Ask the Author: Elysae Shar
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Elysae Shar
I'm glad to hear that. I've started work on part two, but I'm looking to release a collection of short stories before I give it my full focus, so it should be out between mid-December and mid-January.
Elysae Shar
I was picking random words out of other books and arranging them into sentences until something struck my fancy.
Elysae Shar
Inspiration is everywhere. In what I see and hear. In what people tell me I can't or shouldn't do. I just pay attention to the world around me.
Elysae Shar
Writer's block is a little like falling of a horse. Everything sucks for a while and the thing you loved to do gets buried beneath fear, but if you face it head on--and by that I mean just write anything--it'll cover in fear and slink off. Writer's block only has the power you give it and I choose to give it none.
Elysae Shar
Besides the writing itself? Freedom to work where I want and when I want, I suppose. And being able to do what I wanted all my life.
Elysae Shar
Tell you inner editor to get lost and keep writing even if you think every single word sucks.
Elysae Shar
A dark fantasy/horror novelette that started its life as a flashfic. It's about a guy trying to fill the gaps in his memory only to discover that he was never real to begin with.
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