Ask the Author: Susan Wingate
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Susan Wingate
I once lost a cat for three days, went to search for her, saw another cat, who pointed to my cat who had gone hiding in a patch of blackberry bramble.
Susan Wingate
Summer's come and gone but I read for a contest I was judging as well as several author's books who appeared on my podcast, Dialogue.
Susan Wingate
Thanks Lee! Good to see you too. Best wishes, Susan.
Susan Wingate
My hair. In the morning.
Susan Wingate
Heheheheee. Hmm. Okay. I was first thinking of a time in our history but then suddenly my mind zoomed to the joist in Zuckerman's barn where Charlotte built her web. I think I would see a lot of small things going on that would become huge in the lives of the creatures inside the barn. So, there you go. To Zuckerman's barn for me with Charlotte.
Susan Wingate
Hi Dianne! Thank you so much for telling me about your emotional response to TLW. I loved writing that story. But there were parts that were unusually difficult to write. I guess because of how difficult I was making the situation for Croy, the main character. A writer has to put herself in the situation to really understand the since of horror and helplessness. Anyway, thank you for your note. As for my other stories, you might enjoy THE DEER EFFECT. That one won 5 book awards in 2015 and 2016. Again, Dianne, thank you for letting me know how TLW made you feel. What a huge boon for a writer to hear from a reader. xoxo -Susan.
Susan Wingate
Calvin and Beth in ORDINARY PEOPLE. I think because Beth is trying to do everything right and accomplishing the reverse. She's controlling but only because she's trying to keep her family together after they suffer a terrible loss. Calvin is hoping that Beth comes to some understanding that what she is doing is destroying the family, not helping it, but he doesn't say anything until it's too late.
Their relationship speaks to the heart and is one that is bittersweet, one that reveals so much about the pain of their loss.
Their relationship speaks to the heart and is one that is bittersweet, one that reveals so much about the pain of their loss.
Susan Wingate
Just sent you an email. :)
Susan Wingate
Hello Kim! What a lovely offer to read and review books for us here. You may want to post a new topic in "discussions" offering this to anyone in the group. I'm sure they would all be thrilled.
As for your health issues, I'm so sorry. I will pray that you find relief from pain, suffering and your struggles as you move on to the next chapter of your life.
God bless you, Susan.
As for your health issues, I'm so sorry. I will pray that you find relief from pain, suffering and your struggles as you move on to the next chapter of your life.
God bless you, Susan.
Susan Wingate
I don't relate to writer's block. I may not write on the same story every day but I don't suffer from writer's block. I can write any day, all day and about any story. I really feel for people who have trouble getting motivated to write or who block an idea. Maybe these writers are just not allowing their subconscious to play. Who knows? But I'm happy I don't suffer from that beast.
Susan Wingate
The stories. The characters and figuring out how to take an idea and make it into a full blown novel. Oh, and wearing sweats all day long. That's pretty awesome.
Susan Wingate
Sit down daily and write even if it's only for 15 minutes but write daily. Get into that habit.
Susan Wingate
I'm working on four different stories right now. Two are under a pen name that I'm using to write a NY Times bestseller's work for him. The other two stories are my own under my real name, Susan Wingate.
The two for the other author are thrillers and mine are Christian fantasy--one takes places about 40 years ago and the other takes place in the near future and will be an end-of-days thriller.
The two for the other author are thrillers and mine are Christian fantasy--one takes places about 40 years ago and the other takes place in the near future and will be an end-of-days thriller.
Susan Wingate
If you're asking, how do I write daily and is it difficult for me to write? Or do I need inspiration? The answer is "no." I write so often that all I need is something to write with and I write. When a writer is under contract, inspiration isn't needed, just a deadline.
Susan Wingate
Every morning around 6:30, I go out with a bowl of oats, corn and barley to feed about 16 deer. I say about because sometimes there are fewer and sometimes there are more deer.
Being out there with them, walking among these noble graceful creatures stirs something in me. I have a fondness for the deer like no other wild animal I've been exposed to. I love their eyes. :) Anyway, my mind goes to "Story Time" and you'll often find me plunking away about them during my writing time.
On this latest book, however, this is what happened. It was a chilly fall morning and I decided to take my dog, Robert for a walk. Were my husband and I fighting? I really cannot remember but what happened next spurred on the story.
Robert and I turned a corner and saw a downed deer. She had been hit by a car near another turn a ways down the road. She was dead by the time we got there. Thank God. But I bent down to touch her. To somehow soothe the incident if that were at all possible. I placed my thumb on her forehead and softly rubbed the sign of the cross on her. It was so sad.
See, she may have been one of my deer. I feed them. They come, all seventeen or so, each morning for oats, corn and barley and to loll about in our pasture out back.
It was while I was bending to console her that I thought, "Robert and I could get hit by a car too if we don’t get off the road."
Anyway, the story flooded my every thought and before I knew it, I’d written THE DEER EFFECT.
Also, a note about the dog character, Bobby. He's fashioned after my dog, Robert. And I think it's more than a bit humorous that I didn't name him in the story something else, like Daniel or Rupert, even. :)
Thanks for asking. ~Susan.
Being out there with them, walking among these noble graceful creatures stirs something in me. I have a fondness for the deer like no other wild animal I've been exposed to. I love their eyes. :) Anyway, my mind goes to "Story Time" and you'll often find me plunking away about them during my writing time.
On this latest book, however, this is what happened. It was a chilly fall morning and I decided to take my dog, Robert for a walk. Were my husband and I fighting? I really cannot remember but what happened next spurred on the story.
Robert and I turned a corner and saw a downed deer. She had been hit by a car near another turn a ways down the road. She was dead by the time we got there. Thank God. But I bent down to touch her. To somehow soothe the incident if that were at all possible. I placed my thumb on her forehead and softly rubbed the sign of the cross on her. It was so sad.
See, she may have been one of my deer. I feed them. They come, all seventeen or so, each morning for oats, corn and barley and to loll about in our pasture out back.
It was while I was bending to console her that I thought, "Robert and I could get hit by a car too if we don’t get off the road."
Anyway, the story flooded my every thought and before I knew it, I’d written THE DEER EFFECT.
Also, a note about the dog character, Bobby. He's fashioned after my dog, Robert. And I think it's more than a bit humorous that I didn't name him in the story something else, like Daniel or Rupert, even. :)
Thanks for asking. ~Susan.
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