Ask the Author: Amy Fillion
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Amy Fillion
My advice for aspiring writers is to simply go for it! Open a blank page on your laptop (or whatever device you'd like to use), and write. If you need inspiration or guidance, there are so many wonderful resources around you that you can utilize. Try a writers' workshop or even a local Facebook group. Clear your calendar. As a mother of three children with a part-time job, I fully understand how quickly time passes by and how difficult it can be at times to sit down and write, but if this is your passion, you need to follow it. Touch your story each and every day. Some days you may only have the time to think about a certain scene. Other days you may have hours where you're able to sit in front of your screen and type away (those days are fantastic!), but I do recommend you touch your story every day. That's where your inspiration will come from. It's where your words will flow, and you'll see your passion become reality.
Amy Fillion
The idea for the book I'm currently writing came to me when I was researching another topic similar to the one I'm writing about. I had never heard of this particular disease (I'm not divulging its name as its mystery is paramount to the story itself and what is happening to the woman diagnosed). I asked myself how I would feel if this were something I was struggling with in my life and the answer was simply that I, as the patient, wouldn't fully know—it's the loved ones that are most affected with this particular diagnosis; so it is through the eyes of the loved ones that I write my story.
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