Brenda Novak
I back up and try to appreciate the small things. There is a tombstone in Britain that says: “In moments of discouragement, defeat, or even despair, there are always certain things to cling to. Little things usually: remembered laughter, the face of a sleeping child, a tree in the wind—in fact, any reminder of something deeply felt or dearly loved. No man is so poor as not to have many of these small candles. When they are lighted, darkness goes away—and a touch of wonder remains.” In order to be successful in writing, I believe an author must hang on to some of that wonder. We can't light a candle in someone else if there is no fire in us.
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I loved reading the Stillwater Series. Thank you so much for those. My questions are: When writing do you use a laptop, typewriter, or pan and paper? Do you do an outline for your characters and/or books? Also, Dose it help any if you visit the places your writing about?
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