Queen Crafter
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Ambrose Ibsen:
I haven't read all of your books yet, but I've really enjoyed the ones I have read. Which of your books was your favorite to write, and which one gave you the most trouble?
Ambrose Ibsen
Thank you for your question!
It would be hard to pin down which was my favorite to write. Deep Night, Dreams in Black Static and The Other Woman are three that come to mind when I think about my "favorite" writing experiences. I associate those three with particularly happy times in my life, or with "eureka!" moments, where things fell into place creatively.
The two most frustrating books I've ever written are almost certainly "Transmission" and "Influencer", however. In the first case, the plot gave me such enormous headaches that I very nearly abandoned it, and even when it was complete I almost didn't publish it! Speaking on "Influencer", I think I almost went insane editing that one. Line by line, paragraph by paragraph, I wrote and edited it over such a long span, and during an especially nasty season in life, that I felt ready to quit writing for good. In both cases, I'm happy I completed and published them, but some books don't come as easily or as pleasantly as one would like!
It would be hard to pin down which was my favorite to write. Deep Night, Dreams in Black Static and The Other Woman are three that come to mind when I think about my "favorite" writing experiences. I associate those three with particularly happy times in my life, or with "eureka!" moments, where things fell into place creatively.
The two most frustrating books I've ever written are almost certainly "Transmission" and "Influencer", however. In the first case, the plot gave me such enormous headaches that I very nearly abandoned it, and even when it was complete I almost didn't publish it! Speaking on "Influencer", I think I almost went insane editing that one. Line by line, paragraph by paragraph, I wrote and edited it over such a long span, and during an especially nasty season in life, that I felt ready to quit writing for good. In both cases, I'm happy I completed and published them, but some books don't come as easily or as pleasantly as one would like!
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