scatterbee
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If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?ExperimentalAre your reading habits ...?OmnivorousWho is your favourite author(s)?Tamora Pierce, Malorie BlackmanAnd your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) Noughts & Crosses Trilogy Tricksters Choice/Queen Jane Eyre Harry Potter Blink (Malcolm Gladwell) Just AnnoyingWhat are your working habits when you write?ProcastinatoryAre you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?Prefer to let rip and edit afterwardsYour ultimate writing ambition?I would like to be a journalist and a published author, and eventually be able to pass on my experience as a writer to help other people achieve their ambitions!Your worst habit?Procrastination. I really wish it wasn't. Really really really. And also, starting something and then never finishing it/ losing the belief that I'm capable of doing it.Your opinion on the books industry?It is a tough game, but everyone does their bestWhere do you write?Anywhere inspiration strikes! Though if I set out to write, it'll be in my bedroom or the family study/ lounge.What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?I used to have a big orange cat called Jaffa (RIP), have never been paragliding but would love to try it, if you say the word fish again I might chuck, have never tried writing in the bath (though considered the shower!), and where on Earth is Kettering?
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Reading was my first love, music came shortly after. Film and TV used to disagree with me as I thought they detracted attention away from books, but now I can really appreciate just how much effort goes into writing screenplays and for the stage, and I love to watch something well written (as long as the acting does it justice)! All the time that I'm reading or watching TV/ films, I'm just trying to soak in everything that went into the writing of it and wondering how I can use all these storylines that get me passionate or emotional or angry and turn those feelings into a great piece of work that can stir someone else! For someone who works with words, it's surprisingly humbling when something takes my breath away :)
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by Ally 3 years agohi :D
yeah, i heard about the fourth book... isn't it called 'Double Cross' or something? i haven't read it yet, don't worry - i haven't even finished knife edge!! :D
can't wait to read the whole trilogy (plus the new one...) :)
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by CyprusRachael 3 years agoI'm stuck for now. Creativity has evaporated... But luckily some wonderful suggestions have come my way from others currently inhabiting the Cloud, so I am feeling more optimistic and inspired! -
by CyprusRachael 3 years agoThanks for your comments, and for pointing out the annoying/confusing bits in my story. I'll attend to them :)
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by Ally 3 years agoscratch that, u hav read noughts and crosses! incredible, isn't it? xD i'm just reading knife edge now. :)
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by Ally 3 years agohiya :D
recently i've been focusing on just tidying up all the messy bits in my book, but soon i'll be aiming all of my attention at self-publishing. i'm really excited about it! :D
you like malorie blackman! oh wow, she's my favourite author. have you read 'noughts and crosses'? i have never cried at any book before, but that one made me cry BUCKETS.
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by barafundle 3 years agohullo! I couldn't really say how it is experimental - perhaps it isn't. But that is what I like reading, and I think it must rub off in some way.
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by EJ 3 years agoDefinately! :) I have actually written another novel, a horror, and I have a weird sci-fi in mind but I'm going to wait till after my exams and events before I really start concentrating on them. Yeah it is hard work and a little nerve raking but great fun and you feel really good about having done it! You've got a lot to look forward to! At one of the events I'm telling people about the book and reading an extract, then signing copies, at another I'm hosting a Q&A session for a teen book club and at another I'm doing a straight signing so it's a mix and match really. For the benifit of anyone who decides to turn up! I can imagine it being a real disaster with no one except my friends turning up but I can hope for better! With the literary festival, the organisers contacted the local waterstones and asked them if they knew any local children's authors so they passed my details on! :D Yeah Amazon stock my book!! Halleluiah! Thanks! :D Yeah it does get to me a little, but I don't mind so much, at least they're listening! DEATH TO WORD LIMITS!!! -
by Lizzy 3 years agoScatterbee it's nice to see young writers. I wish I had done something earlier. A writing course is a very good idea. I have a sone a year older than you. He is studying to be a luthier (maker of stringed instruments!). He is following his heart. Wish I'd followed mine! Never too late though.
Go for it!
