Morgan Keyes: Writers Write (And Do A Lot Of Other Things)

[jimhines]

Morgan Keyes is the author of the forthcoming middle-grade novel Darkbeast [Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy], which just sounds cool. Check out this setup from the description:

In Keara’s world, every child has a darkbeast-a creature that takes dark deeds and emotions like anger, pride, and rebellion. Keara’s darkbeast is Caw, a raven. Caw is

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[deborahblakehps]

I definitely agree. Really, it should be: Writers live. Because if you don't have any new experiences, anything to feed the well, where can all that creative energy find renewal?

I read your descriptions of the movies over on your website, and was seriously jealous...

BTW--I was one of the lucky ones to get an early read of DARKBEAST, and it is *fantastic* in every sense of the word. Go out and get this one, folks. I promise, you won't be sorry.

[mindyklasky]

::grin::

Thanks for the insight, Deborah! And yes, I think I'm going to start saying "Writers live." If only to serve as an excuse to do things I oughtn't :-)

Strongly Agree!

[ext_1300152]

There have been many times indeed that I've walked into a theater spent and then walked out light on my feet. Stories well-told plant seeds of a sort, and stories can come in many forms, as Deborah before me has said. Life is its own story, or rather a whole chaotic mess of them all mashed together.

One of the other bits of advice that I've found useful is this: make your own stories. Do things in life that will become conversations around dinner tables you might not even be aware of, gossip in the mouths of people you will never meet. Be brave, be bold, be spontaneous. Not necessarily rash, although sometimes rashness can lead to the strangest, most entertaining stories!

[lenora_rose]

This is part of why every year, i am a dedicated Folk (music) Festival and Fringe Theatre Festival volunteer and patron. Because in the span of 5 days of music and 12 days of theatre, I usually see numerous musical acts in everything from Blues to Australian Aboriginal to Tuvan throat singing, and 20+ plays, ranging from classics to sketch comedy to seriously strange post-modern things with puppets and silent film reels. Living life and doing new things is, as Deborah says, essential, but there's something particular about the concentrated creative force of that brief powerful immersion into another medium that makes one really think about what one can do oneself with the creative tools at hand.