Ask the Author: D.M. Livingston
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D.M. Livingston
There are still plans for a sequel! I'm working on it, but it's taking longer than expected because I want it to be really good. I've had to start over a few times. Thanks for asking.
D.M. Livingston
Yes! I continue to exist and am working on something new.
D.M. Livingston
It was actually the movie "Mean Girls." I had no idea teenage girls could be that vicious (I was a pretty clueless teenager), and I loved the idea of a bunch of young witches having to work together.
D.M. Livingston
I don't wait for inspiration. I sit down and get to work. Usually, if i spend at least ten minutes banging my head against the keyboard, ideas start to come. Coffee also helps.
D.M. Livingston
I'm working on the sequel to Nyx.
D.M. Livingston
Write a lot. Read a lot. Find a friend/editor/teacher who will read your stuff and force you to get better. Don't take writing criticism personally—look at it as a gift.
D.M. Livingston
Being a writer is the closest I've ever gotten to being a wizard: I can just make stuff up out of thin air. It's crazy fun.
D.M. Livingston
I don't really get writer's block. I sit down and write, even if I don't have any ideas at the moment, and everything I type out is terrible. After a few minutes, I get into a groove, and ideas or dialogue starts to come. It's like the Jack London quote: "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
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