Ask the Author: Kathleen Y'Barbo
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Kathleen Y'Barbo
Thank you, Daisy. I'm not looking for anyone right now but I will certainly keep you in mind for future projects.
Kathleen Y'Barbo
I'm so glad, Kathy! Right now I'm finishing up a contemporary romance titled Firefly Summer that will release, not coincidentally, in the summer of 2015. Thanks so much for asking!
Kathleen Y'Barbo
Stephen Pressfield's THE WAR OF ART has a great take on writer's block. Pressfield calls it resistance and says that the way to avoid this is to do the work. Plain and simple, just write something. Anything. Let your mind go and type.
Kathleen Y'Barbo
The best thing about being a writer is meeting readers. I love interacting with fellow book lovers on social media and at events. Wherever two more readers are gathered, there's a party waiting to happen.
Kathleen Y'Barbo
Writers write. That's my best advice. Show up at the computer and write. Don't wait for inspiration. Decide to be inspired. And write until that inspiration strikes. You cannot edit a blank page. Above all, writing is a decision. Decide to write every day.
Kathleen Y'Barbo
I just turned in the manuscript for a novella set in 1880s Texas on July 1. Next up is a food-themed devotional that will release in 2015.
Kathleen Y'Barbo
I get inspired to write every day at the same time when I sit down at the computer. Basically, a writer writes in the same way a plumber fixes faucets. We show up and do the work.
Kathleen Y'Barbo
My two youngest sons were skateboarders in their teen years. I witnessed a lot of misunderstanding and distrust of skaters during that time. Writing THEIR UNEXPECTED LOVE was my attempt at setting the record straight on who these kids are.
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