Linda Conrad Quotes:

I love creating stories, dreaming up characters and breathing life into them. From several generations of Irish storytellers, I think that's what I was born to do.

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Topics: Dream, Character, Thinking, Creating Stories, Breathing Life

Believe it or not, I even love the editing stage. It's something that apparently comes naturally to me.

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Topics: Believe, Editing, Stage

The hardest part for me during the creation stage is actually putting words on paper that make sense and tell my story the way I see it. I sometimes feel I am slogging through quicksand when I write.

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Topics: Writing, Stories, Paper, Words On Paper, Quicksand

Most of promoting seems unnatural to me, and I wish I didn't have to do it. I'm not especially good at tooting my own horn. However, I do love to connect with readers. That's why I try to keep up with my social media even when I don't have a new book coming out.

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Topics: Book, Media, Wish, Unnatural

I do a lot of research for my books. I can't possibly know all the things I write about and I love learning new things. I spend hours and hours doing research in books, libraries and online. [Once] I traveled to the reservation to get the settings and the flavor of the place down right.

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Topics: Book, Writing, Library, Learning New, Learning New Things