Ask the Author: Lindsey Elyse
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Lindsey Elyse
I've always had an imagination, but writing? That was a silly idea. Why would I ever write anything other than a paper for class? Then one day, a friend of mine asked if I would help her with her club on campus, smart me said yes. She decided to have a character creation contest and my words were "evil," "light," and "squirrel." Try to match those up. Eventually a character came to mind and knowing that there'd be bonus points for a background story, I scribbled something down. After the contest, I got second by the way, my character kept dancing around in the dark depths of my mind, so I opened up Word and went to work. Wrote whenever I was stressed, needed to vent, or whenever I was happy. I discovered that writing was fun. Years went by and after so many silly stories that have filled up a Folder on my laptop, I put one on top of the stack and gave it my all. "Ghost" was born. One story became two, two became two and a half, then a novella crept in. Believe me, I almost didn't publish. If it wasn't for my boyfriend encouraging me, "Ghost" would still be sitting in that folder gathering digital dust.
Lindsey Elyse
As long as you love it, keep writing
Lindsey Elyse
Let's see, my recent book, since it's becoming a series, I'll go with "Ghost" for this question. I honestly wasn't planning on writing it. A couple years ago, I did a short story challenge. One story a day for a week. "Ghost" was the last story I came up with and I couldn't get my hitman out of my head. Ghost's story grew and grew until I couldn't take it and grabbed a pen. I came up with Ghost because I didn't want a story from the girl's point of view since I've read so many storys through her eyes. I sat there and thought "What would he be thinking and how would he react when she did this, or that?" Blame my interest in psychology, but it was interesting trying to see how someone who has built a wall around himself, refusing to make connections or think twice about another person, slowly open up and realize that life wasn't all bad. Trust me, Ghost was quite the mental exercise.
Lindsey Elyse
Oh boy, I hit writer's block all the time! Usually I'll hop to a different story I'm working on as a distraction. When that doesn't work, as it has often failed, I listen to music, watch a movie, read a book, go out with friends. Typical getting my mind off it. Then I'll have that lovely "ah-ha" moment and scribble the idea down in my little notebook that I always carry.
Lindsey Elyse
Getting lost in a story! You'll create a character, his life, his home, his likes and dislikes, all that makes him him, is at your discretion. Sometimes I'll call myself mean because I decide to beat up my characters; such as them losing someone or getting physically injured, blame my mood that day but I'll get an evil chuckle writing their misery. There's also playing with their hearts. I love to see emotional turmoil in my characters as I pull their strings. Great, now I sound like a crazy puppeteer manipulating my precious marionettes!
Lindsey Elyse
"Ghost"'s sequel and novella. Plus a couple of side projects that I'm planning to release on Channillo.com.
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