Blog Ring of Power Presents: Tracy Lane
Welcome to another Friday! Blog Ring of Power dance.
Today I would like to welcome Tracy Lane to the ring.
Tracy was fascinated with the
paranormal when she was very young. She always felt like someone was around her
even when she was alone. Those experiences inspired her to write a paranormal
book where a teenager can see and hear ghosts and actually makes friends with
one.
Tracy loved to write short
stories in school and had always wanted to be a writer. But raising children
and working jobs got in the way of indulging her passion of writing. Then she
realized her children had grown up into teenagers and they didn't need her as
much. She started toying with the idea of writing once again. So setting aside
5 to 10 minutes per day to write at least one page she thought she could end up
with a book a year. Now Paranormal Properties is published and she still has a
list of at least 8 more books to write. She doesn't think she'll be slowing
down anytime soon.
Part 3 @ *waves* you are here. - Friday, July 26th
Section #3: The Creative Process
BRoP: Where do you get your
story ideas?
TL: Some
come to me in dreams, others I just sit and daydream until a story idea comes
to me.
TL: Not
really. I haven’t really written enough to claim a certain style.
TL: By only
writing 5 to 10 minutes a day. I then
polish the pages I wrote and quit. That
gives me almost 24 hours to think about what I would like to have happen next
before I go back to writing. It has kept the dreaded writer’s block away.
TL: The plot and characters seem to develop
themselves. Sometimes I think I had nothing to do with the story, it’s the
characters who tell me what to write.
TL: I’m a
bit of both. I will outline the first half of the book and then I let the story
take over and write itself the last half. And I don’t always follow the outline
I start, the story may take over and go a different direction.
TL: I use
an editor before I submit. A fresh pair of eyes is always needed. Not only does
he make sure all my t’s are crossed, he may give me a pointer or two on how to
make a certain part of the book much better for suspense.
TL: I try
not to spend a lot of time on research.
I only research what I really need to know, like how hauntings work, how
ghosts interact. But in the end I write it the way I’d like it to be. That is
why Frank is such a fun character instead of being a ghost that disappears as
soon as you look at him.
PARANORMAL PROPERTIES: The Weir family has just arrived in Dusk, North Carolina, one of the most haunted cities in America, to scope out some of the town’s 127 reported “paranormal properties,” which just happens to be the name of their own ghost hunting show: Paranormal Properties. What Jake Weir doesn’t know, and what his parents could never imagine, is that Jake can see ghosts! And hear them. And talk back to them! This talent comes in handy when he runs into Dusk’s oldest, most famous ghost: Frank Barrone, a one-time lounge singer made famous by his booze-soaked ballad, “Barroom Eyes.” Frank was gunned down by a local mobster in 1951 and has been searching for his killer ever since. When he learns that Jake can see and hear him, Frank makes young Jake a deal: if Jake will help Frank find his killer, Frank will help his parents find a ghost to film for their upcoming Halloween Special on Public Access TV. Jake enlists the only friend he’s made in Dusk, an overweight tomboy nicknamed “Tank,” to help him track down Frank’s killer. As clues emerge and old leads heat up, Frank and Jake learn they make quite a team. But will Jake find Frank’s killer? And will Frank find a real haunted house in time for the Halloween special?
Website:
Blog:
Facebook page:
Goodreads author page:
Twitter:
Amazon:
Smashwords:
Comments
Post a Comment