I first found Cassie on that other site when she was writing the NTS series. I was hooked on that from the first line. I don't think I realized it wasn't a typical mainstream story, but I was too invested in it to back out! And I'm glad I didn't back out! It's a fantastic series and if there's anyone out there that hasn't read it, I highly recommend it. =)

I remember that time Cassie had the problem with the "impersonator". I was sort of new here at the time but I remember. It's horrible that people will stoop so low as to steal an author's hard work. Cassie spent so much time and energy on her story and when I was reading it I knew I read it on the other site first, buy the real author. Glad that's water under the bridge now.

Cassie's a great author and I'm really enjoying her new "Geeks" story.

This was a great series of Q & A. Nice work, Myiege and Cassie. In case I'm not around during the live portion of our interview, I leave the following:

Save Tonight was a FANTASTIC short that would be nominated for Best Anthology (and probably win) if it wasn't a Premium content piece. I know the prompt that began it was "Wishing Well." Beyond that prompt, what was the train of thoughts/ideas that made you write such a powerful and touching piece of fiction?

Great interview, Cassie and Myiege! I'm a big fan of angst and drama too, but sometimes it's nice to write something light and sweet. Variety is the spice of life. And I feel for you and your VC Andrews phase. I never did... but that's only because my sister used to have me read it to her and I was disgusted by HER phase, lol!

 

So a quick question... what is writing to you? Is this just a side hobby? Do you have any hopes of publishing something one day?

Thank you Cia.  Writing is more than just a hobby…maybe an obsession would be the right word?  LOL.  No, seriously, I write because I enjoy it and it's fun.  I have thought about publishing, but it's not something I'm interested in right now.  I have a job, and writing is what I do for fun.  I worry if I published something for profit, it would start to feel more like a "job" and less like "fun".  So I try very hard to keep them separate.

This was a great series of Q & A. Nice work, Myiege and Cassie. In case I'm not around during the live portion of our interview, I leave the following:

 

Save Tonight was a FANTASTIC short that would be nominated for Best Anthology (and probably win) if it wasn't a Premium content piece. I know the prompt that began it was "Wishing Well." Beyond that prompt, what was the train of thoughts/ideas that made you write such a powerful and touching piece of fiction?

Thanks Mann, Myiege came up with some great questions.  I'm glad you liked Save Tonight.  A lot of the plot came from losing a friend of mine back in December.  I miss him very much and when I was thinking of a wishing well, I knew one of my wishes would be to have a chance to see him again.  So I drew a lot on those two things, how much you could miss someone and wanting to just have more time with them when I was writing Save Tonight.   

I first found Cassie on that other site when she was writing the NTS series. I was hooked on that from the first line. I don't think I realized it wasn't a typical mainstream story, but I was too invested in it to back out! And I'm glad I didn't back out! It's a fantastic series and if there's anyone out there that hasn't read it, I highly recommend it. =)

 

I remember that time Cassie had the problem with the "impersonator". I was sort of new here at the time but I remember. It's horrible that people will stoop so low as to steal an author's hard work. Cassie spent so much time and energy on her story and when I was reading it I knew I read it on the other site first, buy the real author. Glad that's water under the bridge now.

 

Cassie's a great author and I'm really enjoying her new "Geeks" story.

Thanks Lisa.  I remember you    Glad you gave NTS a chance!  

Thanks for the mention!  I know many authors that there's that one story that there's something that bothers them about it, mine is Puppy Love and Eternity.  Do you have such a story and if so, what is it and what would you change?

Thanks for the mention!  I know many authors that there's that one story that there's something that bothers them about it, mine is Puppy Love and Eternity.  Do you have such a story and if so, what is it and what would you change?

I am pretty happy with most of the stories that I post, but if there was one that I would have to change, it would probably be the NTS trilogy.  It is one of my longest works and one of my earlier ones and while I really like it, I think it wanders a bit at times and could be a little more focused.  If I ever did decide to revise it (and I have thought about it) it would take a long time so I'm saving that as a long term project.  

If you don't mind me asking, what is something that most people might be surprised to know about you?

Having had the honour of seeing "Save Tonight" develop from first draft to final, among other stories on site, I can say that Cassie, you rightfully deserve your position as Hosted. I look forward to one day getting back to working with you I really really loved Save Tonight, it made me cry

If you don't mind me asking, what is something that most people might be surprised to know about you?

Hmm…that's a good one.  I'm not very mysterious    I guess maybe that I'm very shy in real life, at least until I get to know people.  I'm not as bad as I used to, but I used to be so shy I would get in trouble at school for being too shy to answer questions when the teacher called on me.  It's why I enjoyed reading and writing so much, they didn't require a lot of social interaction.  

Having had the honour of seeing "Save Tonight" develop from first draft to final, among other stories on site, I can say that Cassie, you rightfully deserve your position as Hosted. I look forward to one day getting back to working with you I really really loved Save Tonight, it made me cry

Thanks JC.  Your help with Save Tonight was invaluable  

When you're not crafting stories or working, what else do you like to do to amuse yourself?

Also, if you were a tree, what tree would you be

I'm glad Mann mentioned 'Save Tonight' and reminded me of the story, thanks for that by the way.

I remember reading the story shortly after signing up for GA. I hadn't found my voice here yet and I was still stumbling around, afraid to write a review. It seems a long time ago and now I can say to you that I think it ranks with some of the best short stories I've had the pleasure of reading. It was awfully sad, awfully heartbreaking and awfully wonderful!

It may be too many adverbs in a row for editors but I mean every one.

When you're not crafting stories or working, what else do you like to do to amuse yourself?

I like NFL football, and I like to hike and read obviously.  I'm trying to learn Spanish and I like to spend time with my family, who lives nearby.  Oh, and nap.  I definitely like to nap    

Also, if you were a tree, what tree would you be

Um….palm tree?

I'm glad Mann mentioned 'Save Tonight' and reminded me of the story, thanks for that by the way.

 

I remember reading the story shortly after signing up for GA. I hadn't found my voice here yet and I was still stumbling around, afraid to write a review. It seems a long time ago and now I can say to you that I think it ranks with some of the best short stories I've had the pleasure of reading. It was awfully sad, awfully heartbreaking and awfully wonderful!

 

It may be too many adverbs in a row for editors but I mean every one.

Thank you Ron.  I'm glad to hear that you like it, sad, heartbreaking and all the adverbs included    

Revision or rewriting.  I have ADD and when I am going back through something I wrote to find mistakes or figure out what is wrong with a certain scene or just edit in general it's really hard for me to focus and concentrate.  I depend a lot on my beta reader and editors to help me out during the revision process and they are worth the world to me.  

Man, I gotta sign up for Premium just so I can read "Save Tonight". It sounds like a great story!