Ask the Author: Christie Barnes
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Christie Barnes
I have one but no, I want to develop it as YA fiction---see response to 'fictional place to visit'.....someday I will figure out how to write YA fiction.
Christie Barnes
Panem.
Okay, all through the Covid disruption, I put on the Hunger Games series on TV or audio book in the background when I worked. I have watched them probably 30 times each but never all the way through, ever....I fall asleep, I work on a new idea and 30 minutes or an hour has passed....I now am obsessed with figuring out why I always put on Hunger Games as my audio-visual wallpaper. I do have a huge respect for the author Suzanne Collins, I took my kids to the movies, they loved them, I slept through them as a widowed parent with triplets plus one so exhausted---now total appreciation. I could never write YA fiction---she is clever and the prequel is excellent.
Okay, all through the Covid disruption, I put on the Hunger Games series on TV or audio book in the background when I worked. I have watched them probably 30 times each but never all the way through, ever....I fall asleep, I work on a new idea and 30 minutes or an hour has passed....I now am obsessed with figuring out why I always put on Hunger Games as my audio-visual wallpaper. I do have a huge respect for the author Suzanne Collins, I took my kids to the movies, they loved them, I slept through them as a widowed parent with triplets plus one so exhausted---now total appreciation. I could never write YA fiction---she is clever and the prequel is excellent.
Christie Barnes
I am reading Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson---I have read it but am re-reading (yes, a kid's book about Disney World) because he is coming to talk to my Golden Oak Disney reading group (the neighborhood where I llive.) I have talked to him before and he is so fun. But I am really excited
Christie Barnes
For the third time---write every single day, regardless....
Christie Barnes
Fitting in writing around running a family----until PR time when it is a full-time 16 hour day ---that is, if you are serious about getting your message out (so make it a good one.)
Christie Barnes
Write every day.
You can write about what you know---but you don't have to. Your messages and experience can take place in a new universe.
You can write about what you know---but you don't have to. Your messages and experience can take place in a new universe.
Christie Barnes
Changing the traditional mindset about college that is leading to poor outcomes at all demographic levels---blogging, speaking, posting, etc
(And writing a Holiday story about bravery and individualism for today's fragmented, challenging times.)
(And writing a Holiday story about bravery and individualism for today's fragmented, challenging times.)
Christie Barnes
As my late husband playwright/Oscar-nominated film writer Peter Barnes advised every writer who asked that question, you write every day. Fill up one page at least. You may throw it away the next day for something better. But a writer needs to write every day.
Christie Barnes
My triplets were starting high school so I wanted to get the best information--real facts and stats--about college outcomes and tips on getting into the 'right' colleges.
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