Bruce McCombs
Bruce McCombs asked Alyssa Richards:

I wonder if distracting ourselves when we get stuck for the next scene in the manuscript might relieve the mental block?

Alyssa Richards I don't know that I believe in mental blocks. I believe in the enigma of the creative process. I think ideas come through when we're ready to receive them. And do right by them. So, maybe a distraction helps us to receive the ideas, the next piece of the puzzle. Creativity seems to be dynamic, organic, alive. If we stare too hard at it, we choke it. A walk through the forest, skipping rocks in the stream, reading a classic. Those could be considered distractions, I guess. I tend to think those are necessary activities that draw us further into the creative process.
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Frank Settineri
Frank Settineri asked Alyssa Richards:

I read Gone With the Wind as a school assignment when I was 16; it is still one of the most memorial books I ever read. Have you read it recently or was it a number of years ago?

Frank Settineri
Frank Settineri asked Alyssa Richards:

Maybe gumption was the overriding appeal of the book? I never thought of that. Great insight you have. Thanks

Amy
Amy asked Alyssa Richards:

Do you have any social media sites for your stuff? An author page on Facebook or anything?

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