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Five Question Friday: Tina Glasneck

  • By Monica Corwin
  • 15 Dec, 2017

Please welcome Tina Glasneck to Five Question Friday!

A little about my special guest today:

TINA GLASNECK enjoys creating stories that combine history and Norse Gods. Someday she might just fancy a trip to Asgard too, and find out what all the fuss is about! Learn more about Tina at her website: www.TinaGlasneck.com


1.    Best piece of writing advice you ever got.

 During one of my first book signings at a big named bookstore, I met a very well-known and respected business man, and he told me, “Keep looking forward.” I realized: it wasn’t about all of the mistakes that I’d made to get to that point, but if I’d keep moving forward, and striving for my dreams, then I could reach them.

2.    How do you drink your coffee or tea?

  I’ve been told that I like nuclear-grade coffee (and I drink up to 10 cups a day to keep my brain functioning). The first cup is with a splash of milk, but as the day goes on, the coffee gets darker and darker until it is almost black. Sometimes I get fancy and add either hot chocolate or cinnamon to it, just to change things up a bit.

3.    Book that changed the way you see the world.

There are so many books that I’ve loved and that have had an influence on me, from Thomas Harrison’s Red Dragon to Jude Deveraux’s Velvet Song. However, the stories I think opened my mind to storytelling would be the two ancient stories by Homer called The Iliad and The Odyssey. They were both a part of my curriculum in high school and I loved the details, action and emotion, and of course, the journey. They both provided me with some wisdom too: keep pushing forward; and, intelligence can be your best asset. After reading these I set out on my own journeys to discover the world and boy, am I glad. I also met myself along the way.

4.    Favorite article of clothing/or accessory?

Chakra bracelet. There are times when I get super stressed out, but I find that the bracelet with its pretty stones helps me calm down and enjoy the moment.

5.    What are you most proud of in your writing career.

This year I received my letters, and am now a USA Today Bestselling Author. This means so much to me, as I had considered giving up writing completely. However, instead, I sat down and concentrated on what I wanted and needed to happen for me to continue writing. At the end of this year, 2017, I will have written 16 books, and released 10 of them this year. Because I didn’t give up, and pressed forward, I am now living my dream of being an author!



Tina is visiting to promote Hellish, Book 1 in The Hell Chronicles! Find the links at the bottom!

Forget Thor, Loki and Odin. Instead, dive into the beginning of The Hell Chronicles by USA Today Bestselling author Tina Glasneck, and meet the Norse Goddess, Lady Hel!

She's the ruler of Hel. She shouldn't need anyone until a curse forces her to look for him.

Lady Hel, the ruler of Helheim, is cursed for disobeying Odin's order. Stripped of her position, she’s imprisoned in Midgard on an ostentatious estate until she is able to find love.

Unfortunately, Lady Hel has never had luck or use for love.

Harley Andersen is a seven-year college senior with no idea what to do with his life. So far all he’s come up with is killing time. When his best friend dares him to hop the gate of what's supposed be a haunted house, he encounters a woman who steals a lot more than his breath. And what she's offering could give him the future he’s missing.

It’ll just require a trip to the past.

Links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hellish-Hell-Chronicles-Book-1-ebook/dp/B0777T6G2W/

Other retailers: https://www.books2read.com/u/31Mn6D

By Monica Corwin 27 Jun, 2023
God. It's like admitting this out loud, letting it be real, out in the real world makes it real. Which is utterly ridiculous, really.

I've spent my entire writing career advocating for mental health and championing transparency so the world can stop seeing the mental needs of others as flaws.

And yet, when I hit my lowest point. Complete depression and burn out rolled into one I hid away. I pushed harder. I forced myself to do more, be more, work more. 

Some of you probably know what happened next...I made things WAY worse.

Why did I push knowing it was doing more damage, causing more harm?

Because I'm a writer. That's what I do. I couldn't admit to myself that even staring at my office door made me feel like a balloon was precariously inflating in my chest. That the thought of letting one more single person down was another invitation for one more rejection. One more author friend deciding I'm not worth the effort, or the patience.

I get it. I dropped so many balls over the past year. Don't get me wrong, life hasn't been bad. I married a man who understands me on a level I don't even understand myself on. He's incredible. A tiny part of my brain tells me I don't deserve him every single day.

At the same time, I yearn to write. I've been reading, jotting down ideas, playing with little tidbits here and there but I haven't been able to write anything. It makes me feel like I've got phantom limb syndrome. I'm missing a part of my soul right now. How can I give all of myself to my loved ones, to my life, when something so vital to who I am is missing.

I've been trying to work on seeing who I am without writing. That didn't work. I dream in plots and characters. I hear lines of dialogue in my head when I'm washing the dishes, mowing the lawn, organizing my budget. I can't write at the moment but maybe I feel a little comforted that it's there waiting for me. That one day, when the right words whisper through my mind I'll jot them down. And eventually they, and I, will add up to a whole.

For now, I keep tinkering, fight back the imposter syndrome, and maybe write some blog posts about burnout and how devastating it can be when you don't listen to your body.
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