Writing Elements

1) How do you remember your first kiss?

     Not the way I'd write it in a book, that's for dang sure. No, it wasn't that bad. It just wasn't that good either. Sorta wet. Definitely awkward. And due to his braces, it ended with a small scratch on the corner of my mouth. (I’m still not sure how we managed that.)

2) What was your first favorite love song?

     Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, by STARSHIP! Because it plays at the end of Mannequin, starring Andrew McCarthy who I had a MAJOR thing for despite being five years old when it came out. Twelve year old me was convinced we were made for each other.

3) What’s the first thing you do when you begin writing for the day?

     Cry.

     Kidding, I grab a cup of coffee -- one that I will inevitable forget about and end up reheating 100 times before I finish it.


4) Who’s the first writer who truly inspired you to become a writer?

     And here’s were I lose all credibility as a reader.

     *sigh* I don’t think I can credit my dream of becoming a writer to just one author. I spent my entire childhood with my nose in a book, but I wasn’t obsessed with one writer, I was obsessed with the stories they told and the worlds they created. I wish I could point to one person and be like, “There he/she is. The man/women who inspired me to give up sleep and personal hygiene and become a writer.” But alas, I have to blame them as a whole and not individually.

5) Did the final revision of your first book have the same first chapter it started with?

     Yes and no. Sphere still has the same first chapter it started with, but I removed the prologue that used to come before it...because prologues are evil and I hate them. *Sobs* No I don’t. *Hugs old prologue close and strokes it lovingly* “I’ll never let anyone hurt you again.”

6) For your first book, which came first: major characters, plot or setting?

     Hmmm. That's hard to say, because this book started as a writing prompt. I was editing another WIP that was making me insane so I decided to write something completely opposite what I was working on -- just for fun. It ended up being a whole novel :)

7) What’s the first word you want to roll off the tip of someone’s tongue when they think of your writing?

      Tantalizing.
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