What is the title of your newest book or short story? What’s it about? Where can readers find it?
My newest short story is At the Corner of the Garden Wall, which is a part of the Athena’s Daughters 2 anthology, currently up for preorder on Kickstarter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/103879051/athenas-daughters-volume-2/description
How did you choose to become a writer?
I really didn’t. I’m an actor by trade, so I spend all my time living in imaginary worlds. During a not so artistically-fulfilling production, I began to write a story. It was about a boy who was all alone, waiting for a girl to come back. Finding out who that boy was and helping him became The Tethering. The same sort of thing has happened with all my projects. I write because I want to tell a story.
What inspired your new book or story?
When I found out about the open submissions for Athena’s Daughters 2, I knew I wanted to write something from the world of The Tethering. Figuring out who to write about was a challenge. I was afraid of creating spoilers in the series, and that left me with very few choices. My favorite character in the series is Claire, a twelve-year-old witch who is sarcastic, funny, and loves all things pink. I was afraid that she wouldn’t fit in with the rest of the characters in Athena’s Daughters 2, but a good friend encouraged me to write about her anyway. I did, and At the Corner of the Garden Wall was born. All about Claire, and a pink cat.
Where can readers find you on social media? (Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Library Thing, Redd It, etc.)
On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ORussellauthor
On Twitter https://twitter.com/MeganORussell
My website and blog MeganORussell.com
On TSU https://www.tsu.co/MeganORussell
And on goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8061709.Megan_O_Russell
What advice would you give to an aspiring writer?
Sit down and write. Don’t worry about commas or where in the room the couch is. Just tell your story. Get it all out. Then either you’ll feel finished (getting a whole story out is a huge accomplishment), or you’ll want your characters to go out into the world. If you want your story read, then you begin revisions and edits. But that’s a problem for another day. First, just write.
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