Ask the Author: Cathi Shaw
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Cathi Shaw
Oh, that's easy. I'd go to Middle Earth and help Frodo get to Mordor and then hang out with the elves. :)
Cathi Shaw
Oh, wow! This is a really tough question. There are so many fantastic fictional couples from Emma and Mr. Knightley to Katniss and Peeta. How do you choose your favourite?
A better question is what makes the perfect fictional couple for me? I think there obviously has to be a serious attraction but also an underlying fondness for one another. They have to have the capacity to be friends. At the same time, they can't just be best buds with no tension. There has to be some serious conflict and locking of horns for me to really engage in a couple. When everything is perfect and they are both happy ... that's when the story ends for me. :)
A better question is what makes the perfect fictional couple for me? I think there obviously has to be a serious attraction but also an underlying fondness for one another. They have to have the capacity to be friends. At the same time, they can't just be best buds with no tension. There has to be some serious conflict and locking of horns for me to really engage in a couple. When everything is perfect and they are both happy ... that's when the story ends for me. :)
Cathi Shaw
Read books and try to write something (anything! Even if it's just a grocery list).
Cathi Shaw
Being able to live in my imagination.
Cathi Shaw
Write every day!
Cathi Shaw
I'm working on a three projects right now: a true mountain climbing story, a dystopian YA novel and a historical YA novel.
Cathi Shaw
By talking to my readers and young people in my life!
Cathi Shaw
My most recent book is Finding Refuge, which is the sequel to Five Corners in the Marked Ones series, so I would have to say I got the idea for the book from feedback from my readers and from the spark that started Book 1.
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