Ask the Author: Dianne Astle
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Dianne Astle
Thank you for asking. Moses and the Dragonborn is my third book and I am hoping to release it by the end of summer. The theme is let my people go.. In the meantime I have a short story coming out in an anthology by the Fellowship of Fantasy group. Charla Visits Earth will be part of a book entitled Hall of Heroes.
Dianne Astle
My father hinted that I had an older half brother or sister before he died.
Dianne Astle
I have just learned that the best way to deal with writer's block is to put your WIP aside and write a short story.
Dianne Astle
Hello Sharon, I am not very organized or good at keeping to a schedule. I am working sporadically on the sequel to Ben the Dragonborn, but hope to have it finished by the end of June.
Dianne Astle
I am working on the sequel for Ben the Dragonborn. Ben will go to his mother's home world.
Dianne Astle
I spent a week at a retreat center with someone teaching a course on writing fiction. The only reason I took the course was that it seemed a whole lot easier than the other things they were offering that week. How wrong I was. Writing is hard work. Good writing is even harder. On my way home the idea for Ben the Dragonborn came to me and left me inspired to so something I never thought I would do: write.
Dianne Astle
My path to writing was not a typical one. I was not someone who always wanted to be a writer. I was happy doing other things with my life. I was not a writer looking for a story, but a person who had a story come and take up residence in their heart and mind. Before long the characters were demanding that I write them into being. And that was all right, because when I thought of them a smile would start in my heart and travel up to my face.
Dianne Astle
Put the time needed into editing your book. After you think it is perfect hire an editor. I wish I had done this for Ben the Dragonborn. I hired an editor after it was released. My second bit of advice is find a group of authors that you can join. Other authors are happy to share their experience with you.
Dianne Astle
The best thing about being a writer is having folks tell you that they liked your book. It really thrilled me when I heard of a family reading it on their way to grandma's house. Mom, dad, teenage girl and middle grade boy all enjoyed the story. I was also thrilled to hear that a school has a copy in the library and that the teens are telling one another that it is a worth while book to read.
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