The rules for this tour
- Pass the tour on to up to four other bloggers.
- Give them the rules and a specific Monday to post.
- Answer 4 questions about your creative process which lets other bloggers and visitors know what inspires you to do what you do.
- The last part of Tour Through Blogland is to write a one-time article which is to be posted on a Monday (the date supplied by your nominator). This article can be in the same post in which you answered the 4 questions. The article can be anything of your choosing. BLOGLAND USUALLY POSTS ON MONDAYS but ~ My guests will be posting on Monday or Wednesday due to previous commitments.
Flossie Benton Rogers @ Conjuring the Magic
Reyna Hawk @ Author-reynahawk
Flossie Benton Rogers
is the author of the Wytchfae paranormal romance series. She is Sagittarius with a Libra ascendant and Taurus moon, or a 5th generation Floridian and freedom loving mystic. She pursues her passion for mythology by writing romances with fairies, goddesses, ghosts, angels, demons, and other magical beings. The Wytchfae world brims with dimensions parallel to our own. Some are welcoming, others dangerous and forbidding. Through the darkest night and the fright of unchained chaos, love will always shine.
You may find Flossie here:
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Creative Process
1- Are you more plot or character driven in your writing process and why?
Plot driven. The stories I am called to
write are adventurous, quick moving, and flush with surprising twists and
turns. The heroes and heroines are
otherworldly--ghosts, guardians, goddesses, witches, fairies, and demons. They
possess humanlike attributes and personalities, while exploring the depths of
their unique abilities and powers. My
characters must deal with challenges on the human earth world and other
realities. Their lives don’t always unfold like a blossom opening to the sun.
Sometimes a solar flare erupts and fries the pristine bud. Sometimes the flower
morphs into a breathtaking, witchy siren. My characters seek beauty in the
midst of darkness and devotion in the midst of bedlam. Simmering below it all
is the immutable flame of eternal love.2- Where do you find most of your inspiration?
By turn, in grandiose and inconspicuous
places. Sources of inspiration are everywhere. I’m stirred by the mythologies
of the world and the fairy tales I read as a child. Nature engenders sparks of
stories, from the faces I see amid the trees to the jeweled brilliance of the
night sky. People, places, events. Music, lyrics, dreams. All the world is
alive and waiting to whisper the tales we come to think of as our own.
3- Do you work on more than one project at a time?
Yes, what happens is that during the
writing of a book, one or more secondary characters will begin asking for their
stories to be told. I try not to work in a haphazard fashion, but neither is it
a linear fashion. I enjoy the energy of having numerous characters come to life
at any given time to star in their own books. I also enjoy planning other
series and getting to know characters from different worlds.
4- Do you stick to projected storyline or do you let a story flow and take it's own life?
A blend of both. I like to plan and plot
and then allow for the characters or the chaos muse to take the story in an
unanticipated direction. As a writer, the initial planning provides a tether so
that I’m not always floating in the stratosphere, while the openness to change
gives life and liveliness to the project. I like a good surprise too.
Buy link for Lord of Fire - Wytchfae 5 Paranormal Fantasy Romance
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Reyna Hawk
is a 47 yr. old mother of one
son and grandmother to one little girl. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio she
has had the passion for storytelling and writing since her teen years. Reyna's
main genre is romantic suspense although she does have works in the paranormal
genre and psychological thriller. Reyna is currently published through
Ravenswood Publishing, GMTA Independent Publishing LLC & Libertine Press.
Reyna currently holds an Associate of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts
in Culture Anthropology.
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Angel and Arrows: Amazon Barnes & Nobles
You may find Reyna here:
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Creative Process
1- Are you more plot or character driven in
your writing process and why?
I tend to be
more character driven than plot driven. Once I develop a deep connection with a
character then the story will flow much smoother. I am able to get into the
head of a character and know what they will or will not do or say. I try to
stay true to character for all of my books. There is nothing worse than to be
reading a book and the main character suddenly do something completely out of
character (no pun intended).
2- Where do you find most of your
inspiration?
A great deal of
inspiration comes from what I am interested in or passionate about. However, I
also will take ideas from news articles. If I read a headline that strikes me,
then I will begin to spin it into an idea for a book. I take notes and make an
outline to see if it is something that would work well and actually be able to
go beyond a couple of chapters.
3- Do you work on more than one project at
a time?
I would have to
say yes I do. However, let me explain a bit. I can proofread or edit one while
working on another. Yet, I am not able to write two separate books at the same
time. My brain is not wired to do more than one book at a time.
4- Do you stick to projected storyline or
do you let a story flow and take it's own life?
I let the book
develop on its own. I have a general idea on where the book is going. I talk it
out and write the outline, but it is not something that I will stick with to
the end. I have changed entire books because I didn’t like where it was headed.
For me, it works best to just let it happen. Although, I know many authors that
have to stick to an outline or guide.