Amaya Ellman Quotes

I live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind. They stole my heart.

Carla H. Krueger

My best writing happens when I’m fighting to produce it.

Carla H. Krueger

Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.

Carla H. Krueger

Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends – sorry, I meant characters.

Carla H. Krueger

Dawn cackles as she guides me through the all-glass porch. Thinner, paler Reina shuffles about behind Dawn, watching as I slip my boots off. Although she tries to hide her hands, her fingers flicker nervously. I place my boots neatly on the floor of the porch beside the other pairs in the shadows under the coats. Music drifts through to us from a distant room – it’s the Beach Boys’ California Dreamin’. Dawn looks at me and I smile – they’ve put the record on for me. Dawn nods along happily. ‘Hear you’re a surfer boy!’ she says and she mimics riding a wave.

Carla H. Krueger

One man’s fight is another man’s freedom.

Carla H. Krueger