{"id":30059,"date":"2023-02-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=30059"},"modified":"2022-12-24T10:57:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T16:57:44","slug":"wotr23-attendingauthorspotlight-layla-dorine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=30059","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR23 #attendingauthorspotlight – Layla Dorine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi, I’m Layla Dorine, a New England girl living in the Midwest for the past 18 years. Reading was my first love, but with it came a desire to write poetry, songs and later stories. I love spending my days creating worlds for my characters, and when I’m not doing that, I love to take road trips and see what I can photograph in the woods. I love swimming and Martial Arts, enjoy a good camping trip, love to explore, and research haunted places and places with historical significance. <\/span><\/p>\n

When you are writing a book, which is harder? The first book in the series or the others after it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seeing as how I’ve got several series in the works, I’d have to say the others after it. I tend to get distracted with new stories, though I always come back to my series and work on the next book. I use a worldbuilder journal to help me keep track of all the ideas I had for the series so nothing gets forgotten. Now that I am no longer working with a publisher, I am able to set goals for upcoming releases and work towards sticking to them and focusing on finishing the series that have already been started.<\/span><\/p>\n

When writing a series how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world builder helps a great deal, I am able to create characters that run through each other’s books, and overarching situations, while still being able to keep track of what I’ve already done and the types of characters I’ve already written. Whenever a character or a situation seems to familiar, I go back and check the previous books to ensure I am not putting characters in the same, or similar situations and instead, and making each book an original story arc with new challenges for the characters to face and work through. <\/span><\/p>\n

Writing can be an emotionally draining and stressful pursuit. Any tips for aspiring writers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Know when to walk away and take a break. Keep people in your circle who encourage you, but who aren’t afraid to gently give criticism when it is needed, it will only help you grow. <\/span><\/p>\n

On a typical day, how much time do you spend writing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am a full-time writer, so I get to my office first thing in the morning and start reading over the previous days material. I write roughly six hours a day, but also spend added time on promotion, editing, formatting, finding beta readers and arranging to take part in different online events. <\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite character that you have written? If so, who? And what makes them so special.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rogue, from my book Gemini’s Rogue, because he had such a wonderful, protective, loving and accepting personality and all he wanted was to be loved in return and have a place where he could truly feel like he belonged. He is the essence of a friend I loved and lost, so he holds a truly special place in my heart. <\/span><\/p>\n

If any of your books were to be made into a movie, who are the celebrities that would star in it? What book and who?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would love to have Charlie Hunnam star as Rogue in Gemini’s Rogue, he is one of my favorite actors and I feel like he would bring all the emotion and the suffering to the Rogue character in a touching and believable way. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is your definition of success?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waking up and getting to do the thing I have loved since childhood every single day. <\/span><\/p>\n

What are your social links?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LaylaDorine13<\/a>
\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/layladorine<\/a>
\nPinterest: http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/layladorine\/<\/a>
\nTumblr: https:\/\/layladorine.tumblr.com\/<\/a>
\nAuthor Website: layladorine13.wix.com\/layladorineauthor<\/a>
\nAuthor on Goodreads: https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/9814124.Layla_Dorine<\/a>
\nBook Bub: https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/authors\/layla-dorine<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What are your buy links? (Provide links to your Amazon\/iBook’s\/Koko\/etc Author Home Page if you have quite a few. Also include audible links if applicable.)<\/strong><\/p>\n