Ask the Author: Susan Thurston
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Susan Thurston
The worst nightmare was the one in which she could not speak. This morning, when she awoke, that nightmare bled into the day; no one could hear her.
Susan Thurston
So many fictional book worlds from which to choose. Today's choice would be Greece during the time of Mary Renault's Alexander the Great trilogy and related works.
Susan Thurston
THIS THING CALLED LIFE by Neal Karlen; RAVEN CREEK by Therese Pautz; and MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING by Marlon James.
Susan Thurston
There was a distancing physically and emotionally between my mother's youngest sister and the rest of the family. Her departure seemed abrupt, and the smoke screen story was that was the only way she could separate from the close-knit family of origin. I filled in all the nooks and crannies with romantic notions of why she left, what she did, and how she ended up with her life. Now that generation is gone. A few of the female cousins have been drawing closer in recent years, and we're starting to put the story together.
Susan Thurston
The idea for SISTER OF GRENDEL came to me during the predawn rocking of my then-infant son. I guess I'd have to say sleep deprivation coupled with a long-held theory that Grendel and his mother in the Beowulf myth got a lot of shabby treatment.
Susan Thurston
I read writers who are so damned good at what they do that I can't even be jealous. Then I journal.
Susan Thurston
Creating blogs to lead up to the launch of my novel SISTER OF GRENDEL (The Black Hat Press-autumn 2015). And then reading books for which I've promised reviews. Outlining a collection of short stories under the working title of IN THE MEANWHILE.
Susan Thurston
Read. Always be reading. And dive into the genres you might not feel like writing. Move through your day as if you were a traveler...be that tuned in to all that's around you as if it could be the only or last time you'd experience it. And then write. And then write some more. And then read what you've written as if you didn't write it and be brutal in your editing of it.
Susan Thurston
Working with words. Bringing the characters and worlds inside my head onto the page.
Susan Thurston
After years as a journalist, the habit of regular writing minimizes any excuse of blocks. I also have a rich listing of ideas and prompts that keep the pen moving across the page.
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