Ask the Author: T.J. Loveless
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T.J. Loveless
I'm so glad you liked Fractured Steel and Twisted Iron!
Shattered Gold will be out this summer, although I don't have a concrete date just yet.
Shattered Gold will be out this summer, although I don't have a concrete date just yet.
T.J. Loveless
Twisted Iron was inspired by a little family history, and my own battle with PTSD. After I wrote Fractured Steel, Aiden bugged me ... he had his own story to tell. I was talking to a cousin about our roots in Montana, and learned that my own great great grandfather was in a water rights war over by Wolf's Point. It was interesting. It grew from there.
T.J. Loveless
It depends on my mood. Sometimes a song, watching mustangs in the wild, shoot even a bar of chocolate can inspire me. Mostly, it's the people I see, and the constant question, "What if ..."
T.J. Loveless
At the moment, I'm working on Unlucky Number Four, book three of the Fortune Cookie Diaries, a humorous novella series. Next is book two of the Reign of the Braiders series, Dark Storms. Followed closely by Shattered Gold, book three of the Imperfect Metal series. And finally, starting the Maidens series - nine books about women who have the ability to control the elements ...
T.J. Loveless
Don't give up. It's tough. Frustrating. Harsh. Writing is also a triumph, filled with laughs, a great community, a wonderful outlet of creativity.
Keep learning. And remember - all writers started in the same place. Nobody wrote the perfect book straight out of the gate. Nobody writes like you do - you contribute something unique to the world.
And that alone is worth the hard work.
Keep learning. And remember - all writers started in the same place. Nobody wrote the perfect book straight out of the gate. Nobody writes like you do - you contribute something unique to the world.
And that alone is worth the hard work.
T.J. Loveless
Watching the stories in my head appear on paper. I often see them as movies, and the challenge of getting it on a document is a kind of high. I also love when someone has read my book, and comes to me with the words, "I'll never look at the world the same." It means they understood what I was trying to convey.
T.J. Loveless
Usually with a lot of coffee, cleaning, and possibly a few words I can't repeat. Honestly, it depends. Often I find I have writer's block simply because I did something wrong in the MS itself. I go to people who know my writing, and let them see. They can usually spot where I went in the wrong direction. Other times, it's because I had a splurge of writing, and need to recharge.
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