Ask the Author: Anna Schmidt
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Anna Schmidt
Nope..the world we live in today is its own horror story.
Anna Schmidt
Mostly I'm reading non-fiction--research for a new series I'm in the midst of developing. I also belong to a book club through my local independent bookseller and we are reading some very interesting titles.
Anna Schmidt
Okay, not wanting to jinx myself but the truth is I can't honestly say I have ever been blocked. I guess when I hit a bump in the road that's when I do something else--take a walk, read, listen to music, clean the apartment. Somehow something always crops up that gets me back on track.
Anna Schmidt
Probably the same thing an actor would say: I get to escape into other personnas and other times and other places on a daily basis. Given the state of things in the world these days--that ain't bad!
Anna Schmidt
Can't do better than Nora Roberts who once said [paraphrasing here]: "You want to know the secret? Put your b___ in the chair and WRITE." It's true. Not every session will produce pearls but each time you sit down and begin you will have something so BEGIN!
Anna Schmidt
Currently I have completely switched gears and am working on a Western series set in AZ in the later 1800's. It's a family saga aout changing times in the West. I also have a novella coming out in spring that is about travelers heading West on the Oregon Trail (title "His Frontier Family).
Anna Schmidt
Everything inspires me--song lyrics, stuff I see on my walks, snippets of conversations overheard, news items. My novel A SISTER'S FORGIVENESS came from a small newspaper article about two teens heading out for their first day of their senior year--one teen was picking up her friend, lost control of the car and the friend was killed. My heart broke for the two families who I assumed were friends. Then I began to think, "what if the mothers were sisters and the girls were not only best friends but cousins?' A lot of my ideas coming from asking "What if...?"
Anna Schmidt
SAFE HAVEN is the third and final story in The Peacemakers series. I stumbled across this little known WWII event accidentally and the more I learned about this group of European refugees brought to America in 1944 by FDR, the more I knew this was a story that needed to be told!
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