Ask the Author: Susan Nicol
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Susan Nicol
I spent the better part of a year writing 50,000 words of a 70,000-word novel. Then suddenly, for the first time in my career, I found myself unable to evaluate my own work objectively.
Susan Nicol
"Ice Ghosts" by Paul Watson and "Erebus" by Michael Palin. Guess where my characters next adventure will be?
Susan Nicol
Maybe because I was a professional writer and journalist for so long, I never encountered writer's block. I was taught, early and often, how to conjure up an idea, gather the details, and start to write...FAST! Deadlines are the only reason I stop writing.
Susan Nicol
Having a reader say, "I loved the book!" It really does make it all worthwhile. Don't know if I'm so fond of, "When will you be finished the next one?" *pressure* ://
Susan Nicol
Read voraciously when you are young. Edit voraciously when you are older.
Susan Nicol
I'm working on the sequel to Sagas & Sea Smoke, as teased by the main characters at its conclusion. I swear, when I wrote the book, I had know idea how Canadian history would continue to unfold!
Susan Nicol
I retired from a 35-year career as a journalist and creative director to find myself daydreaming uncontrollably. The creative part of my brain is obviously overdeveloped and in need of constant exercise.
Susan Nicol
From discovering that many Canadians--and most non-Canadians--know very little about the world's first UNESCO world heritage site: L'Anse aux Meadows.
Susan Nicol
I would definitely go to Hogwarts. I always fantasized about going to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. I would interact with portraits on the wall. Since I'm an art and history fan, that would definitely be the best of all worlds.
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