Goodreads asked Erma I Talamante:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Erma I Talamante As nearly every other writer out there will say, the best thing you can do is WRITE! Practice your craft. As with any other art-form, you get better as you do it more and more.

Study your favorite authors - what do they do that you like?

Feed your imagination by reading, watching television and movies, and bouncing ideas off friends. Play 'What If...?' games.

Always try to carry a notebook and something to write with. Electronics die, and you don't want left without a way to log an amazing idea that zings into your head. (I keep pens and paper *everywhere* - even in my car!)

Finally, share your work - one of the biggest roadblocks is the fear of stolen ideas and criticism. Ask your readers for constructive criticism, offering what they did like alongside what they didn't. But don't feel that you have to change anything to make others happy - it's your art, after all!

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