Princess Alethea On Her Writing Process

My dearly beloved bosom companion Leanna Renee Hieber posted an incredibly fun and insightful interview last Monday about her writing process last week, and then asked if I wouldn’t mind answering the same questions in turn. But of course! And here they are:

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WBN Loves CoverWhat am I working on?

Right now, I’m working on three things at once. I’m still in the middle of TRIXTER, the companion novella to HERO. I’m pitching a really fun secret project to a major publisher (yay! squee!) so keep your fingers crossed on that one (because it is AWESOME). And I’m toying around with an adult magical realism novel, a-la Sarah Addison Allen.

And of course there are still my YouTube Fairy Tale Rants, and the fairy tale podcasts, and World Book Night, and Wattpad and and….

How does my work differ from others of its genre?

My work can most easily be compared to that of Neil Gaiman — across age ranges and genres at whim, always under my name, always with a bit of drama, and always containing some element of the fantastic.

Why do I write what I do?

I do what I love. ALL the things I love. I write the books I would have loved as a kid, that didn’t exist. I write for young people now (and the young-at-heart) who didn’t have the rich literary background I grew up in and have only been exposed to retellings supplied by Major Media. I want to always be encouraging people to read MORE.

How does your writing process work?

It’s a lot of me telling myself, “Alethea, sit down and write.” Usually, if I just force myself to DO IT, then I suddenly realize that I’ve been at it for hours and my tea is cold. Amidst this world of distractions and my Very Interesting Life, however, this is a far more difficult task than it should be. It’s been ten years since I signed my very first book contract, and I’m still a work in progress, always trying to be better in my writing, and better at my discipline.

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To keep the momentum going, I am tagging the lovely, talented, and Best Roommate Ever: 2014 Golden Heart nominee Denny S. Bryce. Be sure to pop by her website next Monday to learn about her frenetic writing process…