How long have you been writing your book?

by Mykie Hall
19th February 2015

I've been writing my first of a trilogy for 3 years, Yes I said 3 years.

It's a hobby and I would have no problem keeping my story all to myself, forever, mine mine mine.

My inspiration came from a bunch of conspiracy theories I've been pretty much fed my whole life from my paranoid ganja smoking father.

I read somewhere J.K Rowling took 7 years to finish the first Harry Potter book 1990-97. John Boyne however wrote 'The boy in Striped Pajama's' in less than 3 days.

How long have you been writing yours and what was your inspiration.

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I've just finished mine after - wait for it - 25 years! I was just too busy at work to have time to clear my brain. Now I've retired I have all the time in the world. Trouble is I have no idea how to get it published - I thought one just sent the script to lots of publishers and then held one's breath!

If anyone has any ideas re how to get an 11-15 yrs Fantasy novel published then please advise!

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Stephen Hollingshead
22/02/2015

My current project must be about 10 years old. I rewrite it from time to time, but have written 7 other books and odds and ends in between. I am happy with the characters and plot but the craft stuff still beats me. I have printed them all out, rough bound them and they sit on my hobby shelf.

The inspiration, for all my stories starts with a familiar landscape and mingles with local history and legend, people I know and my thoughts on oddball situations happening in the world. My current project has all that mish-mashed into the pattern of a fairy tale if you can imagine one without dragons and magic. However, its main inspiration comes from the lyrics of a favourite song.

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Barbara Thompson
21/02/2015

Hello Jeff, but has it ever happened to you, while in a bus, train or busy place, you get some idea, and you start to collect those but they flood your brain so much that you cant even pen them down. so for me, that situation counts like no off button.

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