World-breaking record: 1,000,000 words in 2 years! Stella Purple, bestselling AUTHOR, international award-winning GRAPHIC DESIGNER and ENTREPRENEUR. AMA about the ups and downs of indie-publishing, how a FULL-TIME author bought her first house!
My niche is: reverse harem/polyandry (romance sub-genre) & high fantasy (action/adventure is a must, often times with paranormal/fantasy, or sci-fi).
I enjoy writing for fun, both for indie publishing and fanfics :) Just last year, I broke my own record of 1,000,000 words for over 100 stories & series in less than 2 years!
When it's high, it's so high; when it's low, it's so low. Writing has been such a roller-coaster journey for me. Ask me anything about the ups and downs of writing!
I am a BIG fan of watching films and reading (anime, manga, webtoons, TV show, movie, K-drama, cartoon, novel---no specific preference in that order). They are my regular source of inspirations!
As a graphic designer, I also design my own book covers and social media kit.
Links:
- Official Website — Weird Projects (story subscription, etc.)
- Facebook — Twitter
- Wattpad
- Amazon (books are available at any retailers, really!)
Stella Purple says:
This AMA will end Jun 30, 2018 4AM EDT
Stella Purple says:
This AMA will end Jul 31, 2018 4AM EDT
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Writing! I'm currently working on one of my personal projects.
I do a side gig with my studio to design for other international companies. But I found that most individuals do not have the budget to hire a professional studio, unless we're talking about big publishing companies.
What any other graphic designer use in common: Adobe, particularly Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
I have a Bachelor degree for graphic designer, but I've been honing my writing skills for the past 9 years.
My editor saw to the writing part. I did the design myself.
While I have invested myself in learning graphic design before college, I found that I've gained deeper understanding once I studied it from professionals. Years in college taught me to open up my views to the world and pay attention down to the tiniest details. Less is more, and more white space is always better. ('White space' in design terminology.)
Which book inspired you the most and why?
Someone already asked a similar question, so I'm just gonna quote that ;)
Says so in the short paragraph above 🔝 ;)
I open myself to any research material or inspiration all the time and take notes when it's important, so that by the time that a story is fully taking form in my mind, I only to need to use those notes to help me fill in the minor details. My sources can come from any form of art (such as films, manga, animations, etc. — doesn't nessecarily have to be in the same genre), or even daily life/my surrounding. Even simple actions in life can inspire me to form a good string of words!
Curious, how many hours a day are you able to sit at the computer and write?
At the moment, I'm comitted to working on a long series full-time, so I'm in my office at home for most of the days :)
When I was writing for commissions, I had a certain guidelines that I can easily follow (that, combined with the gold rush), allowed me to write up to 10,000 words a day at the kickstart of the business.
Now that I'm writing for my original series, estimatedly 1,000 words/1 chapter a day, mostly because I want to take the time and make sure everything's in order :)
Right now, I just wish I can write nonstop without having to bother about other stuff like eating, etc. I once read a writing-advice book where the author only needed 2 weeks to complete a novella, completely isolating herself from the rest of the world! (She only kept snacks in jars to sustain herself.) Maybe I should do that too, now that I think about it....