Conversations with the Author, part 2 (TBS)
An Interview with Debbie Viguié
In this four part series we will be talking with author Debbie Viguié about her life as a professional writer.
(Continued from last Monday)
Elisa: What’s your favorite thing about being a professional author?
Debbie: Actually, I have two favorite things. I like walking into a book store and seeing my new book on the shelf. I also love getting positive feedback from fans. Fan mail and positive interactions in person are just great.
Elisa: Okay, what is your least favorite thing about being a professional author?
Debbie: I hate the isolation. You end up spending too much time by yourself. You pretty much end up going to the grocery store just to get human contact. It’s not like you can go have lunch with a co-worker. My agent and editors are a couple of time-zones away from me.
Elisa: Where do you get your ideas and how do you flesh them out?
Debbie: I get my ideas from anything and everything. I replay real events in my head and I ask myself what would have happened if I had done *that* instead. Sometimes I just think that something is cool. Like with “Scarlet Moon.†I thought, wouldn’t it be cool to re-write Little Red Riding Hood. I like wolves and werewolves. Why not make the wolf a werewolf? Sometimes a song lyric will inspire a thought or I will just think of a great first line.
Fleshing the ideas out could be simple if the thought is complete enough, or difficult if all I get is the first line. Usually I start with an opener and a closer, and filling in the middle is the hard part.
…Part 3 to follow next week….