Ask the Author: Nikki Trionfo
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Nikki Trionfo
Great question!
Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves
Beneath the Rising Tide by Sarah Beard
Seeking Mansfield Park by Kate Watson
All the Forever Things by Jolene Perry
I'll probably get some Brandon Sanderson and J Scott Savage in there as well. Get my MG on. :)
Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves
Beneath the Rising Tide by Sarah Beard
Seeking Mansfield Park by Kate Watson
All the Forever Things by Jolene Perry
I'll probably get some Brandon Sanderson and J Scott Savage in there as well. Get my MG on. :)
Nikki Trionfo
Aside from write, write, write, I say be kind in your thoughts to people who are establishing themselves in the art of writing and also in the marketplace of being an author. Rather than judge them as a wannabe, support them. Give them a hand. Love them despite their gaffs. Realize they are humans who hopefully someday will be great at what they do. That way, when you’re lucky enough to start establishing your own name, you have firm practice in how to see yourself. As a human who hopefully someday will be great at what you do. And good luck, truly.
Nikki Trionfo
I love this question because it focuses on writing, not on being an author. I love the escape of writing. Being an author with its marketing and outreach is the opposite of escaping! I like the social aspects of being an author, don't get me wrong. But if I couldn't climb into the dark cave of my own mind, made bright with amusing dialogue and intricate setting and romance splashed everywhere like paint, then I would have to get a different job. :)
Nikki Trionfo
Veronica Mars. I love that show with the kind of passion that makes full-grown women look like dorks.
After lots of daydreaming, I wanted to write a book where, instead of a private-investigator case going along with the main mystery like in VM, it was a mock trial case going along with the main mystery.
I languished on plot, though. I couldn't think of a setting! It's a strange thing to get hung up on. I tried several--Chicago, D.C., etc.
A year later, I read a book called There is Power in a Union by Philip Dray. Fascinating history. It concluded with the stories of some of the failed farm strikes in my native California. My grandpa was an orchard owner and I grew up alongside the kids of migrant workers.
I wasn't sure I was brave enough to tackle a tense subject matter that hit close to home, but I couldn't stop researching and writing. Every minute of living inside Shatter's world felt so real to me.
After lots of daydreaming, I wanted to write a book where, instead of a private-investigator case going along with the main mystery like in VM, it was a mock trial case going along with the main mystery.
I languished on plot, though. I couldn't think of a setting! It's a strange thing to get hung up on. I tried several--Chicago, D.C., etc.
A year later, I read a book called There is Power in a Union by Philip Dray. Fascinating history. It concluded with the stories of some of the failed farm strikes in my native California. My grandpa was an orchard owner and I grew up alongside the kids of migrant workers.
I wasn't sure I was brave enough to tackle a tense subject matter that hit close to home, but I couldn't stop researching and writing. Every minute of living inside Shatter's world felt so real to me.
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