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\"Rae<\/a>Donna Hanson talks about her own writing<\/strong><\/h1>\n

I interviewed Jane on my blog and she asked me to answer my own questions for her blog. I thought this was rather funny, a bit of \u2018what about a taste of your own medicine.\u2019 Jane answered the questions so candidly that I found it inspiring. Maybe it will loosen my tongue.<\/em><\/p>\n

Your new novel is coming out. Can you tell us a bit about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Technically, I have two novels coming out, albeit short ones. Under Donna Maree Hanson (my own fantabulous name) is Rae and Essa Space Adventures, which is a sequel to Rayessa and the Space \u00a0Pirates<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.escapepublishing.com.au\/product\/9780857992543<\/a> (Rae and Essa Space Adventures)<\/p>\n

People tell me Rayessa and the Space Pirates is a fab title. I\u2019m pleased to hear that because it was the name I came up with in despair, a sort of place holder until someone with more genius than me thought up a better one. Rayessa and the Space Pirates is a bit of fun, a rollicking adventure with SF, crime and a bit of romance. If you haven\u2019t read it, then you really should because Rae and Essa Space Adventures will be a spoiler for you. So I\u2019m going to cheat here. Rae and Essa Space Adventures starts about a year after Rayessa. It\u2019s got a different protagonist and it\u2019s slightly more mature in voice than Rayessa was. It\u2019s more traditional romance in structure, with SF and adventure thrown in. I really like it but that\u2019s quite natural for the author to say. Both are novellas and you can get through them pretty quickly. Links to the publisher\u2019s website are at the bottom of the post. But in case you\u2019re wondering it\u2019s Harlequin\u2019s Escape publishing.<\/p>\n

The other novel is by the \u2018other\u2019 me. Yes, the pseudonym where I write paranormal romance. I\u2019d like to keep them separate but in my citation for the A. Bertram Chandler Award it\u2019s clearly spelt out so there\u2019s not much point in trying to be coy any more.\u00a0 Hopefully, I won\u2019t get googled in my day job. This month a prequel to my first published paranormal romance book (Bespelled) is coming out. Called Spiritbound it takes place before the events of the first book. http:\/\/www.escapepublishing.com.au\/product\/9780857992437<\/a>\u00a0(Spritbound)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not trying to twist your mind, it\u2019s just now the ideas came to me. To summarise, this is a light paranormal romance (steamy) set around Balmain in Sydney and features witches, who are part of the folk, the folk being magical creatures of many descriptions to be explored in other books that are yet to be imagined by me. Spiritbound is the story of Grace and Declan. Grace is an accidental necromancer and powerful witch, who freaks out the coven by raising her dead cat by accident when a child. Because of her ability she is ostracised and can\u2019t get a date. In rocks Declan, newly returned from overseas and the story of her life gets interesting. Grace is lovely and I loved writing her. She may fart rainbows and sunshine but that can\u2019t be helped, she\u2019s just so nice. The other thing I like about this story is the female relationships: Grace and her mother Elvira and with Elena, cousin\/adopted sister. It\u2019s so strong and fulfilling. Spiritbound is a short novel. \u00a0It is also due out with Harlequin Escape in April.<\/p>\n

\"Spiritbound2-Harlequin1920_1920x3022\"<\/a>Donna, tell us a bit about yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m from Sydney originally but live in Canberra. Have done for near 20 years. I lived in New Zealand from the age of 17 to 25, where I had three kids and married a Maori. Not in that order but you can shuffle it a bit. I came back to Bondi in Sydney with three young kids, then studied at university, got a degree, a job and then came to Canberra.<\/p>\n

I started writing at age 40, when I had time to pause and think about my life. I have had short stories published over the years but my main focus has been on novels. It is only in 2013 that my first longer work got published. By May 2015 I will have had seven novels published, four with Escape, one with Harper Impulse and two with Momentum. Momentum published the work of my heart, Dragon Wine as two books, Shatterwing and Skywatcher. Needless to say after writing for nearly 14 years I have a bit of a backlist and have more books on the boil. Rayessa and Dragon Wine were older works but everything else is newly written since 2012. Gee, I just realised how fast time goes when you\u2019re having fun.<\/p>\n

Donna, what do you find so attractive about speculative fiction? In what ways do you find it fulfilling?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have written across the spectrum of science fiction, fantasy and horror and into paranormal romance. I\u2019ve even dabbled in contemporary romance but struggle to keep out werewolves, vampires, ghosts and aliens. I like spec fic because I like the \u2018other\u2019, the things that are different and I like the \u2018what if\u2019 questions and now fantastical adventure can make an individual shine. I like how, as a writer, I can take the issues and events in the world and recast them and explore them. Sometimes, I don\u2019 t know why things are the way they are in our world or I think about what can be and then I put them in a constructed setting and explore. Not everything I write is deep and meaningful, some of it is plain fun, but I like the spec fic. canvas so much.<\/p>\n

What are you working on at the moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hahahaha! What a question! I feel hyperactive and lazy at the same time. I have been drafting a Regency Romance and enjoying it. I\u2019m sort of playing in the water here, because I\u2019m not sure if it will see the light of day, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ve always wanted to do. When I was writing straight SF and Fantasy, I wondered if I was a better writer of paranormal romance but never tried my hand at it. Now, I\u2019m doing the same thing with Regency romance. By the way, I do consider Regency Romance to be a type of fantasy. And as well as that, I\u2019m currently revising the next instalment in the Dragon Wine series. I may feel like I have achieved something if I get that ready to go when needed. I have loads of other things on the boil, like Invoked, which is back to me for reworking and revising. (Because it did a belly flop on submission to the editor). Invoked is a sequel to Bespelled, featuring witches but ones that live in and around Lake Macquarie.<\/p>\n

