Ask the Author: Linda Becker
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Linda Becker
The best thing about being a writer is you get to fantasize all the time. I was always a daydreamer. I had no idea that someday I could actually make stories out of all those fantasies flying around in my brain. It's like magic--being able to make books about all the crazy things I think about!
Linda Becker
Ooooh! I'm working on a fantastic story right now! The whole thing just revealed itself to me when I was on vacation in March. It's taken me this long to get it on paper. In fact, I just brought it to the ending last night. Next step is to go back through it to weed out the junk and embellish the details. You'll hear more about this story very soon!
Linda Becker
When I'm on a roll, it comes very easily. Story ideas just start popping in my head and I can't get them down on paper fast enough. Other times, I'm completely dry. Those are the times when I like to "plant" a question in my mind and then go do something else. I let my mind relax and puzzle over the question or idea seed until it's ready to start pushing through the concrete!
Linda Becker
The idea for my most recent book came out of a dark time in my life. I was struggling with a lot of questions and uncertainty. Without giving too much away, I'll just say that I sat down one morning and started writing about a character who would end up being Julie in my book, Where There is Love. If you've read it then you understand that Julie has a lot of dark spots in her life and struggles with her understanding of love and acceptance. I kept expanding this early writing about Julie and at one point thought the whole thing was silly and almost deleted it. I decided that it would be better to hold onto it and just not look at it for a while. Before long other ideas were popping into my head that could help me create the entire story. I couldn't fight it. In fact, I became so involved with the story and the characters I almost felt obsessed. After the book was published it took me a while to get where I didn't think about them every moment of every day like they were my closest friends. The characters seem very real to me still and there are days when I miss them! Ha!
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