As I mentioned, I sit on my couch, and write with page and pen. Once I'm through the story I'll go to the computer and type up the first draft, then work on it again.
How do you see the future of book publishing, both traditional, electronic, and print on Moncler Uomo demand?
I read a week ago that children's market is heading toward e-books. It's easy to get a book anytime for e-readers. You don't have to leave the house with a sick child for a new book to read to them and when the family is on vacation or traveling with a restless child or two, downloading an e-book is done in seconds.
My opinion is that self-publishing including e-books, Print-On-Demand and print run books itself, will at some point over take traditional publishing or traditional publishing, as we have known it.
I believe that in 2009, self-publishing out published the big houses by a large margin for the first time.
What is your creative process like? What happens before sitting down to write?
Before I sit down to write when I'm creating a story, my mind begins racing. I write by hand, paper and pen because I can't type fast enough to get all my thoughts in.
Editing gets to be difficult because I keep writing notes that end up in every available space, in the margins and between the typed lines, you name it. This all makes it hard to edit and near impossible to read my own writing. I've tried changing this hobby many times. But nothing else works while I'm creating. A pencil and eraser only make it harder still with the eraser's smudges!
What voice do you find most to your liking: first person or third person?
I like both, but prefer third person. The reason being is I need my main characters to think in my stories. I find my characters are well rounded that way and the readers understand them better.
What well-known writers Moncler Gilet do you admire most?
There are many writers to admire so this isn't easy. I read mysteries and in that field, I admire Carola Dunn, M.C. Beaton, Sandra Balzo and Jill Churchill.
Do you participate in competitions? Have you received any awards?
I haven't entered a writing competition in a very long time. When I was trying to find a publisher or agent, I felt I would rather just keep trying which was my main goal. It seemed to be the way forward for me.
What discipline do you impose on yourself regarding schedules, goals, etc.?
I just make sure I do something with my writing or artwork every day. It always turns into hours of work.
What do you surround yourself with in your work area in order to help your concentrate?
I don't seem to need anything special to concentrate on writing. I can write, painting or draw in any condition. Sometimes I need quiet but most times noise doesn't bother me.
What do you recommend I do with all those things I wrote years ago but have never been able to bring myself to show anyone?
What I think you should do if you haven't done so already, is to research and learn all there is to Moncler Outlet know about the genre or field your stories are in. Read the same types of books you have written. The same ones your story's readers are reading.
Once you understand your genre and see that what you have written is right and correct for its and sure that readers will like it, it's show time for your stories.
I thank you for taking the time to share about being an author.
You are welcome!
J.D. Holiday was a guest on Blog Talk Radio's RFK: Stories for Children with hosts VS Grenier, D.M. Cunningham and Tiffany Strelitz Haber on December 6, 2010. You can listen on demand as they chat with author J.D. Holiday about her newest book "The Great Snowball Escapade," and what it has been like doing the World of Ink Author/Book Virtual Tour. J.D. Holiday also shares writing tips, trials and tribulations of the writer's life.
VS Grenier, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of SFC, is an award-winning editor and author, who was voted one of the Top Ten Editors in the Preditors and Editors Poll in 2007 & 2008. She loves writing books, articles, and short stories for children and teens, finding that it keeps her young. Grenier is a graduate of the Institute of Children's Moncler Donna Giubbotti Literature and is a member of the League of Utah Writers, SCBWI and Musing Our Children.
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