About Angeline Walsh:
Angeline (that's pronounced like "Caroline") is a writer and filmmaker from Cleveland, Ohio. She has a passion for human stories, no matter what the time period. With an unshakeable curiosity, she's always seeking out the strange and unusual.
What inspires you to write?
Ever since I learned how to write, I was writing stories. To me, writing is essential to making sense of the world I live in and expressing all the complexities and emotions that come along with that.
What authors do you read when you aren’t writing?
Like many others in my generation, I grew up loving Harry Potter and A Series of Unfortunate Events, so both of those series had a hand in developing my sense of story. I'm always discovering "new" favorite books and authors but in this era of my life, my most-loved authors and thinkers include the Bronte sisters, Oscar Wilde, Flannery O'Connor, Edgar Allan Poe, L.M. Montgomery, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Dickens.
Tell us about your writing process.
I build my stories around the characters that walk into that undefinable mental space where ideas spring up. They almost always have something to say, so in my mind, a story begins in the middle of a conversation. From there, the plot revolves around them – I never think up a plot first and then jam characters into it. When the characters come first, the story unravels naturally.
I've never outlined, and I don't plan on ever starting. I write a rough draft and then flesh it out in the second draft, and so on. So in a way, I use my rough draft as an outline of sorts. It keeps me motivated to keep working through the story and paying attention to the characters and their motivations without getting caught up in checking off boxes.
For Fiction Writers: Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?
The way I see it, I'm merely a medium for the characters to come through. The characters do their thing, and I'm just here to document it all. I'm like a secretary of an imaginary world.
What advice would you give other writers?
Most "writing advice" is not that great. Figure out what works for YOU. Ignore the rest!
Developing your voice takes time – and it changes and transforms as you become (hopefully) older and wiser. Trust the process. Trust yourself.
How did you decide how to publish your books?
I have unabashed gripes with mainstream publishing in the US. I believe it's an outdated business model that has misplaced values and discourages originality.
What do you think about the future of book publishing?
As someone who also works in the film industry, I'm a first-hand witness to the radical changes occurring in the entertainment and arts. The internet and online culture have completely transformed the trajectory of what it means to be a Creator. There's a huge shift happening in the way Creators relate to their audiences. A lot of us are opting out of traditional routes of creating and sharing our work, and women especially are realizing that the systems in place don't benefit us much – in fact, most of them were built to keep us out!
What genres do you write?: historical fiction, coming of age, satire
What formats are your books in?: eBook
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