Comments on: Co-writing with Your Lover about Love: Award-winning author, Anthea Lawson

By: Beth Barany

Beth Barany — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:07:03 +0000

Thanks Anthea for guest blogging at the Writer’s Fun Zone! I so enjoyed having you here! Until next writer’s conference, Beth Barany

By: Anthea Lawson

Anthea Lawson — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:04:18 +0000

We have a winner!

Congrats to Dorthy – you are the proud winner of our new book, ALL HE DESIRES! Drop us an e-mail to anthea AT anthealawson DOT com with your address and we’ll pop a signed copy in the mail to you.

Thanks to all who stopped by – there’s a lot of wonderful exploring to do here at the Fun Zone!

By: Dorthy

Dorthy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:04:14 +0000

Beethoven is very passionate. He definitely had a way of taking someone through a plethora of emotions, didn’t he?

I’ve never heard of Snow Patrol, what kind of music do they play? I’ll have to look them up.

By: Anthea Lawson

Anthea Lawson — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:21:00 +0000

Beth — It took about a year to write ALL HE DESIRES. A bit faster than our first book, since we were under deadline! We could probably write two books a year, barring any kind of family emergencies etc., but only if we were under contract to do so.

Hello Dorthy! Thanks for stopping by (and for following along on our blog tour). Love your encyclopedia story! Anthea finds it hard to write if there’s any music on with lyrics. That said, some songs can evoke the emotion we’re looking for — parts of ALL HE DESIRES were written with Snow Patrol’s “Run” echoing through Anthea’s head (though not actually playing at the time). Currently we’re working on a series that references some of the music of the 19th century. Beethoven is very passionate!

By: Dorthy

Dorthy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:39:36 +0000

The most fun I’d ever had with a book?
The first thing that comes to mind was when I was in 5th grade and my best friend at the time and I decided we wanted to improve our posture.
We each put an encyclopedia on our heads (I had “D” because my name began with that letter and she had “S” because of her name.”
We marched around her house trying to keep the book level, and when ever our books fell off we had to give the other person a chocolate (we were playing for Hershey mini’s), it ended up become a game of follow the leader, you were the leader till your book fell off then the other person was the leader.
I found that walking down stairs was far easier than walking up stairs, and that it takes not only good posture, but also good balance to keep those books on your head.

as far as writing a book goes…

well I have many WIP’s, but no books yet. LOL The most fun I had there was when I sat down and wrote while singing along with Phantom of the Opera. My hubby says that he know when I hit a writing stride because the Phantom comes on. LOL

Do you guys listen to music when you write? If so, what kind?

By: Beth Barany

Beth Barany — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:26:48 +0000

Anthea,

We’re happy to have you here all day long!

The most fun I ever had with a book was the one I wrote in 32 days (with weekends in between). What I thought would be a contemporary romance morphed into a paranormal time travel to the future! I had so much fun writing it, letting my imagination fly. Needless to say, I couldn’t sell that one.

I was wondering how long it took you two to write ALL HE DESIRES?

Beth Barany, of the Writer’s Fun Zone

By: Anthea Lawson

Anthea Lawson — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:14:46 +0000

It’s great to be here at the Fun Zone today!

Amy – What a sweet story that is – and a precious memory for your daughter.

Valerie – Every year we think about doing NaNo, but the timing is never quite right. Good for you for taking your vacation through writing!

We’ll be here all day, so feel free to ask any questions.

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By: Valerie

Valerie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:57:42 +0000

That’s a toughie. Probably the first time I did Nanowrimo, getting swept up in characters and story and discovering I could write a lot in a very short time. I still do Nano for fun…in fact, I consider it my writing “vacation”–anything goes, and probably does

I’ve often thought my husband and I should collaborate more, and your success might be an impetus to explore further.

Thank you both for a fun interview, and thanks to Beth for hosting you!

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:21:13 +0000

The most fun I’ve had with a book is one that was not published. My preschool age daughter and I wrote a story, took pictures to illustrate the story and then put it all together to read at bedtimes. So much fun!