Ask the Author: Lilye Kerryna
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Lilye Kerryna
I'm currently working on the sequel to Touched by Death focusing on Dinah's best friend Abigail! I'm excited to write what happens to Abigail leading up to certain events from the first book and some of the consequences of it. It's also going to lay the foundation of something that I hope readers will find as exciting as I do!
Lilye Kerryna
I walk away. I go get something to drink, maybe a snack. I go give some scritches to the cats. Let the dogs outside and once I let them back in, I set back down to try again.
If that doesn't work to get the words flowing again, I get right back up and lay down on the ground to think. Mostly I mimic a dying cockroach until an idea strikes me, an animal comes over to love on me, or I just feel ridiculous. On the bright side, helps my back so there's that.
If I'm still blocked after that, I move on to a different scene. I don't try to force past the block. I just work elsewhere. The thing about writer's block is that they have a weight to them, an area they cover. So sometimes I just have to step away from that blocked scene to work elsewhere. Eventually, when I return to that scene, I'll have discovered the block is gone.
If that doesn't work to get the words flowing again, I get right back up and lay down on the ground to think. Mostly I mimic a dying cockroach until an idea strikes me, an animal comes over to love on me, or I just feel ridiculous. On the bright side, helps my back so there's that.
If I'm still blocked after that, I move on to a different scene. I don't try to force past the block. I just work elsewhere. The thing about writer's block is that they have a weight to them, an area they cover. So sometimes I just have to step away from that blocked scene to work elsewhere. Eventually, when I return to that scene, I'll have discovered the block is gone.
Lilye Kerryna
Take some challenges. Write something easy. Cry over your characters. Laugh with them. Pour your heart and soul into your work.
And write. And read. And write some more.
The only way to become a writer is to write.
And write. And read. And write some more.
The only way to become a writer is to write.
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