"I had this plot circling in my brain for a decade. I had spoken to three literary agents about it and never received any encouragement to write the book. In fact, they all told me to write something that would sell and that book wasn't it."
"I've been interested in psychic detectives for quite a while and this idea was swimming in my head for about 10 years before I finally decided to write the book. The book. It started off as one book, but halfway through, I decided it could be two books. Then three books. Finally, it has bloomed into six complete novels of which I'm very proud!"
"The hardest parts of writing for me are developing a good plot and believable and sustainable conflicts! That's what I'm doing now for the next novel I have planned for the series. The thinking and casting aside and thinking and crossing out and thinking! Aaagggrh!"
When I'm dreaming up a novel -- especially an historical one -- the place where my characters will live and interact is almost a character within itself. I have used real places and places I've invented. Either way, research and attention to detail is involved.
Her heroes are misunderstood and flawed.
Her heroines are sassy, independent thinkers but with some insecurities.
"They're a lot like me, except a lot prettier, and they don't have as sharp a tongue as I do," said Deborah Camp, Debby to her friends, a successful Tulsa writer with more than 35 novels to her credit.
"I do most of my fiction writing in the evenings and on weekends. I keep a notebook nearby to jot down character names, descriptions, ideas for upcoming scenes, dialogue, etc. Normally, I set a 10 page goal for myself every day I write on my novel. I don't stop until I reach the goal."
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