Ask the Author: Joy Olival
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Joy Olival
Narnia for sure. I love a lot of different worlds, but The Chronicles of Narnia was my first love. I'd probably just sit in Cair Paravel, drink tea, listen to the roar of the waves, and watch the dryads and fauns dance below.
Joy Olival
To sit down and focus on writing. Put your phone in another room so you don't get distracted, put on some soothing or inspiring music or white noise, and burn a candle or get some essential oils going in a diffuser. Once your ambiance in the room is perfect and distractions have been taken care of, sit down and focus on your work in progress. Maybe that means you can only focus for half an hour at a time, and, if so, that's totally fine! Half an hour really adds up! Or maybe you'll be able to churn out ten hours worth, which is definitely worthy of applause as well. However much you write during that time, just pat yourself on the back anyway, and then do it all again tomorrow.
Joy Olival
I get inspiration from almost everything. TV shows, movies, music, video games, books (even books I've written), people watching, playing with my nieces and nephews, looking at artwork, you name it! My problem isn't as much finding inspiration but being able to focus on one project at a time without getting distracted by a million different ideas I come up with to write
Joy Olival
Mostly I just take a break from writing and do something calm or fun. Play a video game, go for a walk, listen to some music, drink some tea, dance around like a crazy person, etc. Usually that gives me time to de-stress over the situation and let my imagination start running wild.
Joy Olival
I'm currently working on the second book of Wasp Queen series.
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