Ask the Author: Tess Collins
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Tess Collins
The characters run rampant in my head, torturing me until I get it right.
Tess Collins
Second book of the Shadow Mountain Saga, and third book of the Midnight Valley quartet.
Tess Collins
I find that reading non-fiction will often inspire ideas for fiction.
Tess Collins
The satisfaction of having finished a book and know that you know that it's all there.
Tess Collins
Currently reading a biography of Francis I by Leonie Frieda. As slow as I read with my macular pucker, it'll probably take me all summer.
Tess Collins
Keli sprayed her Monster spray under the bed then settled in for a nice night's sleep. At 4 a.m., she realized she'd forgotten the closet.
Tess Collins
Learn the craft. Don’t assume you can sit down at the computer/typewriter and just start writing.
Tess Collins
Curse a lot. Pace back and forth talking it out to myself until I get the story question and conflict. Hopefully , no one observes me doing this.
Tess Collins
Game of Thrones. Sit on the Iron Throne, of course. Have tea with a Red Witch. Find a suitable lover who is not my brother or nephew.
Tess Collins
When I was five years old, the neighborhood mean boy told me that at night the spirits of the dead danced around my house as skeletons. Of course, that night I woke up and saw the shadows of skeletons dancing around my house. To this day, I have no explanation for it.
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