Ask the Author: Aria Michaels
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Aria Michaels
As it is with many of the stories I create...it came from a dream. It tortured me. like an itch I couldn't scratch, until I caved and started typing.
Aria Michaels
I just finished a prequel Novella to the Icarus Series called "Before the Sky Fell." It is currently in the BETA stage, then off to final edits, and I am hoping to publish in late January or early February. Killshot (Icarus Series, Book One) is also currently in production for the Audio book!
Aria Michaels
WRITE!
I know it sounds obvious, but of all the advice I got when I was getting started was to just sit down, put pen to paper (or fingertips to keys) and write (thank you Meredith Wild). Don’t listen to the nay-sayers, don’t feel the need to explain yourself, and don’t try to be perfect. It doesn’t all have to make sense in the beginning. In fact much if it likely won’t. Some of the best ideas were born during a “brain vomit” session where I rambled incoherently into a notebook.
Always keep your eyes open.
I get inspiration from just about anywhere, and I don’t always have the option to stop what I am doing, and write it down. Still, I am not willing to walk away from any idea that may fuel my story, so I have learned to get creative. I use the voice-to-text feature on my cell phone, spout off those crazy ideas as they come to me, then send myself a text message. It’s really fun to open up the conversation I had with myself, and the end of the day, and read through the mental mayhem!
I know it sounds obvious, but of all the advice I got when I was getting started was to just sit down, put pen to paper (or fingertips to keys) and write (thank you Meredith Wild). Don’t listen to the nay-sayers, don’t feel the need to explain yourself, and don’t try to be perfect. It doesn’t all have to make sense in the beginning. In fact much if it likely won’t. Some of the best ideas were born during a “brain vomit” session where I rambled incoherently into a notebook.
Always keep your eyes open.
I get inspiration from just about anywhere, and I don’t always have the option to stop what I am doing, and write it down. Still, I am not willing to walk away from any idea that may fuel my story, so I have learned to get creative. I use the voice-to-text feature on my cell phone, spout off those crazy ideas as they come to me, then send myself a text message. It’s really fun to open up the conversation I had with myself, and the end of the day, and read through the mental mayhem!
Aria Michaels
The power of creation is addicting, but mostly I love hearing from fans. Knowing that something you created has resonated with another human being is a feeling that cannot be described (ironically) with words.
Aria Michaels
I walk away from the project for a full twenty-four hours. I find that one of the biggest causes of WB, for me, is the pressure I put on myself to deliver. Incidentally, the withdrawls I feel from denying myself the pleasure of creating remind me of why I write in the first place, and taking off my writer's goggles helps me look at the world differently, just long enough to catch a new inspiration.
If that doesn't work, I snuggle in with Hubby and a glass of sweet red wine, for a Walking Dead marathon.
If that doesn't work, I snuggle in with Hubby and a glass of sweet red wine, for a Walking Dead marathon.
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