Ask the Author: Megan R. Miller
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Megan R. Miller
I'm going to answer this about Torchlighters because it will be available for pre-order in a week's time, but I wanted a setting to write in that wasn't in the eternal medieval period that a lot of fantasy seems to settle into. I thought 'it would be fun to do this with the 1920's'.
I actually set it up like a tabletop first, and the character my husband was most interested in playing was a mobster, or colloquially called 'shoeshiner'.
I'm not sure what I was going to do with the setting at first, but I just was so captivated with Joey and Ophelia's world, and later their family. And to be honest Callum is just a little shit that would get into some of the shenanigans he does in the novel. He's my favorite of their kids and it shows.
I actually set it up like a tabletop first, and the character my husband was most interested in playing was a mobster, or colloquially called 'shoeshiner'.
I'm not sure what I was going to do with the setting at first, but I just was so captivated with Joey and Ophelia's world, and later their family. And to be honest Callum is just a little shit that would get into some of the shenanigans he does in the novel. He's my favorite of their kids and it shows.
Megan R. Miller
Take it one piece at a time. 60k sounds like a lot. 20k of beginning, 20k of middle and 20k of end don't sound as daunting. 30 2k chapters almost sounds like possible. Just remember, Rome wasn't built in a day.
Megan R. Miller
Being able to connect with readers about my work. These stories are always going to be swimming around in my head, but I really love being able to share them with others and hear their thoughts. I like to hear what the worlds I like to play in look like in their heads.
Megan R. Miller
Step One: I try taking a walk and see if that works. Sometimes my brain doesn't want to work when I've been sitting still for two long.
Step Two: Music.
Step Three: If there is still a block, I pretty much just have to plough through it. Sometimes you've just got to write when you aren't feeling it.
Step Two: Music.
Step Three: If there is still a block, I pretty much just have to plough through it. Sometimes you've just got to write when you aren't feeling it.
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