Ask the Author: Kimberly Davis Basso
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Kimberly Davis Basso
UPDATE: Two new books coming up - my next horror collection is in September 2023 and my next humor book is January 2024. If you're following me here you'll hear about it, if want to get in on some giveaways, email me at KDBassoWrites@gmail.com or contact me through my website, www.KimberlyDavisBasso.com.
Kimberly Davis Basso
I am often inspired by other artists, usually visual but occasionally musical. Sculpture gardens, gardens in general I find very inspiring. I don't write about them, per se, but being in them relaxes me and tends to let the creativity flow. Even though I write on a laptop, I crave that disconnect from man made things. Most days that means acknowledging the birds outside my kitchen window, but it's enough.
To research on the go - I recently started using an app called OneNote. It organizes on the fly ideas, notes, and pictures, so that if something does inspire me, I can quickly "take" it with me - as you did in the graveyard. Since I started, I've added to two current WIPs, started compiling ideas for a third, and then have a file that is literally "whatever."
To research on the go - I recently started using an app called OneNote. It organizes on the fly ideas, notes, and pictures, so that if something does inspire me, I can quickly "take" it with me - as you did in the graveyard. Since I started, I've added to two current WIPs, started compiling ideas for a third, and then have a file that is literally "whatever."
Kimberly Davis Basso
Stratfordian, but I've yet to research Oxfordian thoroughly. I'll be doing so for a project. We shall see. It's going to take... a lot. But I can't pretend that history is always, or even often, an accurate record of events.
Kimberly Davis Basso
I am working on no less than four projects right now. So, I am completely focused on the task at hand, until I get a little stuck. There's always my "main" project - but there are smaller projects that come in and out. It's not always four, and it's not always more than one, but most of the time, I've got other options. So if something is not ready to be written, there's another avenue to explore, and I keep writing. I also have wildly diverse interest in my reading material, and I go through a lot of books, magazines, articles, and so forth in a week. If I'm really really stuck, like the way a baby will smear a booger across their cheek and it becomes a permanent part of their facial structure - I go live my life. I've found having a life is key (what a genius!) - if you aren't having a life, what on earth have you got to say?
Kimberly Davis Basso
The best thing about being a writer, truly, is getting feedback from readers. I realize that's a very pageant answer, but I am still amazed that someone would 1) buy it 2) read it and 3) take the time to tell me what they thought. It's remarkable - because writing a book has been a very different experience for me. In the past, I've written plays, and the feedback is immediate - I get to hear exactly what the audience thinks as I lurk in the back of the theater. So, again, thanks to everyone who's been kind enough to chat with me about "I'm a Little Brain Dead." I appreciate it.
Kimberly Davis Basso
"I"m a Little Brain Dead" follows a few months in my life, from the moment of my stroke to the moments after my heart surgery. So in effect, it was inspired by three little clots zipping up to my brain and messing up my morning.
Kimberly Davis Basso
I am writing a prequel to "I'm a Little Brain Dead," I am about 80 pages into it. If you'd like to get sneak peeks and join the beta readers group, please visit my website, www.KimberlyDavisBasso.com I send questions and surveys to beta readers as part of my research for the next one.
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