Ask the Author: L.E. Joyce
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L.E. Joyce
I had two muses for Hot Ink, and both shall remain nameless. ;-) They know who they are!
Eric Carlisle is tricky. I'm not sure where he came from as I just started writing one day and didn't stop until I got to 50K words. I just let my imagination take me!
Eric Carlisle is tricky. I'm not sure where he came from as I just started writing one day and didn't stop until I got to 50K words. I just let my imagination take me!
L.E. Joyce
I've always written. I got serious about it after my first child was born. I eventually went to grad school and earned and MFA, and the right what ever the hell I want!
L.E. Joyce
I have two big projects that I'm serial releasing. The first installment, Hot Ink, comes out in September. It's about a tattoo artist who can't remember his life prior to six years before the story start. He gets tangled up in a string of homicides, and turns to FBI Special Agent in Charge Bridget Ash (someone who he recently banged) for help. This is a planned story - I outlined a fair bit before I got started - and I'm enjoyed all the twists and turns along the way!
My second big project is about a half-God who's into BDSM, and falls in love for the first time. Or so he thinks. This story was written "Pantster" style (by the seat of my pants). For a paranormal story, I won't attempt it again. Thankfully, my MFA came in handy during the revisions. Eric Carlisle, Sex God, is also releasing in September.
My second big project is about a half-God who's into BDSM, and falls in love for the first time. Or so he thinks. This story was written "Pantster" style (by the seat of my pants). For a paranormal story, I won't attempt it again. Thankfully, my MFA came in handy during the revisions. Eric Carlisle, Sex God, is also releasing in September.
L.E. Joyce
Write your ass off, and don't stop! Type until your fingers cramp. Set goals for yourself, 500 words, 1k, 5K, and stick with it. Find writing buddies (#fastdraft and #1k1h on twitter have help me!), and hold yourself accountable.
L.E. Joyce
Writing my days away, of course!
The best thing about writing for me is letting my imagination soar! I love starting a new story and blueprinting the paths that bring my unsuspecting characters together. Whether love, or sex, or a paranormal occurrence, my characters always connect in each other's arms.
The best thing about writing for me is letting my imagination soar! I love starting a new story and blueprinting the paths that bring my unsuspecting characters together. Whether love, or sex, or a paranormal occurrence, my characters always connect in each other's arms.
L.E. Joyce
Writer's block isn't real. It's all in your head, the nasty little voice saying you're not good enough. We women hear it all day long and in countless different forms (not a good enough mother, not thin enough, not a good enough friend/wife/lover). My best method in dealing with it is this: "You can't fix a blank page." It's true. I've torn myself up over unwritten words too many times. My advice is to write through it. Even if you write the word, phase, or question "what's next?," over and over, something will eventually kick in and the the creative juices crash will crash through the block. Hemingway said: “The first draft of anything is shit." Anne Lamont in her book Bird by Bird dedicated a whole chapter "Shitty First Drafts," to help us struggling writer's deal with our own mental psych-outs.
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