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D. Renee Bagby
Wow. I didn't notice this until now. Shows how often I log into Goodreads. :P
To answer your question, I moved back to Maryland because my hubby is military and we go where they tell us. I recently got Eris back from Siren-Bookstrand. I have plans to tweak it, re-release it (hopefully with a different publisher but if not then as a slef-pub), and to release the rest of the Eternal Truths series along with it. That means finishing the other three books first.
Those books are in the works but I have no clue, at this time, when they'll be releasing. First I have to finish them and get them submitted to a publisher for consideration.
To answer your question, I moved back to Maryland because my hubby is military and we go where they tell us. I recently got Eris back from Siren-Bookstrand. I have plans to tweak it, re-release it (hopefully with a different publisher but if not then as a slef-pub), and to release the rest of the Eternal Truths series along with it. That means finishing the other three books first.
Those books are in the works but I have no clue, at this time, when they'll be releasing. First I have to finish them and get them submitted to a publisher for consideration.
D. Renee Bagby
KRISTAR (Gezane Universe) was the need to give Chigaru a story. I knew he would get a story the second I started writing about him in SERENITY. It was just a matter of creating a heroine worthy of him.
D. Renee Bagby
I open the document and start typing. The ideas are there. I just need rest, quiet and time to myself to write them down. The more relaxed I am, the faster and better the stories flow.
D. Renee Bagby
I'm working on (as of 28 July 2014) a novella written by my alter-ego Zenobia Renquist. It's a shifter menage story that is under deadline and needs to be turned in... pretty much now. Suffice to say, I'm cutting it really close.
D. Renee Bagby
Finish. Whatever it is you're writing, just finish. Until you do that, you can't move forward. Until you write it, you can't fix it. Stop fretting about every little detail and finish the story. After you finish, then you can go back and nitpick and improve.
D. Renee Bagby
I can give the voices in my head an outlet. I have stories, stories and more stories. I sometimes think I won't get to all the book ideas I've created. Without writing, I don't know what I would do with the stories swirling around in my head.
D. Renee Bagby
Writer's block for me means one of two things:
#1 Outside stress -- Something that has nothing to do with the book and everything to do with real life things such as family drama or health issues. Until the thing (whatever it is) is resolved, the block will remain because I'll be distracted.
#2 Burn out -- I binge write. Eventually my brain needs a break and tells me so in the easiest way possible -- no more writing. This is a time thing. I just have to wait it out and let my brain recharge by doing anything and everything else besides be on my computer trying to write. It might take a month or two but I know I'll be writing up a storm when I get back to it, so I just let it happen and go with it.
#1 Outside stress -- Something that has nothing to do with the book and everything to do with real life things such as family drama or health issues. Until the thing (whatever it is) is resolved, the block will remain because I'll be distracted.
#2 Burn out -- I binge write. Eventually my brain needs a break and tells me so in the easiest way possible -- no more writing. This is a time thing. I just have to wait it out and let my brain recharge by doing anything and everything else besides be on my computer trying to write. It might take a month or two but I know I'll be writing up a storm when I get back to it, so I just let it happen and go with it.
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Sep 10, 2015 11:10AM · flag