Ask the Author: Lisa A. Nichols
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Lisa A. Nichols
The decision is, of course, not entirely up to me, but I have plenty of ideas! :D
Lisa A. Nichols
Vessel is available as an ebook, the others listed here under my name are some books I worked on for a roleplaying game a loooong time ago. :) Overdrive does have Vessel--it may be that your library isn't currently carrying it. But you can request it, and please do! I know of a few folks who've had success that way. Thanks for asking!
Lisa A. Nichols
Learn how to finish things. For so long, I would reach a certain point in a story (usually about 30%-50%) and stop, because it got hard and I started to think maybe it was just a bad idea, so I'd move on to the new shiny idea--and wound up with a lot of half-finished stories. The thing no one told me is that stalling point happens to EVERYONE. The only thing to do is keep going, and it will get easier again. So when a story gets hard to write, don't chase the shiny new idea!
Lisa A. Nichols
I grew up reading and watching sci-fi where most of the main characters were men. Women were usually there to be pretty, the love interest, and/or get rescued. As I got older, there were more female protagonists in sci-fi, but most of them were under 35. Books about women over 40 seemed focused on home and family—which is great, but that was all I really saw. Even romance—a genre I love—tends toward younger heroines.
As a woman over 40 myself now, I wanted to write about a woman my age who is on the threshold of upending the entire world, but at the same time, wrestling with the usual concerns: balancing work and family, raising a teenager, dealing with a troubled marriage. I wanted her to “have it all,” and struggle with it. I wanted her to be both in danger and dangerous. I wanted her to take control of her own life in overwhelming circumstances and come through with a stronger sense of who she is.
And that story, that woman, to my delight, took shape in VESSEL and Catherine Wells.
As a woman over 40 myself now, I wanted to write about a woman my age who is on the threshold of upending the entire world, but at the same time, wrestling with the usual concerns: balancing work and family, raising a teenager, dealing with a troubled marriage. I wanted her to “have it all,” and struggle with it. I wanted her to be both in danger and dangerous. I wanted her to take control of her own life in overwhelming circumstances and come through with a stronger sense of who she is.
And that story, that woman, to my delight, took shape in VESSEL and Catherine Wells.
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Aug 21, 2019 11:57PM · flag