Ask the Author: Karin Esterhammer
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Karin Esterhammer
Really study other books. You obviously don't want to plagiarize, but see how they've structured their stories, how they do transitions, and how detailed descriptions of people and things are. It helps when you are stuck.
Karin Esterhammer
As I answered in another question, I find that if I warm up by reading something from my favorite books, it gets my brain going, so when I sit down, I can write more freely.
Karin Esterhammer
When I met my Vietnamese neighbor, he said, "So Happiness to Meet You."
Karin Esterhammer
I love to read books by my favorite humor writers. I read for a while and then when I sit down to write, the ideas come faster. If I don't read something first, I get stuck immediately.
Karin Esterhammer
While living in Vietnam, I was writing emails to my family because I was so enchanted with the country and its people. I saved all the emails and several people said to turn them into a book.
I wrote a travel article for the Los Angeles Times and a literary agent saw it and also recommended I write a book.
I wrote a travel article for the Los Angeles Times and a literary agent saw it and also recommended I write a book.
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