The Friday Five, Nov 08, 2024

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1. Where do you get ideas/inspo for your writing? Generally I draw from my real world experiences and my own thoughts about/relationship to the world. Writing is intensely, deeply personal for me! I also like to look to nature, to my family and pets, and to other works of literature and art for inspiration.

2. Do you have a favorite place to write? I love writing outside in my front yard, watching the squirrels run around and the cars pass by. It's really peaceful! It's a habit I only picked up recently and I'm so glad I did.

3. What are your tricks for getting through writers block? I really like doing the stream of consciousness exercise to get my creative juices flowing. You set a timer for, say, ten minutes and write without stopping for the entire ten minutes. Just anything at all that comes to mind. I usually get two results: it's either incoherent or pretty good. I've published a few of them here and here.

4. Favorite genre to write? Do you have a different favorite genre for reading? Science fiction and horror. And science fiction-horror. Pretty much that's it.

5. What is something you really want to write but haven't gotten around to yet? Uh, most things? I'm dreaming up a short story collection featuring sapphic sci-fi stories right now...