Ask the Author: K.S. Ruff
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K.S. Ruff
If I'm struggling with writer's block, I'll walk away from that scene and work on a different scene in the book. Sometimes my brain doesn't want to be dress shopping for a wedding dress. Sometimes, my brain's just jonsing for a bar fight. So, I write the scene for the bar fight and save the dress shopping scene for another day. For this reason, my books aren't always written in chronological order. Often, the last chapter is written, long before the middle of the book.
K.S. Ruff
When I first sit down to write, it's like I'm chasing waves along the beach. I get drawn further and further into the story, until suddenly, I'm completely submerged, lost in a different world, and completely oblivious to anything else that might be going on around me. I love losing myself in the story.
K.S. Ruff
Truth really is stranger than fiction, so start with what you know!
K.S. Ruff
I am currently working on the fifth and final book in The Broken series. Kri will be traveling to Portugal and Rwanda in Broken Together. She'll also be returning to Ukraine. Stay tuned for more news. Expected release date is July 2015.
K.S. Ruff
Life, in all its glorious complexity and messiness, inspires me to write. Interestingly enough, LIFE also makes it difficult to find the time to write!
K.S. Ruff
Broken Wings was inspired by an unexpected run in with the Russian mafia when I was teaching conflict resolution courses in Crimea. Members of the Russian mafia attended a government function honoring my team's work at the Tavrida National Vernadsky University. When we attempted to decline the drinks the mafia purchased for us, our "minders" insisted we accept the alcohol and drink to every toast. We were told in no uncertain terms, "You do not decline a drink from the mafia. Ever." This raised some interesting ethical and moral dilemmas, some of which I explore in the book.
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