for getting back in the zone.
I also avoid social networks like the plague when writing, because I’m easily bothered by depressing news and I never know what I might see. I guess that’s my only real advice. If it’s possible for you, get up and write before you do anything else. Try to avoid news and other people’s drama as much as possible. Get to your story first. Catch up with real life later.
Thanks for being my first question :)
To be quite honest, I’ve been doing it for so long, I can’t remember what got me into writing exactly. I remember writing short stories and poems and working on plays and a school magazine in elementary school, and I’ve been scratching into notebooks on my own for as long as I can remember.
As for writer’s block, I don’t suffer from it often, but I definitely suffer it when it happens. I think a lot of people don’t realize how cerebral writing really is, how much brain power it takes. I really think your brain can just get tapped out. I don’t know about you, but at the end of a long day of writing I often have a raging headache I’m convinced comes from thinking too hard for too long.
I get over writer’s block by doing the same things I do in an effort to prevent it from happening in the first place. I like puzzles, so I do crosswords or Sudoku or KenKen when I get a little burned out. Sometimes I play guitar or work in Photoshop. When I know I need to put in some long writing days (when I’m coming up on a release date or deadline), I generally stop every two to three hours and play ten minutes or so of a video game. Mrs. Pacman, Mario Kart and Legend of Zelda are my faves. I find things that force my mind to work differently are the most effective remedies for getting back in the zone.
I also avoid social networks like the plague when writing, because I’m easily bothered by depressing news and I never know what I might see. I guess that’s my only real advice. If it’s possible for you, get up and write before you do anything else. Try to avoid news and other people’s drama as much as possible. Get to your story first. Catch up with real life later.
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