Ask the Author: S.H. Allan
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S.H. Allan
Oh thank you! I'm so glad you like them. I love them, too. (Shh, don't tell anyone, but they're my favorite out of all the couples I've written.) Yes, I do plan to write a sequel. I've even got it all planned out. It takes place a couple of years after the last one and Derrick's foster brother is not doing well without his parents. Guess who gets to step up to the plate? :)
However, I have had quite a number of people ask me for the sequel to Honesty and Artifice so my plan is to finish that first. Unfortunately, that one just isn't coming as easily as I'd like so I may take a break and put out a short in the interim. But I do plan to write a sequel to Closure, and I really appreciate your interest. I'm glad someone else loves them, too.
However, I have had quite a number of people ask me for the sequel to Honesty and Artifice so my plan is to finish that first. Unfortunately, that one just isn't coming as easily as I'd like so I may take a break and put out a short in the interim. But I do plan to write a sequel to Closure, and I really appreciate your interest. I'm glad someone else loves them, too.
S.H. Allan
Well, I had a great prompt that was very open ended. Part of the request was isolation and the picture was of a beach. I pictured an isolated person walking on a beach and the idea popped into my head. I also think of cold and dreary as being particularly lonely, and I wanted to write about what I know. I know the northwestern Pacific coast, and I'm in love with Alaska. Alaskan life is practically synonymous with isolation. There are many places you can't drive to, only fly, and a lot of tiny little villages and towns. It was the perfect setting. And then my muse took it from there. I just went along for the ride and typed as fast as my little fingers could go.
S.H. Allan
I write in my head every day. By that I mean, I write each scene in my head word for word. It helps me relax in order to fall asleep. The problem comes when I get too excited about what's happening in the story and it keeps me up. :)
S.H. Allan
I'm currently writing a story for a holiday anthology. It's historical which I've never done before, but I always like to try new things. We'll see if it works!
S.H. Allan
Fortunately that's not a problem for me (at least not yet) although occasionally I get stuck on how to get from scene A to scene C. When that happens, I just work on another project and eventually something will come to me. I do have a problem with sitting down at a computer to actually write, though. I love it, but I can be lazy. If you have a suggestion for how to deal with that, let me know!
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