Ask the Author: Anita Rodgers
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Anita Rodgers
Hi Kate,
I am working on getting my books onto KOBO and hope to have that done within a few weeks. However, currently, the books are only on Amazon. Sorry.
I am working on getting my books onto KOBO and hope to have that done within a few weeks. However, currently, the books are only on Amazon. Sorry.
Anita Rodgers
When she found the baby missing from her crib, she followed the bloody footsteps to the barn, where the answers lie. From the shadows, the crunching of bones and smacking of lips confirmed her worst fear.
Anita Rodgers
I would travel to the world of Phillip Marlowe and shadow him as he solved crimes. Maybe I'd try to get a job as his secretary or assistant, so I could see his world from the inside out. Dig through his files while he was gone chasing leads or getting drunk in a dive bar down on Hollywood Blvd. And if I managed to befriend him and earn his trust, perhaps talk him into investigating the Black Dahlia case. Oh, and I'd buy a gray felt fedora hat and double-breasted suit with wonderful shoulder pads, and clip clop around in some peep-toe pumps - making sure my seams were straight, of course.
Anita Rodgers
Hi Ann,
Thanks for the question. One of my favorite quotes, comes from Helen Keller;
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable."
I love this quote because it tells you to live your life fully. That despite appearances to the contrary, there is no safe space or guaranteed security, so be free. Be yourself. Live your life. What could be more wonderful than that?
Thanks for the question. One of my favorite quotes, comes from Helen Keller;
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable."
I love this quote because it tells you to live your life fully. That despite appearances to the contrary, there is no safe space or guaranteed security, so be free. Be yourself. Live your life. What could be more wonderful than that?
Anita Rodgers
My absolute favorite book to write was Death of the Family Recipe, the 3rd in the Scotti Fitzgerald series. The reason it was my favorite is because it completes Scotti's character arc and completes her metamorphoses so she can truly cross the threshold of the new life that awaits her. I plan to write more Scotti Fitzgerald books, so DFR will be the springboard into the next books featuring Scotti.
That being said, I am also very excited that my new trilogy is close to completion and have thoroughly enjoyed writing that as well.
That being said, I am also very excited that my new trilogy is close to completion and have thoroughly enjoyed writing that as well.
Anita Rodgers
Lots of books on craft and research at the moment. Writing the Breakout Novel, Be the Gateway, and The Forensics Casebook are at the top of the list.
Anita Rodgers
I worked with one of the girls who was a victim of the Hillside Strangler (true story). Lissa was a nice girl. Fun. Sweet. But I didn't know her well. She invited me to join her clubbing but I was kind of shy so I declined. That turned out to be the night she disappeared. I always wondered if I had gone with her if things might have turned out differently.
Anita Rodgers
Scotti Fitzgerald, the main character in my new mystery series, was inspired by my many years of waiting tables. Though at first, I thought it was kind of an premise for a set of mysteries (a crime solving waitress?), it developed quickly and just kind of took off. I hope readers enjoy the series as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Anita Rodgers
By anything and everything. A flower. A word someone says in funny way. A news item. Literally, anything can spark an idea if you're listening with your writer's ears, and watching with your writer's eyes.
Anita Rodgers
I just completed and published a series: The Scotti Fitzgerald Mystery Series. Next up is an extensive edit and revision on my first novel, False Witness. Then a new mystery series.
Anita Rodgers
First, don't aspire. Do it. Be it. Write. Then write some more. And write some more after that. You can read books about it. You can take writing classes. You can talk about writing. But none of these things make you a writer. Writers write. That means words on the page. The more you write the better you become at writing.
Second, read. Read a lot. Read everything you can get your hands on. Encourage others to read.
Third, be an active participant in your life. Live. Experience things. Talk to people, observe them, listen to them. They will teach you things you can't image.
In a nutshell: Write, Read, Live.
Second, read. Read a lot. Read everything you can get your hands on. Encourage others to read.
Third, be an active participant in your life. Live. Experience things. Talk to people, observe them, listen to them. They will teach you things you can't image.
In a nutshell: Write, Read, Live.
Anita Rodgers
Hearing from readers how my writing has done something for them - made them laugh, made them think, encouraged them, inspired them. That alone makes it the best job in the world.
Anita Rodgers
This is a problem I don't typically have but when I feel stuck, I walk away for a little while. Sometimes, literally taking a walk helps - just getting outside or in a different environment can relax you and 'unfreeze' your brain. Switching to a different project for a bit can help. Writing poetry can loosen up the thinking faculties as well. In my experience, writer's block comes from thinking too hard on a project and you get stuck - so anything that can break that cycle usually solves the problem.
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