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K.S. Nikakis

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Born
in London, The United Kingdom
July 10, 1955

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J.R.R. Tolkien; Robert MacFarlane
Ursula Le Guin
Mary Stewart

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Karen Simpson Nikakis grew up in a small country town in NE Victoria, Australia where she rode horses through beautiful alpine scenery. This continues to influence her fiction, nonfiction and poetry works.

She pursued a career in Education including Secondary Colleges, AMECs, TAFE and Universities (Australian and International) and was Assoc Prof and Foundation Head of Melbourne Polytechnic's innovative Bachelor of Writing and Publishing. She holds a B.Ed, M.Ed(Hons) in fantasy, and a Ph.D in Campbell's hero myth, as well as three Diplomas in the areas of Writing and Communications.

She is the author of over 17 fiction, nonfiction and poetry works. Her fantasy novel I Heard the Wolf Call My Name and short story Glass-Heart were both short-li
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K.S. Nikakis I am biased towards my own works, so at present it is Etaine and Cormac in The Emerald Serpent. Their love affair goes amiss, with tragic consequences…moreI am biased towards my own works, so at present it is Etaine and Cormac in The Emerald Serpent. Their love affair goes amiss, with tragic consequences, through neither of their faults. In the end, both make the necessary sacrifices to right the situation, and save their people.(less)
K.S. Nikakis Thanks for the question. Writer's block just means you are sitting staring at the screen or sitting staring at the screen and swearing! I see writing …moreThanks for the question. Writer's block just means you are sitting staring at the screen or sitting staring at the screen and swearing! I see writing as a continuous problem solving exercise. Why did the character do x,y or z? If x was to happen, what would the character do? Why would the character do it? To come up with solutions to the sorts of empty spaces in your writer's brain, you have to think about what you know about the characters and the setting and what's happened so far. If you really are at a loss, just make your character do something. It doesn't matter what; if it all goes pear-shaped you can hit the delete key (the writer's best friend). Often the story will go off in surprising directions.

I think also writer's block can be tiredness or staleness. I gaze out the window a lot. Don't be in a rush or feel pressured. Pick up your favourite book or mag and have a read. Or, jump to a scene you have been dying to write and write it first. You can write your story in any order you like. I hope this helps you because it helps me.(less)
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