Ask the Author: Valery G. Olsen
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Valery G. Olsen
Inspiration never strikes us at the right time, so I recommend carrying some sort of notebook everywhere!
Valery G. Olsen
The best thing about being a writer is getting to express yourself through your imagination. It's like painting a picture with words and thoughts, then blurring the edges to make the important stuff stand out to the reader.
Valery G. Olsen
I take a break, read something that relaxes my mind, or go through my bazillion notes in my notebook specifically filled with ideas and thoughts about my book.
Or I research things that have been bothering me for the genetics or worlds in my stories. The funny thing is that the best ideas usually come to me when I am listening to the Tron: Legacy soundtrack or when I am in the shower. Yup! The shower. I don't know why, but for some reason my mind seems to open up while the warm spray of water hits my head, maybe it's loosening up my brain like it does with my muscles, because let's face it, the brain is a muscle and we have to use it.
Or I research things that have been bothering me for the genetics or worlds in my stories. The funny thing is that the best ideas usually come to me when I am listening to the Tron: Legacy soundtrack or when I am in the shower. Yup! The shower. I don't know why, but for some reason my mind seems to open up while the warm spray of water hits my head, maybe it's loosening up my brain like it does with my muscles, because let's face it, the brain is a muscle and we have to use it.
Valery G. Olsen
I just finished the first draft for Perigee, but I am also working on a few new books that will start separate series.
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