Ask the Author: Niki Green
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Niki Green
I’m working on something new. This story has been in my desk drawer written on a yellow legal pad in blue ink for as long as I can remember. It needs a little bit of polish and a few add ins and, with a little luck, I can return to writing fiction instead of focusing on facts. I deal with writing ‘facts’ everyday...a girl needs a little fantasy once in a while.
Niki Green
I am currently writing, just not as much as I would like to. I have one book finished and I’m looking for a home for it and I have a new story and world working itself out. It’s based on an idea I had before I ever thought about writing any of the ‘Roped’ books.
Niki Green
Mandy,
I’m still sitting on Book #3. Sometimes, my ‘grown up’ world gets in the way of my fantasy world. I would chose my fantasy world any day...if I could. I hope to find a home for Jason and Jocelyn soon...as well as some of the others who have popped up in the ‘Roped’ series.
I’m still sitting on Book #3. Sometimes, my ‘grown up’ world gets in the way of my fantasy world. I would chose my fantasy world any day...if I could. I hope to find a home for Jason and Jocelyn soon...as well as some of the others who have popped up in the ‘Roped’ series.
Niki Green
‘My mother locked the doors of the car. I never knew if it was to protect me or her.’
Niki Green
I apologize for the delayed response...I honestly didn’t know this was a ‘option’ to answer questions. So, here we ago (better late than never, I hope).
I have gone back through my ‘read’ pile and have picked up Lisa Kleypas, once again. She is an amazing writer who ever disappoints. I discovered Jennifer Ashley. If you love a Highlander...her Highlander’s are heavenly.
And...on a purely ‘career’ oriented front (I’m still only a writer by night) I’ve read so many psychology and sociology journals recently...my brain is starting to resemble the rabbit hole Alice dropped in to.
I have gone back through my ‘read’ pile and have picked up Lisa Kleypas, once again. She is an amazing writer who ever disappoints. I discovered Jennifer Ashley. If you love a Highlander...her Highlander’s are heavenly.
And...on a purely ‘career’ oriented front (I’m still only a writer by night) I’ve read so many psychology and sociology journals recently...my brain is starting to resemble the rabbit hole Alice dropped in to.
Niki Green
When I was a little girl, my mother enrolled me into a performing arts studio. I took tap dancing, gymnastics and drama. I found that I could act like I could tap dance and I could act like a gymnast when I really wasn't that good at either one. But, I could act...and I did it pretty well.
I loved drama. I loved plays. I loved pretending to be another person. Sometimes, it's easier to be another person, if only for a little while.
When I got out of school and became an 'adult' there wasn't much time for being someone else. My bills didn't get paid by the little girl who visited Candyland with the Nutcracker and Faye McFaye from Faith County didn't put gas in my car, but the images were still in my head.
I would see 'trailers' in my head of people and what they were doing or what they were saying. I was a warrior. I was a Queen. I was a girl in love with the bad boy who never looked my way until 'that' day. When my head got 'full' I started to write...more like scribble...their stories down. I have 30 + journals and/or notebooks.
I was inspired because I wanted to turn all that pretend into something real. I wanted to pretend to be someone else for just a little while. Now, I can be. I get to take all these images and all these thoughts and turn them into someone's story.
I loved drama. I loved plays. I loved pretending to be another person. Sometimes, it's easier to be another person, if only for a little while.
When I got out of school and became an 'adult' there wasn't much time for being someone else. My bills didn't get paid by the little girl who visited Candyland with the Nutcracker and Faye McFaye from Faith County didn't put gas in my car, but the images were still in my head.
I would see 'trailers' in my head of people and what they were doing or what they were saying. I was a warrior. I was a Queen. I was a girl in love with the bad boy who never looked my way until 'that' day. When my head got 'full' I started to write...more like scribble...their stories down. I have 30 + journals and/or notebooks.
I was inspired because I wanted to turn all that pretend into something real. I wanted to pretend to be someone else for just a little while. Now, I can be. I get to take all these images and all these thoughts and turn them into someone's story.
Niki Green
Don't quit. Don't doubt. Don't compare. Writing is a passion and passions sometimes take a lot out of a person. A writer should also be a reader and a researcher. Read whatever you can get your hands on, don't limit how far your knowledge and imagination can grow. Read what other authors have gone through to get to where they are, but do not compare yourself to them. I think one of the main reasons people give up on any passion they have is because they look at someone else, then think they are not as 'good' as that person and give up. Your story is your story...your imagination is your imagination...your voice is your voice...remember that when you think about quitting or you begin to doubt yourself. We can be our own worst critics...they're are plenty of people out there waiting to comment and critique your work--don't add yourself to that list.
Niki Green
I'm dealing with it right now and have been dealing with it for awhile. I don't think that every writer has the same issue when it comes to 'writer's block'. The block can be because of several issues and what I have learned and am still learning to do is put that 'issue' on shelf 'B' and concentrate of shelf 'A'. I tend to get ahead of myself and when I do that i can't concentrate on my 'A' shelf.
I do a lot of 'free writing'. I have a bright, yellow legal pad and a blue pen and I write words. I write sentences, thoughts, half thoughts, maybe's and what if's. I have found that when I do this my imagination comes out to play. I don't have a muse or anything like that...I just have an artists twirling mind that has to be reminded to behave and get the words out of my head and onto a piece of paper.
I hope this helps:-)
I do a lot of 'free writing'. I have a bright, yellow legal pad and a blue pen and I write words. I write sentences, thoughts, half thoughts, maybe's and what if's. I have found that when I do this my imagination comes out to play. I don't have a muse or anything like that...I just have an artists twirling mind that has to be reminded to behave and get the words out of my head and onto a piece of paper.
I hope this helps:-)
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