Ask the Author: TylerRose.
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TylerRose.
Not the entire book, but an important subplot of the next Arlyn book for my Gethis series. A friend went on a cruise and came back suffering from Mal de Debarquement syndrome. It's an insidious, horrific condition that makes a person dizzy all the time. Sometimes it's so bad that they cannot work or drive a car. There is almost nothing written on the subject even though thousands of people (mostly women) suffer from it...so I am.
TylerRose.
I inspire myself more often than not. My mind is forever churning. But I have seen a snippet of a documentary about a type of tree, and then wrote something similar into Peeper of Gloriana.
TylerRose.
Half a dozen different things, as varied as a general crafting book, a crochet pattern book, my crappy chicken skratch cartoons, plus at least three or four different novels.
TylerRose.
I don't get writer's block. I do a great deal of thinking about a novel. Sometimes the plot comes easily but not the dialogue. Sometimes the dialogue comes easily but not the actions. I go over a book numerous times to fill in those layers. And when I reach a point that I need to think a while longer, then I think a while longer. It all has to make sense to me. It has to be logical and appropriate to the characters, the place and the time. Eventually I figure out or realize what should happen next and I move on. Sometimes I skip ahead to another part of the book and then go back to fill in the missing scene. Sometimes it's easier to write the after effects of what happens and then fill in the event itself once you know the result is. Sometimes something will sit for years before I know how to resolve it. The mystery of who killed Lord Eban in Peeper -- took me four years to figure out whodunnit. lol I don't consider any of that "writer's block." Rather, I simply haven't sorted all that out yet. Give me time. I will.
TylerRose.
Write what you personally would want to read. If you want to read it, so will others.
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