Ask the Author: Clare F. Price
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Clare F. Price
Join a critique group. Fellow writers are always readers and can give both audience and professional feedback. Fellow writers will hold you accountable and support you through the ups and downs of the writer’s journey. While working on Web of Betrayal I was a member of the Davis Writers Salon and this book is much better for their advice and feedback.
Clare F. Price
I’m working on the sequel to Web of Betrayal, called Search. It picks up the main character Peter Ellis 20 years later and introduces two new ones that I’m really excited about. A new main character is Lee Pritchard, a former solider, cop and now working for Peter as his top investigative reporter. The book is about Peter’s search for a purpose after experiencing great loss and another character’s search for her missing daughter. I’m at the plotting and character building stage. Just getting to know everyone again.
Clare F. Price
The creative process of developing a story, a plot and helping my characters come alive. As a new book develops I’m often swept along with the action. My characters own their world and as much as possible I let them run with it. When I start writing I really enter that world and sometimes when I’ve been writing for a long stretch it feels like “the bends” when I come up from writing and reenter the real world.
Clare F. Price
Love of story, Love of Characters, Love of Words. Love of Story: From childhood I loved making up stories, sometimes even more than reading them. From preschool I organized my family and friends into plays and story games. Love of Characters: I love creating a new character but I say I only do part of the work. I may give them a name and backstory but they often create their own story as the book goes along. Love of Words: I love the flow of words, how they sound when a sentence really works well. I love using words to paint a picture that the reader can really sink into, that fires their imagination and lets them really identify with the character’s story.
Clare F. Price
Start writing even if it is not part of the book I'm working on. Sometimes I will write a funny memory or a story or start a blog post just to get the creative juices flowing. If I am working on my book, another trick I've learned is to stop writing a scene mid sentence especially if it is compelling because then when I come back to it, it is easier to get into the rhythm of it.
Clare F. Price
Hi Melanie! Thanks for your kind words. Happy Holidays and a fabulous New Year to you as well. I am working on 2015 book plans now which will include a giveaway here on Goodreads. Stay tuned! Clare
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