Anna, how long have you been writing and why did you start?
About seven years ago I started because my husband wanted to live to the ripe age of fifty. He
thought my imagination would be the end of his days. He actually ordered me to. He is awesome.
What are some of your books?
In the order they were published, they are:
The Silent Warrior Trilogy
Book 1 - The Elf and the Princess
Book 2 - Trouble in the Elf City
Book 3 - Elfs in a conquered Realm
Curse of the Elfs
The children book Emerine’s Nightmare (only in nook and kindle)
A Royal Elf of Abalon
Do you write your book from beginning to end, start with the end, in the middle? Why?
The Trilogy I started in the front. Curse of the Elfs came to me in the middle, then it took form toward the front and the back. I am not sure why… it just happened.
Was there a particular person or event that inspired you to write this story?
The last movie of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. I wanted to know more about the character’s lives and
couldn’t find enough. My husband said, “Why don’t you write your own.” I answered, “Yah right!” But his answer haunted me and in three days I had the draft of The Elf and the Princess in mind.
When I told him the story he came back with a laptop and told me to write it. The rest is history.
What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Never give up!!! Join a writer's chapter close to you right now, and learn the craft from them.
Anna, some writers write in silence. Others prefer music to be playing or some other sounds. Do you write with music playing?
I do have music on, though I love quietness. I have my favorite tunes in the computer where I write.
Lots of them have lyrics, a few don’t.
What is the best thing about being an author?
Meeting great people and other authors.
What would you say is the most challenging part about being an author?
Spending hours promoting my books while I would like to be writing another.
Do you have a particular goal you aim to achieve with your writing?
To take people to a wonderful world where they can forget reality for a while and safely enjoy
fantasy. Life is tough and we need something to help us make it more fun and worth living. Fantasy is
the way I choose to do it.
So, English was your second language. What sort of challenges did you meet in trying to write your books, if any?
Not many really. I write and my editor has to figure out what I am trying to say. (If I can't figure how a word goes in English, I put it in Spanish...he speaks Spanish very well.) We have a lot of fun when we edit the books; because of my English mess-ups.
If you could give your book to only one person, who would it be and why?
A teenager in trouble...In the hope that he or she could discover the power they have deep inside to change and become better. I want them to see that nothing is impossible if we put our minds to it.
Can you share how you describe your battle scenes and the swordplay action?
We found a medieval sword fighting class at the local high school and my husband and I took it. My
husband liked it so much he has taken it for a few years now and has even earned two different belts
and a trophy with the clan.
Where can we purchase a copy of your books?
www.amazon.com
www.barnesandnoble.com
www.annadelc.com
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