Ask the Author: Tim Ouellette
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Tim Ouellette
I typically will re-read some of the fiction I'm currently working on or will read some of my favorite poetry (T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" and "Ash Wednesday" are two of my favorites). Poetry can have such powerfully rich language that it sort of jump-starts my creativity.
Tim Ouellette
The best thing about being a writer is having the freedom to create people and worlds that no-one else has ever created before!
Tim Ouellette
Read and write, in that order, constantly and consistently. Take in as much as you intend on putting out. Read as widely as possible: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Horror, etc. Write until you learn to develop your own unique voice and then try to stay true to that voice.
Tim Ouellette
I've got several different projects I'm working on. One is a collection of flash fiction called PORTENTS; another is a novel titled FALLEN. I've also got a couple of Young Adult pieces I'm working on as well.
Tim Ouellette
Inspiration comes to me in many different ways. Sometimes it's through a poem or a story I've just written; sometimes it's through a drawing or a painting I've just seen. Other times it comes to me through bits and pieces of real conversation I hear, those snatches of speech that fly around us any given moment of the day. There are times when a single scene from life will hold me enthralled; I'll pull over close to where the scene is and describe it, will even attempt to draw it if possible.
Tim Ouellette
My most recent book, titled SELAH, is a children's fable that deals with life, love and sacrifice through the eyes of a child. The story features a family of flowers called the Melai, the mountain Halel and a Great Dove.
The idea came to me as a single image: a large dove, winds outstretched, flying high over a huge mountain range with a seemingly endless field of talking flowers. The dove was the creator of the mountain, the field and the flowers; I imagined a young girl happening upon this field and then simply asked the question: what if?
The idea came to me as a single image: a large dove, winds outstretched, flying high over a huge mountain range with a seemingly endless field of talking flowers. The dove was the creator of the mountain, the field and the flowers; I imagined a young girl happening upon this field and then simply asked the question: what if?
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