Kay Jacobs asked Kristen Ashley:

Hey - I first want to say how incredibly thankful I am for how much and how quickly you write! Seriously. I know that with how much you write you don't get to read as often as you would like. Does watching the story you're writing unfold give you a similar buzz to reading something awesome or is it completely different?

Kristen Ashley Wow! I'm seeing awesome questions today!

Okay, to answer your great question...

I was on an author's panel this weekend and I was trying to explain how I don't (knock on wood!) get writer's block but I do slow down about midway through a book. I can write very fast (mostly because I can type very fast) and on a good day I can write 10-20,000 words (this is a lot). But suddenly, about halfway, two-thirds into a book, it'll slow down and I'll be lucky to write 5,000 words!

I explain this because this mid-way point is the point after you get the thrill of a hero and heroine meeting and those first scenes that lay out the story, giving you an indication of what you're going to get with those two.

But mid-way, for me, it means that very soon I'm not going to be able to spend time with them anymore. Very soon, it will all end. I won't have another chance to be immersed in their worlds and their thoughts and their love story like I am right then. So psychologically, I'm slowing down because I want to drag out my time with them because I'll never get that "first time" back.

In short after the long :-)...yes. I definitely get a buzz off what I'm writing. I also cry while I write. Or laugh while I write. Or get tingles (Deke just said something to Justice in the book I'm writing now for the Colorado Mountain Series and I think I've read it 50 times and each time I stop and stare at the words, I love what he said so much).

In other words, I experience my own books while writing them (much like my readers, or I hope my reactions are much like my readers). And that definitely gives me a buzz!

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