What is the best writing advice you’ve ever received?
My big writing moment of clarity came when I read Stephen King's On Writing. In this book, he describes a writing technique that I had not tried, and it worked well for me. He instructed to fully develop your characters first. Create them. Who they are. What they say. What they wear. What the like/dislike, etc. Create them into people first, and then put them in a situation. Your characters will take you through because you know them. You know how they will respond in that situation. That's the technique i use now, and it worked well for me. It took me from being a writer to being a published author.
Do you have a website/blog where readers may learn more about you and your work?
Oh. You shouldn't have asked that! I'm ALL OVER the web!
My website - from Apr 6-17, we're running a contest to win $100 B&N gift card and more great prizes. Visit our blog for more information
Rowan of the Wood - New secret message every Wed. Download the decoder card here, watch videos, and more information about the book!
Twitter. I'm a Twitterholic! This Friday (4/10), I'm running at #tweet4loan marathon on Twitter. Our banker said she'd give us a loan for our summer Geekalicious Grand Book Tour if we could sell 300 books in a day. Please stop by and help us reach our goal!
You Tube - Two new videos every week from the tour
BlogTV - Live every Monday at 1pm CST and from book signings!
BlogTalkRadio - Every Wed. at 5pm CST
GoodReads - We currently have a Q&A discussion group going on Goodreads! Join us!
There's more, but I'll stop there for now.
Do you have another book on the works? Would you like to tell readers about your current or future projects?
Rowan of the Wood is the first book in a series of five. The sequel Witch on the Water is due out later this year. The third, late 2010, and the next two in 2011 and 2012.
As an author, what is your greatest reward?
Having a reader tell me how much they loved my book, especially the ones who tell me they were up until 4am finishing it because they couldn't put it down. :-D
Thanks, Christine, and good luck with your book!
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