Ask the Author: Jane Elzey
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Jane Elzey
I love to play games -- all kinds. My favorite is dominoes and I play with people all over the world every day.
Jane Elzey
Killer Croquet on the Emerald Isle is book 4 in the Cardboard Cottage Mystery series. I'm just getting started and plan to share with my gossip subscribers.
Jane Elzey
The book was inspired by four friends who played dominoes weekly. A writing retreat in Mexico inspired the story and the series. We need more books about sassy, savvy post-middle age women who are having fun and living life!
Jane Elzey
It's just something I need to do. Stories and characters pop up everywhere.
Jane Elzey
I am currently working on Book 2 in the Cardboard Cottage Mystery series, Dice on a Deadly Sea. My four friends are on a cruise yacht in the Galapagos Islands -- only 100 passengers on board. The husband dies (the husband always dies) and of course, they are in the thick of the murder and the mystery! Is the killer sitting at their table?
Jane Elzey
It sounds so trite, but read everything you can in your genre, and out of your genre, and everything about writing... and then write! Believe in yourself and your process, because with the process you will become a better storyteller. Think, write, revise!
Jane Elzey
Tapping into the creative place where writing comes from is pure joy. The genus muse that visits is always a welcomed visitor.
Jane Elzey
Dreaming is how I pass through my writer's block. My dreams carry me to a creative world where anything goes, anything is possible, and this helps restore my ability to push through writing obstacles.
Jane Elzey
The door opened slowly, creaking on its hinges with a spine-tingling squeal of a sound that plucked at every nerve in her body. She squeezed her eyes closed because didn't want to see what she knew was there, waiting, just waiting now that she was alone.
Jane Elzey
That's a tough one! I'd love to go to OZ, although I live in the OZarks and I suppose it's pretty darn close. I would love to have been friends with Ruth and Idgie in Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe!
Jane Elzey
This summer I'm writing on book two in the Cardboard Cottage Mystery series, Dice on a Deadly Sea, and I try to limit my fiction reading during that time. I will be reading some non-fiction on character and plot development. Every tip I can get makes me a better storyteller.
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