Ask the Author: Celia Micklefield
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Celia Micklefield
I've been learning how to format my books for inclusion in the Smashwords Premium catalogue. We're just about there now so readers can choose how they'd like to read my titles, including on their phones if that's what they enjoy. I have another collection of short stories by Mick coming out soon and also part one of a trilogy - Trobairitz - a novel set in Languedoc where I live.
Celia Micklefield
Old photograph albums full of those little, square black and white prints - the kind people used to take before digital cameras and computers. I thought 'how much does anybody know about the people in those old photographs? '
Are there things we were never meant to know?
Are there things we were never meant to know?
Celia Micklefield
I never stop looking and listening. Inspiration is everywhere. Characters are too. And settings.
Celia Micklefield
Join a group where you read and review others' writing.
Celia Micklefield
I don't beat myself up about it. I might go for a walk or make a cup of tea. Sometimes I write something else instead. I nearly always have more than one thing on the go.
Recently, due to my diagnosis of CRPS I lost the creative spark completely. Pain blocked out any thoughts of writing something new. Fortunately, I found I was able to edit and I published Patterns of Our Lives only a couple of months later than I'd intended.
Recently, due to my diagnosis of CRPS I lost the creative spark completely. Pain blocked out any thoughts of writing something new. Fortunately, I found I was able to edit and I published Patterns of Our Lives only a couple of months later than I'd intended.
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