Ask the Author: Lisette Kristensen
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Lisette Kristensen
Janet, I must have made a mistake or hit the wrong button. I apologize. :)
Lisette Kristensen
The death of my father. He died from a violent set of circumstances. The police (who I was working for at the time) ruled his death suicide. The dark issue at hand was my father was involved with an individual who had murdered a political activist with a strong connection to the underworld.
Was it suicide or a political coverup?
Was it suicide or a political coverup?
Lisette Kristensen
It's a craft, not creative writing. There are certain nuances we all have to learn. But I still subscribe to the old philosophy, "Write from your heart, not to the market." Easier said then done now days but it still holds true. If you do that. learning the nuances comes easy.
Lisette Kristensen
The ability to create stories out of nowhere. To go off into wild uncharted waters of creativity.
Lisette Kristensen
The first is my genre itself. Erotica/BDSM by itself is inspirational in the wide range of stories I can dive into. It is one of the few genres where you can write a mystery, paranormal, romance (regardless of time period) or fantasy and have erotica as the foundation. It also opens the door to choices. I can make the erotica the main thread or as a backdrop to the mystery or paranormal adventure. My inspiration isn’t pigeon hold, I can go anywhere with it.
Second piece of inspiration is in the books I read. It doesn’t matter the genre, in reading other author’s and seeing their magic come alive, fuels my own desire to create a story. It could be any element, wordsmith, characterization, the story telling that sparks that inspiration to write.
Lastly, the readers. When I finished my short story, Unveiling Façade, I looked at it as a stand alone. Done. Then the reviews on Amazon popped up, and several implied there would be more. Shortly after that I got emails about a sequel. Up to then I hadn’t given it a thought. I had moved on to other ideas but the more I listened to the readers, I got inspired to continue the story.
Second piece of inspiration is in the books I read. It doesn’t matter the genre, in reading other author’s and seeing their magic come alive, fuels my own desire to create a story. It could be any element, wordsmith, characterization, the story telling that sparks that inspiration to write.
Lastly, the readers. When I finished my short story, Unveiling Façade, I looked at it as a stand alone. Done. Then the reviews on Amazon popped up, and several implied there would be more. Shortly after that I got emails about a sequel. Up to then I hadn’t given it a thought. I had moved on to other ideas but the more I listened to the readers, I got inspired to continue the story.
Lisette Kristensen
The movie Eyes Wide Shut intrigued me. The first time I watched it I didn't like it, thought it was a waste of time. Watched it again and started to get it. I have always been fascinated by secret societies and having one with a strong sexual overtone is interesting to me. The other issue is I wanted to show it from a female perspective.
Lisette Kristensen
The sequel to Unveiling Facade (at readers request. First draft is done and doing the revisions now.
Lisette Kristensen
Because I focus on outlining in detail at the outset I know where my characters are going. Not to say things change they do, but because of the outlining process it reduces writers block.
If I want to figure a scene out, a long hot shower does the trick. It's my think tank.
If I want to figure a scene out, a long hot shower does the trick. It's my think tank.
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