Ask the Author: Lisa Manifold
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Lisa Manifold
I think my fave couple is Jamie and Claire. I have loved reading them as they have aged, and have gone through both good and bad. They've experienced a great deal of loss and they don't always rally immediately, but generally, they are in good places once the initial emotion has passed. And I love their relationship map - where they've been, where they want to go, and where they end up. Can you tell I'm experiencing a little Droughtlander?
Lisa Manifold
I love the Grimm's Fairy Tales and the Tales of Hans Christian Anderson. Anderson did a much better job of giving details of the 'why' of his stories. The Grimm Brothers - not so much.
So this series is based on the story of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. When you read that tale, it's so spare. Even as a kid, I asked, Why?
Thea's Tale is the beginning of me trying to answer that.
So this series is based on the story of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. When you read that tale, it's so spare. Even as a kid, I asked, Why?
Thea's Tale is the beginning of me trying to answer that.
Lisa Manifold
I think about my WIP all the time. I do my best thinking in the shower. Anything to hang out in there for a little longer!
But I'll be thinking about it, and then get an idea I'm sure is brilliant. I have to run to my computer and try it out.
But I'll be thinking about it, and then get an idea I'm sure is brilliant. I have to run to my computer and try it out.
Lisa Manifold
I am about to release Thea's Tale, which is the first book of the Sisters of the Curse series. When I was writing Thea, I kept coming back to Catrin, and wondering why she behaved the way she did.
So now, I am working on a novella titled One Night At The Ball, which goes into detail about Catrin. It's interesting. She began as a two dimensional character, and she's become so much more. She gets a novella, because she started this whole thing, and then, she gets a novel later that is from her point of view.
After that, I am getting into Book Two.
So now, I am working on a novella titled One Night At The Ball, which goes into detail about Catrin. It's interesting. She began as a two dimensional character, and she's become so much more. She gets a novella, because she started this whole thing, and then, she gets a novel later that is from her point of view.
After that, I am getting into Book Two.
Lisa Manifold
To make yourself write regularly. For me, that was every day until it became a habit. Now, I might take some time off to tend to other things, but writing is my career. So I write every day. But until I made daily writing a habit, I had to train myself to do it.
Lisa Manifold
The ability to exercise your creativity. I find that the more I write, the more ideas I have. Because I am able to write full-time, I am able to get those ideas out of my head.
Whether they will ever make out into the light of day is something different entirely!
Whether they will ever make out into the light of day is something different entirely!
Lisa Manifold
I put on my headphones, and turn the music up loud. Then I put aside the work that is giving me grief, and work on something else. I have a WIP that I had no idea I'd be doing because it has carried me through my times of being stuck on something else.
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