Meri Dwyer
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P. Anastasia:
Hi! I'm writing a book and am wondering how you went about writing your first one? I'm on chapter 5 or 6 and I'm really enjoying it! Also, I'm wondering how you got your book on Audible, as that's what I'm looking to do. Though, I'm not sure how long I want to make it or when it'll be done! LOL!
P. Anastasia
Hello! Writing a book is a sort of tricky beast and not all authors tackle it quite the same way. In Neil Gaiman's words:
"You write. You finish what you write.
I love this article by him, too: http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/10...
There really is no easy way to finish a story and I tell all of my fans this. Just write and write until you can't write it anymore. It will never be "finished" but you must choose a stopping point at which you can release it to the world in a mostly pleasing state. I wrote Fluorescence: Fire Starter in 30 days because I was inspired to write... I wrote Dark Diary over the course of 16 years. Not all books will take the same amount of time to finish.
As for the Audible thing - I have background in voice acting and I do voice work for commercials and businesses on the side now and then, so I have an at-home recording studio. ACX allows authors to submit their own audiobook recordings to Amazon/Audible.
Good luck!! Hope this helps!
"You write. You finish what you write.
I love this article by him, too: http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/10...
There really is no easy way to finish a story and I tell all of my fans this. Just write and write until you can't write it anymore. It will never be "finished" but you must choose a stopping point at which you can release it to the world in a mostly pleasing state. I wrote Fluorescence: Fire Starter in 30 days because I was inspired to write... I wrote Dark Diary over the course of 16 years. Not all books will take the same amount of time to finish.
As for the Audible thing - I have background in voice acting and I do voice work for commercials and businesses on the side now and then, so I have an at-home recording studio. ACX allows authors to submit their own audiobook recordings to Amazon/Audible.
Good luck!! Hope this helps!
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