Ask the Author: Gabrielle Lissauer
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Gabrielle Lissauer
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Gabrielle Lissauer
Write. Write. Write. Write. Even if it sucks, write. And submit places. Submit lots of places (even if that's not quite worked out well for me yet in the fiction part) because you get rejected 100% of the places you don't submit too.
Gabrielle Lissauer
Taking long walks and thinking. Sometimes flipping to a new project that's more interesting. Going over a problem part with a friend or bending their ear about ideas, trying to get things out and in order. Lots of hashing and pounding.
Gabrielle Lissauer
Telling stories and making up fantastic things.
Gabrielle Lissauer
Ideas just pop up at me. It could be pictures or a conversation or a sign or a bit on television or a dream. Then I just end up scribbling things down and seeing if anything takes. And if it doesn't take now, it might take later.
Gabrielle Lissauer
A sort of super-hero novella (well, it's currently at novella length) about a guy with no powers changing the world and making it a better place for humans while not being a super hero, and who eventually falls in love with and marries one.
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