Runner-Up for Best Paranormal - Claimed by the Wild Ones

naturelover123:

Three things you love besides writing/reading?
1) Listening to music/ singing
2) Helping people
3) Lastly just hanging around the house, doing my own thing

Three things you hate?
1) Bullies, mean comment
2) Writers block
3) Math

Why do you write?
I write because it helps me express myself. It helps me think things over. Also it helps me grow as a person. Lastly why I write is because my brain always seems ready to explode from ideas so I have to write things down to just relax.

Out of all your stories, which one is your favorite?
Well I write a lot of stories but I'd say my favourite one is of coursed Claimed by the Wild Ones because it's the farthest I've ever gone with a story. Also it had so much potential. It's still a rough draft but I can't wait till its done so I can look over it again and change some things. Fix my mistakes.

How do you create your characters?
I guess I base my characters on people I know and then slowly the characters become themselves. They have different aspects as I write more about them. I believe you have to make your character believable, realistic or most readers won't connect with them as strongly. And sometime I'm just doing my own thing and a character pops into my head out of literally no where and I think to myself 'oh my god, I need to write about them,' and I do.

Out of your characters, which one are you the most like?
It's hard to say because I like to think I put little aspects of myself in each character. Just a smidge. It helps me connect with them more. But I guess if I really had to think about it it would probably be Allison I'm most like. I sometimes don't really think before I do something. And our fears are similar to one another's. Also I like to believe that I'm as passionate as her.

What do you do when you have writer’s block?
I usually take a day or two away from my story to just refresh myself. Then I read the last few chapters I wrote and most of the time an idea will pop in my head and I will write about it and it usually ends up being the next chapter. Also I read the comments my readers leave to get some inspiration or I'll read a book or listen to a song that just makes me ponder on things until I have the next idea.

How do you plan out your stories?
With Claimed by the Wild Ones I just kinda improvise. I make it up as I go! I have a few endings in mind but I'm not sure which one I will choose yet. Also at the beginning I tried to make up a back story for why the girls were sent to Boldwela. I didn't want it to be just random. I wanted it to make sense. I wanted there to be a reason why they were sent to Boldwela.