Ask the Author: Lena Gibson

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When did you decide to become a writer and why?

Lena Gibson I decided I wanted to write the summer of 1998 when I couldn't find anything to read. My first book took over 20 years to finish because I dabbled, mostly writing during my summer vacations.
My love of writing was re-ignited in the summer of 2017 and I have tried to spend at least an hour a day writing or something writing adjacent.

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Lena Gibson One of my favorite things about being a writer is getting to use some of the weird and wonderful things I remember from my life or things that happen around me.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Lena Gibson I don't think I've had writer's block. Occasionally, I stop a story for a couple of days while I wait for it to become clear. When that happens, I go back and work on earlier parts of the story to make it better or work on another story at a different stage of revisions/editing/polishing/outlining.

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Lena Gibson My current book, Rebels and Saints: Chasing Freedom, is the third book in my dystopian train-hopping adventure series and it came from thinking about the Doomsday seed bunkers and the mountains of garbage we're leaving in our world. The train hopping was inspired by my Grandpa Jennings' adventures riding the rails during the Great Depression. I had no idea it was still happening, but there is a modern train-hopping vagabond culture still alive and well.

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Lena Gibson Emily Henry's Happy Place, Things We Hide From the Light by Lucy Score, Kate Morton's Homecoming, and finishing the second and third Jade books by Fonda Lee.

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How do you get inspired to write?

Lena Gibson I collect bits and pieces of ideas on Post-it-notes. When I realize I have a cluster of post-it's that suddenly seem like the same story, I start getting excited about the story, then I write.

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