Ask the Author: Lisa Amowitz
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Lisa Amowitz
So sorry I missed this! There is no set date, but given the interest, it will most likely happen eventually! I have three other books which will be on sale 7/3-7/11 and I am working on a sequel for my first book, Breaking Glass.
Lisa Amowitz
Thanks for asking and I am so sorry I did not see this. There is no set date. However, I do have three other non-related books you might enjoy and there will be an ebook sale of all four of my books from 7/3-7/11.
Lisa Amowitz
Sorry, I missed this! There will eventually be three all together but there is no set release date. I do have three other books, all of which will be on sale for 99c from 7/3-7/11
Lisa Amowitz
Yikes. I can't really always pinpoint where my ideas come from, but I will say that my creative process for that is a lot like the way I design. I throw a bunch of disparate ideas around--like a lot of what ifs? I tend to pick a location for my story to get the mood, then imagine a character. For Vision I knew i wanted a rural setting and a sort of hard-working country boy. I knew I wanted some kind of supernatural intrusion to disrupt his already tough life. Then somehow a lake I'd forgotten about jumped into my head and next thing I knew the boy, Bobby Pendell was fishing on that lake and thought he saw a human skeleton at the bottom of it. Sometimes my ideas just unfold--but it's usually either when I'm washing dishes, driving, or in the shower!
Lisa Amowitz
By reading stuff I love. By taking breaks and going back to it when the need becomes intense.
Lisa Amowitz
I'm co-writing a YA magical reality historical about a rather neglected figure in American History. I am about to begin research on a YA mystery that takes place in a "special needs" high school.
Lisa Amowitz
Read, read, read--especially books on writing like Stephen King's ON Writing and Ann Lamott's Bird by Bird. Write, write, write, write. Find a group of other writers whom you trust and admire to give you constructive feedback. Take criticism and learn from it. Writing is a collaborative effort and professional writers must be flexible enough to work with editors and revise, revise, revise. Live by these words from Stephen King that I am paraphrasing from memory: All first drafts are crappy (he said a more choice word, but I am trying to be PG rated) and Sometimes you've got to kill your darlings. I use that quote for my design students, too. In other words, you must sacrifice some of your precious ideas for the good of the whole.
Lisa Amowitz
Having a space where you have total control. Of course, I am only referring to the world you create with your words. Once those words leave your computer they are not yours alone anymore and you've got to allow your work to become a collaboration between you and a whole bunch of other people. But the time that book is forming, when the characters speak to you and the ideas start flying--that is the magic hour.
Lisa Amowitz
I do a lot of reading. Then I do a lot of research on background for my next book. Often I will write shorter pieces to get the words flowing. But what is writer's block? I think it is just a slip in confidence. the best cure for that is to write anything to remind yourself how much you love it!
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