#WritingWonders, 7 July:
What is your favorite stage of writing a story? Why?

When I flow into that first scene with/as a character and their entire book reveals itself in my head. My best process is first chapter-blurb-synopsis-the rest of the book

Sometimes blurb comes first because of contracts or suggestions from editor or agent, but I like it best when I can flow into it from a character’s deep POV. #WillaReece #WildwoodWhispers #WildwoodMagic

My best advice for connection on #Mastodon for new users is to use hashtags. Pin an intro post with yours. I’ve met so many great ppl here through shared interests. Right now my main hashtags are #Creatives #Art #AuthorLife #Fantasy #MagicalRealism #Romance #WillaReece #WildwoodWhispers #WildwoodMagic #Authors #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction #StarTrek #Folkmagic

#WritingWonders 6/30 Do you have a playlist for your book?

#WildwoodWhispers and #WildwoodMagic both have #Spotify #playlists under my Willa Reece pen name.

Music is a very important part of my process. For world building and getting in touch with characters and what makes them tick. A lot of times I don’t slip fully into deep POV until I find THE song for that character. And every manuscript usually has a theme song✨

#WritingWonders Jun 26: Does your book pass the Bechdel test?

Yes. “Here be witches and wayward women”. An entire multigenerational community of wisewomen and their wildwood familiars stand up to a patriarchal cult with the help of each other and a sentient wild wood. Conversations between women about finding yourself, your power and your family in nature. 🍃💪 #Fantasy #MagicalRealism #WildwoodWhispers #WildwoodMagic #WillaReece

#writingwonders June 21. How does your day job or life affect what you write?

I live at the edge of several hundred wild acres close to the Blue Ridge Parkway. I hike with my dogs every day. I’ve always believed in the magic of art and nature and how creativity empowers and connects. #WildwoodWhispers and #WildwoodMagic are def influenced by a creative’s life and work in #Appalachia #WillaReece (And all the wildwood creatures I encounter every day!)
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Mary Oliver is very #WildwoodWhispers #WildwoodMagic

A little wildwood Magic this morning✨ #LunaMoth #Nature #WildwoodWhispers #WillaReece

My current favorite thing is #readers sharing pics of things they’ve made with me—baskets, quilts, stained glass, wind chimes and charms, mushrooms or honey they’ve gathered, pickles, bread—there’s magic in the making, in the appreciating, in the process, in the moment. Honestly so thrilled at the creative connection✨ #ArtIsLife #PracticalMagic #WildwoodWhispers #WillaReece #Nature #witchyvibes #Books

The wildwood is #HopePunk #WildwoodWhispers #WildwoodMagic #OrbitPublishing #Redhook

✨🐝🍃☕️✨ #WildwoodWhispers #WildwoodMagic #ComingSoon #Bookstodon #fantasy #romance

No blurb. Only vibes.

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