Ask the Author: Ginny Fite
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Ginny Fite
Why, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, of course! Perhaps because I read Pride and Prejudice at a young age, or perhaps because Austen has written these two characters so completely that they feel like friends of mine, their relationship--their antagonism, the mis-readings and misunderstandings, the growing sense of respect and tolerance for each other's differences--feels just right. And who, at the end of all travail, wouldn't want to be enfolded in noble Fitzwilliam Darcy's arms.
Ginny Fite
I try to write every day whether I'm "inspired" or not. When I'm not writing, I ask myself questions, such as 'what would this character do next?' or 'is that really his name' or 'what happens next?' Often, the answers come to me the next day, or in the middle of the night. When I get the answer, I write it down on whatever is handy, a napkin, my phone notepad, the back of a typed page. I think the mind likes the challenge of coming up with new combinations of all the things we see, hear, feel and think each day.
Ginny Fite
Write and read; write and read. Then read some more. Don't be discouraged by all the wonderful stuff that's been written already. You have your own unique story to tell in your voice.
Ginny Fite
I write fiction in the same way I write poetry. I listen for first lines, on the end of which might be a very big fish. I write down the lines when I hear them. If I don't write them down immediately, they will disappear back into the vast ocean of ideas and images. So, when I'm writing a story, I take the character who appears, the action that shows up, the setting that lays itself out in front of my mind and I write that. It might not be the "right" set of words for that moment, but it can be used later! If there are no words that day, I paint.
Ginny Fite
Writing is the best thing about being a writer! I love to write, even when it goes slowly. Writing helps me to know what I'm thinking. Reading isn't bad either. Both are essential to being a writer.
Ginny Fite
I'm currently working on a second Detective Sam Lagarde murder mystery. The first Lagarde mystery is titled Folly.
Ginny Fite
I get my ideas for stories from what happens around me, conversations I hear in the supermarket, incidents I observe in the Post Office, news I read, everywhere. The world is full of cues.
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