Bloghop for FAE: Four Questions for Writers
I have a story ("The Cartography of Shattered Trees") in the forthcoming FAE anthology from World Weaver Press. All of the contributors have been invited to take part in a blog exercise today, but we're sharing in the love. If you want to take part and continue the 'hop,' please take these same four questions and post on April 14th--and link back to me as the one who invited you!
1) What am I working on?
My sequel novel The Clockwork Crown. I did the rough draft in the month of January, and the time since then has been spent revising, waiting for feedback, and revising more. This is my first novel under contract (ack!). It's due soon (ACK!).
2) How does my work differ from others of its genre?
It's fantasy steampunk and it's secondary world, meaning it doesn't take place on Earth. Unlike a lot of steampunk, mine has a more Edwardian basis than Victorian. I was especially influenced by post-World War I Europe and tried to work in many of those historical details.
3) Why do I write what I do?
Because I'm strange? *laughs* That's a very existential question. I am not my characters, but I am definitely a reflection of what I write. I seek magic in the every day, but I also have a dark, depressive streak.
4) How does my writing process work?
It's different for everything I write but I am most definitely a plotter. My novels are a duology, and I started the sequel with a very hefty outline because I knew I had to wrap up everything in that book. Even for flash fiction, I'll jot down notes to outline a story but it's still an organic process. I think I have the story all figured out and then it surprises me. My poetry is the exception to my plotting ways. A lot of times, I start a poem and have no idea how it will end.
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I was invited to the bloghop by Rhonda Parrish
Rhonda Parrish is driven by a desire to do All The Things. She has been the publisher and editor-in-chief of Niteblade Magazine for over five years now (which is like 25 years in internet time) and is the editor of the forthcoming World Weaver Press anthology Fae.
In addition, Rhonda is a writer whose work has been included or is forthcoming in dozens of publications including Tesseracts 17: Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast and Mythic Delirium.
Her website, updated weekly, is at http://www.rhondaparrish.com
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1) What am I working on?
My sequel novel The Clockwork Crown. I did the rough draft in the month of January, and the time since then has been spent revising, waiting for feedback, and revising more. This is my first novel under contract (ack!). It's due soon (ACK!).
2) How does my work differ from others of its genre?
It's fantasy steampunk and it's secondary world, meaning it doesn't take place on Earth. Unlike a lot of steampunk, mine has a more Edwardian basis than Victorian. I was especially influenced by post-World War I Europe and tried to work in many of those historical details.
3) Why do I write what I do?
Because I'm strange? *laughs* That's a very existential question. I am not my characters, but I am definitely a reflection of what I write. I seek magic in the every day, but I also have a dark, depressive streak.
4) How does my writing process work?
It's different for everything I write but I am most definitely a plotter. My novels are a duology, and I started the sequel with a very hefty outline because I knew I had to wrap up everything in that book. Even for flash fiction, I'll jot down notes to outline a story but it's still an organic process. I think I have the story all figured out and then it surprises me. My poetry is the exception to my plotting ways. A lot of times, I start a poem and have no idea how it will end.
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I was invited to the bloghop by Rhonda Parrish
Rhonda Parrish is driven by a desire to do All The Things. She has been the publisher and editor-in-chief of Niteblade Magazine for over five years now (which is like 25 years in internet time) and is the editor of the forthcoming World Weaver Press anthology Fae.
In addition, Rhonda is a writer whose work has been included or is forthcoming in dozens of publications including Tesseracts 17: Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast and Mythic Delirium.
Her website, updated weekly, is at http://www.rhondaparrish.com
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