Ask the Author: Erin Winters
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Erin Winters
Dreaming! I love the dreaming and writing parts of the process, when I get to imagine these fun characters, creatures, and places and bring them to life. It's incredible to be able to develop a world, invite other people into it, and have them share with you what it was like for them to visit.
I think fantasy in particular is amazing because when I read fantasy, I often start to read because I want to escape, and go to fantastic places I could never really go, pictures myself doing things I wouldn't normally do, like fly, be a magician rule a kingdom, fight the bad guys...whatever. And yet I often find myself staying because of the realism I find there in the characters, dynamics, and worldbuilding elements. Being a part of that experience for myself and then someone else as well is magical.
I think fantasy in particular is amazing because when I read fantasy, I often start to read because I want to escape, and go to fantastic places I could never really go, pictures myself doing things I wouldn't normally do, like fly, be a magician rule a kingdom, fight the bad guys...whatever. And yet I often find myself staying because of the realism I find there in the characters, dynamics, and worldbuilding elements. Being a part of that experience for myself and then someone else as well is magical.
Erin Winters
For my first book, I knew A, B, and C were going to happen but didn't always know how characters would get from A to B. If I got stuck, I would think it through, do any research necessary, and go from there, but if I was really stuck I sometimes needed to start from B and work backwards. For example, okay, I know they have to be at such-and-such a place, and end up in a dungeon or something. What got them in the dungeon? Mixing it up to get your mind going again can be helpful.
In my current work in progress, however, I have a detailed outline and have found that I am FAR less likely to have writer's block because I know everything ahead of time. I run into smaller snags here and there, but they are generally much more manageable.
In my current work in progress, however, I have a detailed outline and have found that I am FAR less likely to have writer's block because I know everything ahead of time. I run into smaller snags here and there, but they are generally much more manageable.
Erin Winters
I am working on the first book in a trilogy! Blurb in progress:
All the village of Kalma knows is that the great black dragon swoops down and snatches one of their children every month. But Semra was one of those children, and she knows the truth...
There is a dragonlord in the mountain, and he raises the children into his own personal syndicate of assassins. Semra was the first of her class to graduate to mission ready status at 15 instead of 16, and has earned highest marks until now. When she uncovers a dark plot, she must risk everything to save the children in the mountain and the kingdom.
All the village of Kalma knows is that the great black dragon swoops down and snatches one of their children every month. But Semra was one of those children, and she knows the truth...
There is a dragonlord in the mountain, and he raises the children into his own personal syndicate of assassins. Semra was the first of her class to graduate to mission ready status at 15 instead of 16, and has earned highest marks until now. When she uncovers a dark plot, she must risk everything to save the children in the mountain and the kingdom.
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