Ask the Author: K. Kibbee
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K. Kibbee
I can tell you a horror story in one sentence! My mother-in-law, schlepping two weeks worth of luggage down the walkway to my house. ;)
K. Kibbee
Where have all those missing socks gone?
K. Kibbee
Well, with no restrictions noted, I'll push the boundaries and reply with Old Dan & Little Ann ("Where the Red Fern Grows"). Never before has the (fictional) world known such devotion.
K. Kibbee
I try to look at the world and see beyond the ordinary--into the space between . . . where magic happens. Normal is so endlessly boring! When I look at a bird perched on a tree, I don't see a robin. I see a mount for an adventuresome fairy. When I look at a tree, I don't see a maple or a fir. I examine the knotty bark and wonder where the nob is that, when twisted, will part to the trunk and reveal a door to another world. Always look beyond what is into what could be and you'll never feel uninspired!
K. Kibbee
Keep writing! And keep trying to get your work seen. The more you write, the more your work will mature and the more you expose it, the more likely it is that your skill will be recognized by others. I would also encourage emerging writers to seek feedback from experts in the field. You can write endlessly and unknowingly be perpetuating bad habits unless you have critical feedback.
K. Kibbee
I believe the best thing about being a writer is the sensation you get when you've created something. To look at a blank page, fill it up with words and realize you've created a person or a place or an event that didn't exist before is very empowering and fulfilling.
K. Kibbee
I'd say that I retreat into myself--into my imagination. I visualize my characters or my setting and imagine what would take place there--how my characters might interact or move . . . how they might make contact with what's around them. It's kind of like peeking in a dollhouse and imagining what the dolls might do if they came to life.
K. Kibbee
I actually just completed my fourth and final edit of : Forests of the Fae-Book 1: "Devlin's Door." I'd call it a peck of mystery, a dab of mystical and a dash of adventure!
K. Kibbee
I grew up in a small town where everyone knew everyone--this can be good but it can also be bad. For an "outsider" kid who came to a town full of established families that had their roots planted centuries ago, it was bad. I was generally rejected by my peers and shunned even more so for not fitting into the "normal kid" mold. This sent me retreating even more so into myself and when I did, I discovered a world of vast imagination. As I sat in noisy cafeterias, stuffy classrooms and chaotic assemblies, I dreamed of a place where all these "normal," beautiful kids who gathered around me in torment would actually look the part! And I imagined my insides reflecting my outsides, so much so that I became beautiful. When things were particularly bad and my suffering was at its peak, I'd dream that I could just fly away from all the bullies and the cheerleaders and their cruelty--I'd fly up through the clouds and as I did, I'd be stripped of all the things I hated about myself. That was the inspiration behind "Whole in the Clouds" and it ultimately became the story-line for the book as well.
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