Ask the Author: Edita A. Petrick
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Edita A. Petrick
Hi Gary - all the books went out. Give it another week or two. I can't afford first class Canada Post to Great Britain or anywhere else in the world - so the books went out printed matter and that takes longer. Thanks for your patience. Edita.
Edita A. Petrick
My novel that's being read at one publishing house right now, "Ribbons of Death" deals with myths and legends. I've always loved reading about ancient cultures, customs and at one point I seriously considered majoring in archeology but parents prevailed and I ended up being an engineer. Go figure.
Edita A. Petrick
I don't believe in waiting for inspiration. Writing is simply hard work and to do it you need discipline. If you don't develop discipline then you're going to be forever sleep-deprived because you'll have to chop off an hour or two from your sleeping regimen.
Edita A. Petrick
Book 2 to my currently-seeking publisher novel, Ribbons of Death. While the Cracked Shadow was my very first published novel, the ones that came after that have a much more complex plot and character development. "The Heirloom," that was contracted by Vinspire Publishing and will be coming out in May 2015, is a very complex supernatural thriller, set in Washington, D.C. It has a romantic component to it but a very ambitious cast of characters. There is one main story that serves as the backbone but there are several contributing stories and characters that keep the suspense...well, taut. I'll be back to promote that one when it's closer to its release date. Same for "Mistress of Deceit," that's coming out in 2015 from Eternal Press.
Edita A. Petrick
Write daily if at all possible - whether you feel like it or not; write about what you see around you if you feel you're "blocked" or can't find that perfect start for your story - just write and don't re-read what you've written until it has a chance to simmer a bit - like couple of days - and then go back and re-read it. If you still like it, keep it. It'll fit somewhere, at some point down the writing road. But write every day to develop that discipline that will let you finish a novel and not let it fall by the wayside when you get stuck.
Edita A. Petrick
You get to live, love, laugh, cry, die and be re-born again with all your characters. In most cases when I write, the book has been planned all the way until the end but there are some places that I haven't finished "thinking-through" and when I actually get there it's kind of exciting to stand on the crossroads - like which way will the dice roll..do I send the characters over the cliff one more time...I guess it's being in charge that's so satisfying. Definitely not the case for most of us at our regular place of work.
Edita A. Petrick
Never had it. I've always been...compelled or driven to write. When I worked downtown (Toronto that is) I used to commute via subway. It was going to be a miserable day at work when I could not get a seat next to the window where I could take out my hard-clipboard and write - long-hand. I can't write directly to screen. I scribble down ideas and even blocks of dialogue and then...transcribe when I can sit down with my laptop or desktop.
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