Ask the Author: Emma Palova
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Emma Palova
I never translate. I first create a story as a concept based on inspiration as it comes to me.
Emma Palova
I would go to Macondo, and chop some bananas.
Emma Palova
I find inspiration in the details of everyday life situations, like in the unexpected encounters on my daily walk to the Franciscan Sisters.
Inspiration to me comes in different forms, sometimes in clues that keep repeating themselves. At other times in dreams.
It's the unexpected that raises the level of awareness about something unusual and worth exploring beyond the obvious.
I have to work through any inspiration.
Inspiration to me comes in different forms, sometimes in clues that keep repeating themselves. At other times in dreams.
It's the unexpected that raises the level of awareness about something unusual and worth exploring beyond the obvious.
I have to work through any inspiration.
Emma Palova
I am currently working on volume II of short stories for Shifting Sands II. One is an unfinished story that I did not complete in time for the publication on June 30. It is called the "Batman Ride."
But before I get to that I am working on Exclusive Excerpts of Storyteller Emma.
But before I get to that I am working on Exclusive Excerpts of Storyteller Emma.
Emma Palova
Persistence and having a publishing strategy in the complex process of publishing.
Working your writing plan on a daily basis.
Managing time well by eliminating unnecessary tasks.
Working your writing plan on a daily basis.
Managing time well by eliminating unnecessary tasks.
Emma Palova
I like poetry and psychology.
Emma Palova
The freedom of writing and expression in an increasingly complex world.
I can live in my stories, and relive them. The goal is that the reader experiences the same thing.
Writing much like reading provides an escape from this world.
I can live in my stories, and relive them. The goal is that the reader experiences the same thing.
Writing much like reading provides an escape from this world.
Emma Palova
I take a break from the screen and go outside. I also look in old magazines and old pictures.
Emma Palova
Mostly from situations I have encountered. I have transformed these into furtive levels.
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