Ask the Author: Amara E. Starling
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Amara E. Starling
Inspiration, for me, usually comes through music. I have a few things I listen to that immediately inspire me. The most noteworthy is probably Saltillo, an amazing violinist/musician that I became enamored with seven or so years ago. His song A Necessary End was a huge inspiration for Dominick, and Giving In is likely my favorite above all of his other works, reminding me entirely of the main character, Symphony.
Other notable inspirations are past experiences, people who have walked my path with me, even if for a short time, nature, dreams, and my daughter, who is part of the inspiration for a character in the second book.
Other notable inspirations are past experiences, people who have walked my path with me, even if for a short time, nature, dreams, and my daughter, who is part of the inspiration for a character in the second book.
Amara E. Starling
Coffee, ice cream, and a good movie. Haha. I've learned that, for me, most writer's block is just depression of some sort or another. Once I get over the hump of whatever is bothering me, I can usually return to writing.
Amara E. Starling
The Hands of Time series came to me at first as a dream. It was something I don't readily remember, but it was enough to start me on the path toward my career as an author. From there, I would hear songs that gave me little bursts of inspiration, or I would be sitting outside and feel the wind on my face, smell a particular scent... They all came together to inspire the beginning of my novel.
Amara E. Starling
I am currently working on the Hands of Time series.
Amara E. Starling
Never stop. Chances are you'll get knocked down more often than you're going to get a hand up. But if you focus, and writing is what you really want, there's a way to get there and it involves a whole lot of blood, sweat, tears, and perseverance. You can do it, you just have to have faith in yourself and a decent support group.
Amara E. Starling
The best thing, in my opinion, about being a writer, is that I am able to explore the deepest parts of myself--the areas that, as humans, we don't often explore or analyze--and relay them back in such a way that my readers can feel them too. When I write about death, loss, sadness, joy, gratitude, love, faith--I am channeling those parts of myself that I've known quite intimately and applying them accordingly. I've had a lot of struggles in my life, and you can see them clearly in my writing, but they become something tangibly beautiful. I've taken the flightless caterpillar and given it wings, embracing the metamorphosis of the butterfly.
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