What is your writing process? (planner, panster, write every day, write sporadically, writer\u2019s block etc).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can I say that I am all of the above? Go on laugh, but it\u2019s true. I used to be a panster, write every day and be so focussed that I really wasn\u2019t interested in anything else. I repine about not being that enthusiastic anymore. I was definitely in a hurry to hone my craft in those first years. Trouble was I kept going in sideways directions with publishing, convention running and editing etc. These days I\u2019m likely to plan, even if it\u2019s just a few paragraphs outlining the overall story. This is because I don\u2019t remember things as well as I used to and because I don\u2019t like wasting time by making mistakes. I like to know the story is going to work out in the end. Because I\u2019m planning more, I tend to put way too much plot in my paranormal romances as a result, but I\u2019m learning more about character to balance it out. I think I do character better when I don\u2019t plan.<\/p>\n

These days I write sporadically. I am easily put off and distracted. Jane mentioned 8 hour Buffy sessions. I put up my hand. I do that. I do worse. I watch Pride and Prejudice (all of the versions I own) when I want to avoid writing. \u00a0It\u2019s not writer\u2019s block exactly. It\u2019s a distracted, diffuse attention span thingy and trying to do too much all at the same time. I counted and I had about 13 manuscripts in various stages of construction. Some just need a revision and to be sent out, others need reworking, others need the first draft to be completed.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how I got myself into this, but I had big plans for writing at the end of last year and this year and they\u2019ve done a belly flop. This is mostly due to work being busy and stressful and my mum dying. I write when I make time, usually a writing date where I find it hard to shirk and writers\u2019 retreats where I\u2019m very productive. Having confessed to all that I can say that I\u2019d like to write every day even if it\u2019s just a paragraph and I\u2019m going to strive to do that. I\u2019m taking lessons from Jane.<\/p>\n

What do you prefer drafting the story or revising and reworking?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As you can tell from the above, I think I like drafting rather than revising or reworking, but that\u2019s not entirely true. I\u2019ve just painted myself into a corner here. I get a buzz from creating new work and I love the discovery of a new story, new characters. It\u2019s a drug and I\u2019m addicted. The real work for me is the revision and the reworking\/editing. That\u2019s where I have to sit down and work through it. I may get lucky and have a discovery or an insight that makes the work better but essentially I\u2019ve discovered the ending and I know how it pans out. If I have issues then I can set my mind to fix them and that gives me a buzz too. I think it\u2019s an attention span thing and maybe I get bored. I can\u2019t say what my problem is\u2026it\u2019s all the pretty shiny things I want to do, like craft and to read\u2026 I will find a cure eventually.<\/p>\n

What part of writing do you find hardest?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think I\u2019ve spelled that out above, but I will add\u2026waiting\u2026.waiting\u2026It\u2019s waiting for beta readers to give you feedback, it\u2019s waiting for an editor to get back to you and waiting for the cover and for the book to come out. It\u2019s the long wait for submissions to be seen, rejected and resubmitted. It\u2019s waiting, waiting and waiting\u2026.arghhhhhh. Waiting can be disheartening, it can make you crazy, that\u2019s why writing-drafting and revising are so good, because you feel like you can control your life while you wait for something.<\/p>\n

What do you plan to work on next?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The big ticket item I have to do, that I really want to do, is write the last two books (or one big book) in the Dragon Wine series. The books in the series I\u2019m working on now are essentially written but the finale \u2013I have to write that\u2026and it scares me\u2026because when I had all the cool ideas I didn\u2019t write them down and it was a long time ago. Don\u2019t worry, I know how it ends\u2026I think. I may change my mind. I also have ideas for prequel and sequels but then again I always do\u2026I can\u2019t confine my imagination to a mere trilogy! .<\/p>\n

\"Donna<\/a>
Donna Maree Hanson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Donna Maree Hanson is a Canberra-based writer of fantasy, science fiction, horror,\u00a0 and under a pseudonym, paranormal romance.\u00a0 She has been writing creatively since November 2000.<\/em> She has had about 20 short stories published in various small press and ezines. In 2006, she won a Varuna Long Lines Fellowship for her novel in progress, Dragon Wine and was also shortlisted for the Varuna Manuscript Development Award that year. Donna has also had two of her short stories receive honourable mentions in Datlow\u2019s years best horror.<\/em> In January 2013, her first longer work,\u00a0 Rayessa & the Space Pirates, was published with Harlequin\u2019 s digital imprint, Escape (link here.<\/a>) This novella length work is a young-adult, science-fiction adventure\/romance (space opera). A sequel to Rayessa & the Space Pirates will be out with Escape in early 2015.<\/em> Dragon Wine is to be published by Momentum (Pan Macmillan Australia\u2019s Digital Imprint) in two parts, Shatterwing and Skywatcher, in September and October 2014.<\/em> In 2015 she \u00a0won the\u00a0A. Bertram Chandler Award\u00a0for lifetime achievement in science fiction.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can find Donna’s website at\u00a0https:\/\/donnamareehanson.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

or of for paranormal romance at \u00a0https:\/\/danikristoff.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Donna’s on Twitter a lot (“did I mention this addiction?”) @DonnaMHanson or @Dani_Kristoff and on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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