Happy Monday! We hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Here’s some stellar advice from Beck Nicholas to get your week off to a wonderfully creative start…
Read, share and enjoy!
Beck Nicholas’s 2015 RITA nomination in Best First Book is…
FakeBeck Nicholas always wanted to write. Since studying science at university, she’s worked as a lab assistant, a pizza delivery driver and a high school teacher, but she always pursued her first dream of creating stories. Now, she lives with her family near Adelaide, halfway between the city and the sea, and she’s lucky to spend her days (and nights)
writing young adult fiction.
When she’s not writing, Beck will most likely be found reading or watching sport (since participating is beyond her coordination levels). In the early morning, before the day of writing, kid wrangling and reading begins, she runs. When it’s just her and the road (and her protesting muscles) she lets the characters in her head share their problems
and a story begins.
6 replies on “Advice from the Stars: Beck Nicholas”
Congratulations on being a RITA 2015 nominee, Beck!
Your quote is so simple, yet speaks volumes. Thanks for putting it all in a nutshell! That “surrounding support” factor is kind of what Harlequin.com offers to us all. 😉
Any insight you can offer us on how you researched such a sign-for-the-times teen book like FAKE?
Hi Chris,
Fake came about when I realized I’d never met one of my online Crit Partners and she (?) could be anyone. I wondered why someone might create a fictional online person and I love revenge stories that go all out of control. I have a few brilliant teens to turn to who help me with reading too.
Hi, Beck,
Thanks! Your reply proves even more that aspiring authors must keep their eyes peeled and ask the five Ws (i.e., who, what, where, when, why) — if they intend to find great stories to tell, that might be staring them in the face! 🙂
Bravo for those brilliant teens! 🙂
I love the cover, btw. 😉
Thanks so much – I’m so lucky with my cover. 🙂
Thanks for featuring me here! 🙂
Flo and her Blog Team will tell you — it’s due to that fine quote and…oh, yeah…something about being a…RITA nominee! Yay! 🙂
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I spent the entire shutdown working. Had no time to wind down. I didn’t see my son much when school shutdown. My one co worker was told to stay home for 3 weeks so I picked up her hours. This year has been really crappy.
Ugh, Janell. Here’s hoping the rest of your summer is better.
Thanks for the info, Carol! Everyone is different in how they deal with the shutdown! I stay at home all the time since I don’t work so I haven’t been too effected but my shopping and errands sure have been effected!
Valri, I’ve been doing most of my shopping online. My local Target is still low on some items – mostly cleaning supplies. Grocery store is pretty much back to normal. Most of the dining in our town is outdoor. I can’t imagine have school-age kids!
Wow–getting your creative process on track must have been daunting–especially with “extra-large dog” glad to have you home. You don’t like coffee–I love coffee and have enjoyed my fortifying 2 cups in the morning even more than usual! How as COVID affected your story lines and characterizations? Best Wishes for all releases!
Interesting question, Virginia. You’ll have to tell me if the tone of my “COVID” books changed any! LOL
Life has changed so much! My dad passed Feb 2. The assisted living facility my folks were at went into hardcore lockdown the beginning of March. Mom couldn’t leave her apartment for 4 months! She was on the third floor, Will be 89 in two months & doesn’t use the phone. My husband and I remodeled the lower level completely and moved her in with us July 1. What a life change and difficult transition for the 3 of us! But we’re working thru it!