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Cathryn Fox I honestly don't have to wait for inspiration to hit. Once I start a story I CAN'T WAIT to get in front of my computer each morning to write. It's hard work but there is nothing I love more than bringing characters to life!
Cathryn Fox I wanted to write about a very damaged twenty year old girl who meets a boy from the opposite side of the tracks. With that premise in mind, I just started thinking, making notes, scratching notes off, and plotting until the story came to me. It's a lot of thinking, and a lot of sticky notes!
Cathryn Fox Yesterday I just started Wasted Summer, the follow up to Crashing Down. Don't forget, I have a giveaway going on for Crashing Down right now!
Cathryn Fox Read, write, practice the craft and never stop learning. Join writers groups, surround yourself with postive people and if you really, really want it, never give up. Also, find that one critique partner who you click with, one who is there to help and not hurt, one who can give you a solid critique but doesn't make you feel bad about your work.
Cathryn Fox It's hard work, really, really hard work, but what I loved most was being able to work from home, and be here when the kids got home from school. Also, there is nothing more satisfying then when a reader emails you and let you know the story touched them somehow. That is so rewarding.
Cathryn Fox I honestly walk away from the book and do something else that's creative, cook, garden, read, or anything that takes my mind off it. It's funny how that works for me. I can be doing something completely unrelated to writing, and somewhere in the back of my mind the plot/story sorts itself out.

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