Ask the Author: Gail Gauthier
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Gail Gauthier
This thing has been simmering in my mind for so long that I truly can't remember how the whole thing started.
Gail Gauthier
Ideas are almost always some kind of a mashup for me. Two unrelated concepts come together, and there's an idea.
Gail Gauthier
I'm working on a middle grade novel about an introverted boy dealing with an extroverted classmate--and a girl who may be either part of an antiquities theft ring or a reincarnated Egyptian princess.
Gail Gauthier
Basically, I'd have to say enjoy the lifestyle. Sales are often few and far between. You really have to like the day to day work. I have lots of other advice at my blog in The Weekend Writer feature. http://blog.gailgauthier.com/search/l...
Gail Gauthier
Training, studying process, marketing, publishing. It's time consuming, but I enjoy looking for and taking in new information. I like shifting from different tasks--writing different types of things. That can mean a book, short stories, essays, or workshop content.
Gail Gauthier
I don't have problems with true writer's block. Procrastination, getting into a work mode, is another thing.
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