Ask the Author: Sharon Geltner
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Sharon Geltner
All I can say is, "Truth is stranger than fiction." Right?
Sharon Geltner
I've been reading Mary Kay Andrews and especially enjoyed, HELLO, SUMMER; about a newspaper reporter who lost her job and moves back home (on the beach!)
Sharon Geltner
I'd like to say I dream up ideas out of thin air but that's not true. Some of my best inspirations come from reading the news; not doom scrolling on my phone, but actually reading it in print, say in a newspaper or magazine. Then combining various incidents into composite imaginary scenarios. Of course, the more experience I rack up, the more ideas I have.
Sharon Geltner
Freedom from the "real world" and getting to use your imagination. The challenging part is creating fictional scenarios that seem vivid, believable and real. I also enjoy writing professional book reviews and nonfiction books (my first professional job was as a journalist at a newspaper. )
Sharon Geltner
Don't get discouraged easily. Or as Julia Cameron says, writing (or trying to commercialize any creative endeavor) "takes imhuman amounts of fortitude." Amen!
Sharon Geltner
The best way to get inspired to write, fiction or nonfiction is to read a newspaper. You'll find more "truth is stranger than fiction" material than you can possibly do justice to, in a lifetime!
Combine two or three articles to come up with your own intense, unusual situations (with the ring of truth.)
Combine two or three articles to come up with your own intense, unusual situations (with the ring of truth.)
Sharon Geltner
My Washington thriller and historical novel, RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE. If you want a sneek peek, the first few pages follow the end of CHARITY BASHED (paperback version.)
Sharon Geltner
As Arthur Schlesinger once said, "Having perhaps, the soul of a hack, I do not get writer's block."
Or something like that. If you're lucky enough to have the time and space, you write! Hacks have discipline!
Or something like that. If you're lucky enough to have the time and space, you write! Hacks have discipline!
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