{"id":26353,"date":"2021-01-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26353"},"modified":"2020-11-30T20:33:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T02:33:22","slug":"authorspotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26353","title":{"rendered":"#AuthorSpotlight &#8211; Stefanie Spangler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/authorspotlight.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/authorspotlight.jpg?resize=474%2C158\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/authorspotlight.jpg?w=900 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/authorspotlight.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/authorspotlight.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself and which Twinsie do you know.<\/strong><\/p>\nMy name is Stefanie Spangler, and I am the author of Dark Designs. Dee is my favorite Twinsie.\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;When you are writing a book, which is harder?  The first book in the series or the others after it?&quot;}\">When you are writing a book, which is harder? The first book in the series or the others after it?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nI know lots of authors who really hit their stride after the first hurdle, but for me, right after I finished the first book, life happened. So everything after the first one is definitely harder.\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>What comes first? The plot or characters?<\/strong><\/p>\nFor me, I have to start with the characters. Otherwise, I can&#8217;t quite see how the plot would go without knowing the characters first.\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;What is harder? The blurb writing, naming the book, or naming the series.  &quot;}\">What is harder? The blurb writing, naming the book, or naming the series?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nUsually, writing the blurb and coming up with the title is a team effort with a few people on the publishing team. Blurbs are just universally hard, I think.\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your social links?<\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StefanieAuthor  \nTwitter: @StefanieAuthor  \nwww.stefaniespangler.com\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your buy links? <\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dark Designs\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"474\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_NcnUOIq4T0i1WU&#038;asin=B07123MWW7&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself and which Twinsie do you know. My name is Stefanie Spangler, and I am the author of Dark Designs. Dee is my favorite Twinsie. When you are writing a book, which is harder? The first book in the series or the others after it? 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