Ask the Author: Kelly Coons
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Kelly Coons
I haven't used an e-reader, but if you're both A) used to reading things on your phone and B) want your books organized, it could be a worthwhile investment. Key word: "both."
Kelly Coons
Authors create the original text, and some people format their own PDFs and EPUB files for the distribution of digital copies of their books, but in terms of printing, yes, you need to buy your own physical copy of book because you do not do your own printing (no one has the power of machines they need to print their own book at home).
Kelly Coons
You know, a lot of the books I've read recently, I WOULDN'T want to go there (i.e: Paradise Lost, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest). That being said, I am re-reading Lock In by John Scalzi, and I would love to experience being separate from my body. I know that, in the setting of the novel, only people who had Lock In are given Threeps, but I'm a magical dimension traveler. Let me try a robot body, darn it!
Kelly Coons
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Kelly Coons
I don't think this answer is unique among authors, but I'll say it anyway: reading! The best way to get ideas for your own media is to consume the media others have made. Even if you hate something, you're going to learn a lesson about what you don't want to do. :)
Kelly Coons
The main characters, York and Andreas, are based off of my own brothers. They ended developing to be a good bit different from my own brothers, but the dynamic of the patient older brother being led around by his incredibly observant younger brother remained intact throughout the writing process.
Kelly Coons
This is a tricky one because what you're gravitated to changes so frequently! That being said, right now, I'm gravitated to "We Have Always Lived In The Castle" by Shirley Jackson. I don't like horror, I really don't, but I am fascinated by "unreliable" narrators and how they cause our perceptions to become "unreliable." (For those of you who know the book, are we reliable narrators when we instinctively say "no" at the end?) I read this book for a disability studies class, then campaigned for my book club to read it, and each time, I had something completely different to talk about.
Kelly Coons
Begin SOMETHING. Even if it isn't a piece meant to be read. The more experience you have with different genres, different styles, and different lengths of work, the more you will have a sense of your personal style—and, remember, different stories call for different ways of telling them!
My recommendation? Fanworks are excellent place to start. They provide you with a built-in audience, as well as a pre-established world and cast. (And even after you've "started," they're fun!)
My recommendation? Fanworks are excellent place to start. They provide you with a built-in audience, as well as a pre-established world and cast. (And even after you've "started," they're fun!)
Kelly Coons
You knock on the door, clothes sticking to your body. They open the door at last, you know that you haven't talked in a while, but surely they will- and they shut the door.
Kelly Coons
In the United States? No. I am a bit of a homebody. (Although, at some point, I should try to visit the "roadside attractions" I wrote about in All Ways to report if my rendition of them was accurate. XD)
However, I would love to see the forest in Japan where a young Satoshi Tajiri collected bugs. This forest is responsible for the creation of Pokemon!
Learn more about the origins of Pokemon here: https://www.ameridisability.com/post/...
However, I would love to see the forest in Japan where a young Satoshi Tajiri collected bugs. This forest is responsible for the creation of Pokemon!
Learn more about the origins of Pokemon here: https://www.ameridisability.com/post/...
Kelly Coons
I know that when you're frustrated, it's the last thing you want to hear, but, honestly, take a break!
For me, sometimes that break takes the form of working on a smaller, "less official" (i.e: not for school or publication) writing project. :)
For me, sometimes that break takes the form of working on a smaller, "less official" (i.e: not for school or publication) writing project. :)
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