Ask the Author: Lillian I. Wolfe
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Lillian I. Wolfe
I have two projects in the works for 2016. The first is a sci-fi fantasy called "O'Ceagan's Legacy", which I hope to publish this spring. This book will take you on board a space freighter with Grania O'Ceagan and her brothers on a heart-pounding adventure. The second book is the next book in the "Funeral Singer" series that I plan to publish this summer. I'm very excited about this story and where it is taking Gillian Foster. I am also working on the first book of a YA series that I think will be lots of fun. I can't wait to introduce you to those characters.
Lillian I. Wolfe
I have two tricks for getting past writer's block that seem to work well for me. If I am stuck on one scene or section of the novel, then I pick a scene further down the line and begin writing on that one. Usually, this works and the preceding scene fills in.
The other thing I do is to switch from typing to pen and paper. Often when I'm working on the keyboard, there is a more business-like approach in my brain. The simple act of changing to a pen seems to "switch" on the more creative side of my brain.
If both of those fail, it's time for a break. I play a game, do something fun or go out to dinner. Or it is past the time to get some sleep and let the brain work on the problem while I sleep.
The other thing I do is to switch from typing to pen and paper. Often when I'm working on the keyboard, there is a more business-like approach in my brain. The simple act of changing to a pen seems to "switch" on the more creative side of my brain.
If both of those fail, it's time for a break. I play a game, do something fun or go out to dinner. Or it is past the time to get some sleep and let the brain work on the problem while I sleep.
Lillian I. Wolfe
A few readers have asked me where I got the idea to write "Funeral Singer". I have a good friend who sang at a friend's funeral, performing a song she had composed for him. A short time later, she was called upon to do it again for another friend at the same location. The third time this happened, one of the employees there asked if she was a funeral singer. We both laughed about it, but it became the seed that gestated into the idea for the novel.
I began to think what if my character, Gillian Foster, suddenly acquires an ability to see and talk to the recently departed while singing at a funeral? What if she was there to help them cross over? What if one didn't want to go? And that's where the premise was born.
I began to think what if my character, Gillian Foster, suddenly acquires an ability to see and talk to the recently departed while singing at a funeral? What if she was there to help them cross over? What if one didn't want to go? And that's where the premise was born.
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