Ask the Author: Seána Kee
Answered Questions (4)
Seána Kee
My deadline is tomorrow. I haven't started yet.
Seána Kee
I may not be the best person to answer this question, as I went underground for 30 years and didn't show my work to ANYONE. I wrote a LOT. Books and books worth. I lost all the early files when computers switched over from floppy discs, but everything else is sitting on my hard drive, hiding in a virtual closet.
That said, here's my advice: don't set out to write because you want to publish a series. Write because you enjoy writing. Write because it's in you and it wants out. Write a journal. (If you do this on the computer, you can go back and search for things later.) Write short stories, write letters, write funny posts on social media. Practice your craft. Learn on small things so you can be good at big things.
Yes, some people will think your writing is stupid and won't like it. If they have a valid point, you can learn from it and improve. If they don't, you can discount them because hey, there is nothing out there EVERYONE likes. There will always be someone who doesn't like your work. You don't write for them, you write for you at first, and eventually for the readers who like your style.
Above all, enjoy the process. Enjoy the journey. Be patient with yourself, and do what you love to do.
That said, here's my advice: don't set out to write because you want to publish a series. Write because you enjoy writing. Write because it's in you and it wants out. Write a journal. (If you do this on the computer, you can go back and search for things later.) Write short stories, write letters, write funny posts on social media. Practice your craft. Learn on small things so you can be good at big things.
Yes, some people will think your writing is stupid and won't like it. If they have a valid point, you can learn from it and improve. If they don't, you can discount them because hey, there is nothing out there EVERYONE likes. There will always be someone who doesn't like your work. You don't write for them, you write for you at first, and eventually for the readers who like your style.
Above all, enjoy the process. Enjoy the journey. Be patient with yourself, and do what you love to do.
Seána Kee
Now that Loto is out, I'm working on book 4 in the Pacifica: Origins series, Landing Amongst Dragons.
Dragons were mentioned in books 2 & 3, but the reader never got to meet them. Book 4 will be a collection of short stories, each about someone on Pacifica who encounters dragons.
Dragons were mentioned in books 2 & 3, but the reader never got to meet them. Book 4 will be a collection of short stories, each about someone on Pacifica who encounters dragons.
Seána Kee
Many years ago I asked myself the question, what would happen if someone from a high-tech world crash-landed on a low-tech world where everyone spoke a different language, and because of injuries could not see or hear? How would they communicate, and what would they find important to communicate? So I started writing a story I called Jick. One story became two, then three and four. As I went along I kept referencing the original colonists. I finally decided I had to write about their origins; along came the Tasi family, five stories' worth with more in my head ready to come. A friend encouraged me to let people see my work, so I finally gathered the nerve to put one story, Haru, on Kindle. But nothing ever stops at one ...
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more