Ask the Author: Summer Kinard
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Summer Kinard
Thank you, Stepheny! It's good to hear from you. My baby girl is 6.5 months old, so I missed this question from 6 months ago! The book of my heart, Tea & Crumples, is coming out November 2. I know you'll understand what I mean, since your Greening of a Heart so beautifully expressed your love of the garden. We started the blurb with "Tea is how I love people." I think you'll understand. I'm glad I came across your encouraging words this evening, as I am in the midst of a writing retreat this week. Hoping to near completion of Tea & Stones (book 2 in the Faith Tea Love series) this week. I see that you released a new book since we last talked. I'm going to add it to my list right now. All the best to you all!
Summer Kinard
My husband and I were out at lunch one day, and I started joking about how I bet I could make up a story out of two ridiculous elements. So I said, "Jeremy has two great passions: his gun collection, and his bunny rabbits. And he's also a vampire. Who wants to kill himself." We laughed, but this ridiculous character stuck in my head. He got a name change and a different backstory (which will come up more later in the series), met a cop named Maddy, and suddenly there was a real story. If you like the book, you can thank the fine burrito bowl makers at Chipotle, where the egg was hatched.
Summer Kinard
I don't believe in writer's block. I think sometimes authors chicken out of making the strong decisions necessary to move a story forward. My take is to just write anyway. See what happens. But usually, I have an outline to kickstart my writing. Outlines are helpful because starting a new chapter is less scary; I know where I'm going. The other way to avoid writer's block, besides not letting yourself chicken out, is to be disciplined about writing. If I'm writing a book, that's what I do. No excuses. To me, "tired" is never an excuse. What does that mean, anyway? You can be tired and write or tired and just bored out of your mind indulging your idea of being tired.
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