Ask the Author: Courtney Wendleton
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Courtney Wendleton
Anna Karenina and maybe try to reread Withering Heights.
Courtney Wendleton
On screen I would have to say either the Addams, or the Munsters. Both had beautiful loving relationships even though they were not considered normal. While a lot of "normal" couples are shown as cheating, or always fighting.
On paper...that is a bit tougher. Even though I love a little bit of every couple I read about, I would have to choose either Sophia Rose and Marc Blackwell from the Devoted series by Suzy K. Quinn or Sookie Stackhouse and Eric Northman From the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. Both couples go through hell and back but somehow manage to get together. They are also the least likely couples you would think would end up together. Granted Sookie and Eric don't stay together, but I think that was in part because she wouldn't let him change her.
On paper...that is a bit tougher. Even though I love a little bit of every couple I read about, I would have to choose either Sophia Rose and Marc Blackwell from the Devoted series by Suzy K. Quinn or Sookie Stackhouse and Eric Northman From the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. Both couples go through hell and back but somehow manage to get together. They are also the least likely couples you would think would end up together. Granted Sookie and Eric don't stay together, but I think that was in part because she wouldn't let him change her.
Courtney Wendleton
My biggest frustration is all the voices in my head. I don't mean the characters trying to come out or crazy-paranoid voices but the voices of society telling me what I can and cannot write. In general I do not set out to offend anyone, I just want to write what is in my head. However, I society picks and chooses what is politically correct or wrong to say. So in order to not offend some people, I have to come up with a way that will express what I want in a way that doesn't tick people off. I try to steer clear of a lot of cussing or certain words that fall in that category because they offend people, but sometimes SHIT expresses the situation better than CRAP. I know it may be stupid to do this but at the same time if you want to keep readers you have to make sure you don't tick them off with the wrong word. But hey Harper Lee was able to use a very offensive term and her book became a big classic.
Courtney Wendleton
Dad's a trucker so I've been trough Arizona a time or two...not my cup of tea but not a bad place to be either.
Inspiration ebbs and flows about the same for me, though I do not live in one of the prettier places on the Big Island. I live in an old lava flow area, so it's nothing but dead trees and volcanic rock. The sunsets are still beautiful, but let me tell you, after awhile they become monotonous. Every once in awhile there will be one that sticks out, but that's about it. Now if I was closer to the beach, Pearl Harbor (ultimate personal fantasy), or just in a more lush remind-me-of-home area I think the answer would be different. Only so much inspiration can be drawn from volcanic rock and dead trees.
Inspiration ebbs and flows about the same for me, though I do not live in one of the prettier places on the Big Island. I live in an old lava flow area, so it's nothing but dead trees and volcanic rock. The sunsets are still beautiful, but let me tell you, after awhile they become monotonous. Every once in awhile there will be one that sticks out, but that's about it. Now if I was closer to the beach, Pearl Harbor (ultimate personal fantasy), or just in a more lush remind-me-of-home area I think the answer would be different. Only so much inspiration can be drawn from volcanic rock and dead trees.
Courtney Wendleton
I have a few projects that I am currently working on. First being "The Price of War," a WWII historical fiction piece. Then there is the third installment in the Legend Series, a book about werewolves and lastly a crime/thriller type that has not name at the moment.
Courtney Wendleton
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 or Need for Speed Most Wanted. Something about those two games helps break through the block. Sometimes it may take an hour, sometimes a couple of hours but it works every time.
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