Ask the Author: E.L. Van Hine
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E.L. Van Hine
Holmes and Watson are a very enduring couple though I don't think that's what you meant. For romantic couples, though, I'd have to pick Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy - of course!
E.L. Van Hine
I go on to something else, I read, I let my subconscious solve the plot problem, life problem, or whatever the distraction is.
E.L. Van Hine
Making up names.
E.L. Van Hine
Do what you love, write what you know, read everything, especially great literature. Reading books is the best way to acquire writing skill. I say this as a writing teacher as well as an author and poet. I would not repeat the canard about "write every day" because I have never been able to write every day except when exceedingly inspired. Real life gets in the way, and real life jobs do. So write what you can, when you are inspired. I believe more in the inspiration to write than the discipline of writing.
E.L. Van Hine
Book 22 in the "Tales of Greenlea County" series, of which "Tourmaline" is the debut novel. It's working title is "A War in Zion."
E.L. Van Hine
By reading great authors in my youth.
E.L. Van Hine
the original idea for this story came from my reading of and response to "Brokeback Mountain", which combined with a lifelong interest in mysteries and crime fiction.
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