Ask the Author: Ann Swann
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Ann Swann
If I could travel to any fictional book world I would go to Stutter Creek. Just like in my novel, the people are friendly, the mountains are beautiful, and the weather is perfect for hiking. Where would you go?
Ann Swann
I don't know why my answer didn't show up here. Of course they are available in audio. Audible page http://tinyurl.com/AnnSwannAudible And the narrators are top notch! Look for Book 4 coming soon!
Ann Swann
A Halloween moon; a trail of scattered candy. In the distance, a mother screams her child’s name.
Ann Swann
So many! I want to finish The Shack - don't know why I put it down, but I haven't picked it back up yet.
I'm currently listening to Great Expectations on my phone. It's my walking companion. I have a whole list of classics I want to revisit on Audible. It feels like walking with an old friend.
Then I have one-clicked about a hundred new novels and short story collections to read. Everything from Bridge Back (romance) to First There was Fear and Dark Screams Vol. 6. At the moment I'm reading The Darkest Lies. It is a page turner!
I'm currently listening to Great Expectations on my phone. It's my walking companion. I have a whole list of classics I want to revisit on Audible. It feels like walking with an old friend.
Then I have one-clicked about a hundred new novels and short story collections to read. Everything from Bridge Back (romance) to First There was Fear and Dark Screams Vol. 6. At the moment I'm reading The Darkest Lies. It is a page turner!
Ann Swann
I've had a few mysterious happenings. And some have already found their way into my books. The text message conversation with a spirit in Stutter Creek, for example. That came from an incident in which my phone refused to dial any number except that of my late mom. It was eerie, to say the least.
Ann Swann
My favorite fictional couple will always be Romeo and Juliet. They didn't let anything stand on the way of true love.
Ann Swann
Great question. We were in New Mexico and there was a beautiful little stream with such a rocky bed that the water just seemed to stutter along in fits and starts. I used it for the basis of my book and also mention it in other stories.
Ann Swann
Hi Lorena, I've always loved suspense. I grew up reading Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock. I loved their collections of short stories. Then I moved on to Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Mary Higgins Clark. Oh, and Jeffrey Deaver. His Lincoln Rhyme novels are packed with suspense.
Thanks for asking. I still have so much to learn about this game of novel writing!
Thanks for asking. I still have so much to learn about this game of novel writing!
Ann Swann
I think there is a little bit of me in all of my books. Sometimes intentional, sometimes accidental.
Ann Swann
I just forget that story and move on to one of the others in my "idea" file. I have dozens of ideas waiting to be fleshed out.
Ann Swann
Getting to change the world to make things come out the way I think they should. :-)
Ann Swann
Read more than you write. Then write something you would want to read. After writing it--be it a short story, or novel--read it aloud. You'll be surprised at the number of flaws you will find this way. At least I always am!
Ann Swann
I am working on the next romantic suspense book in the Stutter Creek series. The teaser (first few pages) can be found in the back of Lilac Lane.
Ann Swann
I read, and read, and read some more. Then I want to write something that I would like to read.
Ann Swann
I got the idea for LILAC LANE from a news report about a woman who was actually killed by her abusive ex-husband, even though she had a restraining order against him.
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