Denele Campbell

I'm constantly writing in my mind, describing places, smells, weather, so that my imaginary reader would get the full impact of whatever I'm writing about. It's easy to obsess about what specific word is most effective, or whether to put a sentence before or after another. This probably sounds a bit weird to lots of people, and frankly, I have no idea if this is something most other writers do. But it's been this way as long as I can remember.

The other thing about writing that brings me great joy is the overall creation of a book. I like thinking about what images work for the cover, whether to include any images in the interior--for nonfiction--and how to format the book to make it appealing. Maybe I'm a closet publisher, but I'm sooo happy that self-publishing allows me to play with all these elements for my work.

Of course fans are simply readers who enjoy what I've written, and I can't think of anything that pleases me more than that.