How did you conceive the idea for your latest novel? My work in metaphysics brings some really bizarre emails to my inbox. In recent years I’ve received several threatening emails, allegedly from various secret societies/Satanic cults, that promise everything from curses to bodily harm. So naturally, when I received the most recent one last summer,…
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Meet the IWOTY Finalist: Corinne O’Flynn
For all that is good and holy in the world, what possessed you to become an author? As if any of us have a choice… How did you conceive the idea for your latest novel? My paranormal mystery novel GHOSTS OF WITCHES PAST was inspired by a mansion that I stumbled upon while taking a…
Meet the WOTY Finalist: Gwen Florio
For all that is good and holy in the world, what possessed you to become an author? Because I can’t afford really good drugs, so I thought I’d destroy my sanity this way instead? That’s the only reason that makes even a shred of sense. Are you a plotter or a pantser? Pantser! Pantser! Pantser!…
Meet the IWOTY Finalist: Sue Duff
Are you a plotter or a pantser? I am a pantser! When I first sat in front of the computer to write, I never dreamt I had a novel in me. But I heard and visualized the story in my head like a movie playing. Luckily, I type fast (thank you Ms. Irwin, my high…
Solving the Conflict Puzzle
I recently started a new novel. I’ve only been working on it for a few weeks, but it’s already given me an epiphany. I looked at my last book as a collection of elements, all independent from one another. I spent the first round of revision working out plot kinks, the next developing character, the…