Ask the Author: Lee A. Sweetapple
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Lee A. Sweetapple
He never considered that his bed could come to life. Now it wouldn't let him leave.
Lee A. Sweetapple
Frank Herbert's Dune, where I would work with Duncan Idaho to gain the trust of the Freemen and ferret out Harkonan stay behind forces. I would also surf on a sandworm across the desert.
Lee A. Sweetapple
Lost in the Pacific, 1942 by Tod Olson; The Longest Afternoon by Brendan Simms; SAS Rogue Heroes by Ben Macintyre
Lee A. Sweetapple
Jim and Gwen Stillwater in Templar Codes and in Key West Revenge. They are a great team, both with deadly skills, but they still flirt and tease a bit.
Lee A. Sweetapple
I wanted to describe places that I have visited and weave real life events from my career into a fictional plot, with fictional characters. Many of the events and place like the surf park in Munich are very real.
Lee A. Sweetapple
My mother wrote poetry, and my father collected books and I grew up being read to and enjoyed literature. My handwriting was so poor that for several years I was discouraged by critical educators, but learning to type in junior high and now with computers I put that behind me and focus on the words not the media.
Lee A. Sweetapple
Write often. It gets easier with practice. Listen to your critiques. They are not always right, but you can learn a little bit from everyone.
Lee A. Sweetapple
It is a fun escape where for a few hours a week you can explore the world and go on adventures through the eyes of your characters. I always have the plot and timeline worked out before I start writing, and most of the places I write about I have experienced, but I never really know how dialogue will develop until I sit down and write. In Templar codes, I was asked to honor a late friend of the family who enjoyed my books with a cameo. She turned into a major character. Any guesses who she was?
Lee A. Sweetapple
I am working on a WWII historical fiction science fiction adventure that involves a Women's Air Force Service Pilot (WASP), and a former commando turned pilot that team up on an OSS mission behind enemy lines to rescue a scientist that may have discovered DNA.
Lee A. Sweetapple
When I get stuck, I research, work on the timeline or just take a break from it for a few days. Some of the best advice that I ever heard about this was from Hemingway, I believe. He suggested that writers not end their writing sessions at the end of a chapter and to always end them when you know what will happen next. That really seems to help.
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