Ask An Author 3.0 #39
Entry posted by astone2292 in Author Interviews
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Can anyone guess how many Swiffer dusters I needed to clean this blog? Oooo gurl, she was dusty! Even my fingers don't know what to type here. Have I lost my touch to interview our fellow authors? Surely not, but good thing I had a lovely chat with @chris191070 before this year's Anthology event started! All praise the Ask An Author piggy bank.
In case y'all forgot how Ask An Author works, I have the wonderful pleasure of interviewing an author on GA on behalf of an anonymous reader. With a few questions, we get an inside look at the author's reasoning for what they do. Anyone can send me questions for any author, but I do ask for you to keep in mind the author's activity. If they haven't been online in a hot minute, I might not get a response.
Without further procrastination, here's this month's article!
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chris191070
33 Stories / 303,663 Words
What inspired you to start writing for GA? Had you been published on any other site before?
Having been a member for so long, reviewed so many stories. I thought I would try my hand at writing. I did write when I was at boarding school, usually a form of punishment.
I chose GA because of its community and the way you can interact with your readers.
I note that at the beginning you had a co-author, how did that happen and what was the experience like?
It started with him as my editor, but he gave me so much help at the beginning, I listed him as co-author.
Where did your inspiración come from? I’m intrigued because although being from NW England many of your stories are situated in the USA, is there a reason?
My Mum was born in USA, so I had American Grandparents, a Great Aunt and I still have an Aunt and Uncle who live in the States.
So whilst I have never visited the USA, I learnt alot about the country from my family.
How would you sum up your life as part of the GA experience? What has been the best thing that has happened to you here since you joined 7 years ago?
The great stories, from the amazing authors and the community that is there to talk to.
Finally, any suggestions for those who are avid readers but who haven’t take the plunge into writing yet?
Read, Comment, Review stories and just give it a go. There is plenty of help available on GA if you need it. You'll find no one bites on here, just show courtesy if/when they criticise what you have written and take there advise.
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Thanks for the interview, Chris!
As for the rest of y'all, make sure to send me some questions for future Ask An Author articles via PM. If you can't come up with questions, you can list an author for me to send some of my own!
Until next month!
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