Erin McConnell
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Gena Showalter:
When you have an idea for a book, how do you get started writing it?
Gena Showalter
When I have the grain of an idea, I sit down and play "What if and Why." What if this happens...what if that happens... After I nail the foundational details, I ask myself why those things happen.
What if a man dies every night, only to awaken the next morning knowing he has to die again.
--Why does he die? How does he die? Murder? If so, who kills him?
A teenage girl loses her entire family in a car crash and soon discovers the monsters her father warned her about are real.
--Why did she never see the monsters before?
Once I have the foundational details nailed down, I just sit down and start writing. I start with chapter one and work my way to the end. :) I have friends who write out of order. Through trial and error, you can find the method that works best for you!
What if a man dies every night, only to awaken the next morning knowing he has to die again.
--Why does he die? How does he die? Murder? If so, who kills him?
A teenage girl loses her entire family in a car crash and soon discovers the monsters her father warned her about are real.
--Why did she never see the monsters before?
Once I have the foundational details nailed down, I just sit down and start writing. I start with chapter one and work my way to the end. :) I have friends who write out of order. Through trial and error, you can find the method that works best for you!
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Megan Stewart
asked
Gena Showalter:
Hello, I had a quick question for you. I would very much enjoy having you do a book signing in Pennsylvania and wanted to know if I could put a post on your page for a petition to try and do so? I know that your agent needs to see an interest so I thought this may be the quickest way to try and express said interest. If I am able to post this, please let me know! Thank you ☺️
Barbara
asked
Gena Showalter:
I've been wondering if the story the Lords were fed by the Gods about being created by Zeus blood was real,because I've been considering whether they were just abducted by ordinary huamn lives and altered genetically(by whatever means the Gods had) and brainwashed.It would't be the first time a God has lied and it would have made them more compliant to follow orders if they didn't remember their human lives.?
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