Ask the Author: K.A. Potter-Hughes
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K.A. Potter-Hughes
Strange as it may sound, I write myself to sleep. If I'm stuck, I write in my head, trying out different scenarios until I fall asleep. By the time I get up the next morning, I have something to put on paper. I have also used a plot line to overcome writer's block, but thinking about the story in the dark, stillness of night works best.
K.A. Potter-Hughes
Fulfilling a goal I've had for myself since writing silly poems when I was in second grade. It is so rewarding when readers care about the characters like they are real, or readers pick-up on allusions and other literary devices sprinkled throughout the work. It's not about me, I'm merely the conduit the characters in my head use to be heard.
K.A. Potter-Hughes
Just do it! I met a writer at a state writers conference when I was a small town reporter. Before she signed her book for me, we chatted, and I said I "wanted to be a writer some day." She asked if I had written anything. I laughed as I confessed I had a file drawer filled with novels written in spiral notebooks
The book was inscribed, "To a writer."
Writers have to believe and be honest about what they write and find a trusted friend who will read your stuff, providing feedback.
The book was inscribed, "To a writer."
Writers have to believe and be honest about what they write and find a trusted friend who will read your stuff, providing feedback.
K.A. Potter-Hughes
Actually, I have two ideas going and the first chapters completed for both.
However, I think I'm going to concentrate on the one that follows Preston's children into adulthood.
However, I think I'm going to concentrate on the one that follows Preston's children into adulthood.
K.A. Potter-Hughes
I have always been blessed with a fertile imagination. I think I probably have more plots than I'll ever have the time to write. Books have always been my best friends, so I want to write something a reader can embrace as a friend.
K.A. Potter-Hughes
I was researching my grandmother's birth family. She never spoke of her birth parents. I was looking through newspapers from the 1890s and BAM!
There was an interview that her father gave about his adventures as an Army deserter. The article was so entertaining I just knew I had to share his story. His life inspired the novel, Deserter.
There was an interview that her father gave about his adventures as an Army deserter. The article was so entertaining I just knew I had to share his story. His life inspired the novel, Deserter.
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