Ask the Author: Carrie Talick
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Carrie Talick
Hi Shelly! Yes, I am! I’m working on a new novel shoot a failed mystery writer who inherits her dad’s insurance investigation business after his untimely death. I’m also working on a sequel to Beware the Mermaids. Thank you for asking!
Carrie Talick
The relationship with my own father. He died young and I felt there was so much more to say between him and I. And he had a wicked sense of humor.
Carrie Talick
Hanging out with people who are different than me, reading, walking, staring out the window. However, the muses usually come when I'm doing something mundane, like dishes or driving.
Carrie Talick
I'm currently working on my second novel involving a failed mystery writer whose estranged father leaves his PI firm to her after his untimely death.
Carrie Talick
Don't judge yourself too harshly on your first draft. The important thing is getting to the finish line. You can change all the ugly parts later.
Carrie Talick
Creating a world where I want to spend time with characters who are brighter than real life.
Carrie Talick
I find that writer's block is really an idea block. I have to work through the idea first, get the plot working, without holes, and then the "block" disappears and I can write like my hair's on fire.
Carrie Talick
The Lost Apothecary, When the Stars for Dark, Hamnet, Girl 11, Sixteen Horses, Arsenic & Adobo, Dial "A" for Aunties, The Layover, Song for the Road, What We Carry, No Heaven for Good Boys.
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