Welcome, Linda Joy. Thank you for taking the time to let me interview you.
What inspired you to be a writer?
LJS. As soon as I started reading on my own, I started writing. No one told me to do it. Words and stories just sprang out of me and onto paper. As young as eight, I wrote because I loved stories. I submitted short stories in my teens, gaining experience with rejections. And when I was thirty, I sold my first juvenile novel. Since then I'm sold over thirty books.
AF. Can you tell us about your latest book release?
LJS - The 4th title in THE SEER series, SWORD PLAY, came out in 2006. I took fencing lessons for research and watched a joust that resulted in a serious injury to one rider. The book opens with a ghost and ends with a battle of swords. In August 07 the 5th title in THE SEER series, FATAL CHARM, was published by Flux. In Fall of 2008 my first midgrade hardback, INTO THE MIRROR (about a foster girl searching for secrets of her past) will come out. Also the first book in Flux's DEAD GIRL series, DEAD GIRL WALKING.
AF - What prompted you to write your books?
LJS Are they based on true life or are they completely fiction? My books are all fiction. I love to write about magical, strange and mysterious things that fascinate me. I've written about clones, psychics, ghosts, aliens, mermaids and cheerleaders. Whenever I've writing about a topic excites me. I do most research online but love to go places and meet people who help make even the most fantastical plot seem real. There are little bits of people I know, emotions I've felt and places I've been in every book I write.
AF. Would you take us through your typical writing day?
LJS - You're gonna hate me (g)…but when it's cold I don't even get up in the morning. I put my laptop on my bed, prop myself upright, check my email then bring up my latest manuscript. I spend a few hours rewriting what I've already written, then if I'm a good girl, I add new pages. Sometimes I edit over and over without adding any new pages, but the rewriting makes it so much better. So I write slower than I used to but I like to think the work shines a little brighter for the extra work.
AF Do you think about your readers when you write a book?
LJS - No. I become my character and feel her story. We're experiencing the plot together.
AF - What sort of things do you do when you're not writing?
LJS -Watch reality TV shows. Take walks. Go to the movies. I bowl (badly) on a league with my hubby. In the summer we boat & camp. I also spend a lot of time surfing the web. Oh, and lots of reading. Books rock.
AF - What are some of your favorite things?
LJS - My family, cats, my dog Lacey, the color pink, my series book collection, trees, lakes, the ocean and sunshine.
AF- Many writers speak about writer's block. Do you ever have that, and if so what are some things you do to get over it?
LJS - I don't get writer's block. I get writer's procrastination and disappointment, but I never run out of ideas. There are too many books to write and not enough years to write them all.
AF- If you could say one thing to a new writer what would it be?
LJS - Read. Yup, you've heard that before, but reading is the key to learning the flow and music of words. Read all kinds of books and soak in a multitude of voices. Then read some more.
AF- If you could say one thing to the children reading your books what would that be?
LJS - I hope you love my books.
AF - When it comes to writing what's next for you?
LJS - I now have an agent and she's shopping around a trilogy about a girl who feels like an alien in high school for good reason. It turned out soooo good. I love my ugly-girl character and am had a ball writing all the weird things that happen to her. I am being sooo mean to her, but nice, too, because she's going to find love and magic in the end.
AF- Are you available for signings, school visits and writing workshops?
LJS - Yup. That was me you saw on the side of the road with the sign: Will Give Talks For Honorarium. http://www.lindajoysingleton.com/
What inspired you to be a writer?
LJS. As soon as I started reading on my own, I started writing. No one told me to do it. Words and stories just sprang out of me and onto paper. As young as eight, I wrote because I loved stories. I submitted short stories in my teens, gaining experience with rejections. And when I was thirty, I sold my first juvenile novel. Since then I'm sold over thirty books.
AF. Can you tell us about your latest book release?
LJS - The 4th title in THE SEER series, SWORD PLAY, came out in 2006. I took fencing lessons for research and watched a joust that resulted in a serious injury to one rider. The book opens with a ghost and ends with a battle of swords. In August 07 the 5th title in THE SEER series, FATAL CHARM, was published by Flux. In Fall of 2008 my first midgrade hardback, INTO THE MIRROR (about a foster girl searching for secrets of her past) will come out. Also the first book in Flux's DEAD GIRL series, DEAD GIRL WALKING.
AF - What prompted you to write your books?
LJS Are they based on true life or are they completely fiction? My books are all fiction. I love to write about magical, strange and mysterious things that fascinate me. I've written about clones, psychics, ghosts, aliens, mermaids and cheerleaders. Whenever I've writing about a topic excites me. I do most research online but love to go places and meet people who help make even the most fantastical plot seem real. There are little bits of people I know, emotions I've felt and places I've been in every book I write.
AF. Would you take us through your typical writing day?
LJS - You're gonna hate me (g)…but when it's cold I don't even get up in the morning. I put my laptop on my bed, prop myself upright, check my email then bring up my latest manuscript. I spend a few hours rewriting what I've already written, then if I'm a good girl, I add new pages. Sometimes I edit over and over without adding any new pages, but the rewriting makes it so much better. So I write slower than I used to but I like to think the work shines a little brighter for the extra work.
AF Do you think about your readers when you write a book?
LJS - No. I become my character and feel her story. We're experiencing the plot together.
AF - What sort of things do you do when you're not writing?
LJS -Watch reality TV shows. Take walks. Go to the movies. I bowl (badly) on a league with my hubby. In the summer we boat & camp. I also spend a lot of time surfing the web. Oh, and lots of reading. Books rock.
AF - What are some of your favorite things?
LJS - My family, cats, my dog Lacey, the color pink, my series book collection, trees, lakes, the ocean and sunshine.
AF- Many writers speak about writer's block. Do you ever have that, and if so what are some things you do to get over it?
LJS - I don't get writer's block. I get writer's procrastination and disappointment, but I never run out of ideas. There are too many books to write and not enough years to write them all.
AF- If you could say one thing to a new writer what would it be?
LJS - Read. Yup, you've heard that before, but reading is the key to learning the flow and music of words. Read all kinds of books and soak in a multitude of voices. Then read some more.
AF- If you could say one thing to the children reading your books what would that be?
LJS - I hope you love my books.
AF - When it comes to writing what's next for you?
LJS - I now have an agent and she's shopping around a trilogy about a girl who feels like an alien in high school for good reason. It turned out soooo good. I love my ugly-girl character and am had a ball writing all the weird things that happen to her. I am being sooo mean to her, but nice, too, because she's going to find love and magic in the end.
AF- Are you available for signings, school visits and writing workshops?
LJS - Yup. That was me you saw on the side of the road with the sign: Will Give Talks For Honorarium. http://www.lindajoysingleton.com/
1 comment:
Thanks! Great interview....
cheers!
amy
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