Ask the Author: P.B. Morlen
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P.B. Morlen
I am currently working on Book IV in the White Bird Series. The book's title is Blue Crystal Mountains and should be available January 2015. Writing these books is a 'living' process as Crystal's journey takes her around the world and I feel that as I write her story, I am actually living her experiences. I love this next book and hope my readers do too.
P.B. Morlen
Meeting new characters, then, peeling the layers of their personality. Are they damaged? Are they helpful? Are they concealing something? I live this. I could create characters into forever. And, I love going into new scenes with a fresh perspective. Changing up the dialogue. Hacking off chunks of scenes too wordy. The editing process, for me, is empowering. I have the final say in my story. The characters are mine. The story is mine, straight from somewhere deep within my soul. It's amazing when I read what I've written and often wonder where in the world did this stuff come from.
P.B. Morlen
I don't force it, I just write whatever comes into my head, editing later on. Or, I take the time when nothing fresh is coming and rewrite previous passages. This is an ongoing task anyway, so I take the opportunity to fine tune scenes, dialogue, etc. when I can't seem to create anything new. Keep writing is the main thing. If I don't then it's harder to get back into the novel.
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