Guest Bio Lorna Woulfe was born and raised in the state of Ohio. She has lived in such exotic locales as Denver CO, Los Angeles, CA, and Nashville, TN. She is the alter ego of L. Anne Wooley who writes nonfiction under that name.  Her pen name was created to honor both sides of her family; Lorna was her maternal grandmother (also a writer ). Woulfe is what Wooley descends from, Ireland is here the clan lived. She's a poet, writer, editor and flutist ; also a jewelry designer.  She is a co-admin and co-host of an event called Writer's Night, held via the Facebook group Writer's Night Quills for over 11 years now. Also a 16-year veteran of NaNoWriMo and has run many workshops on Nano prep including the history of NaNoWrimo, tips Character Creation, Plotting and Outlining and, of course, World Building. She is published in multiple anthologies with both short stories and poetry. Her latest is a poem in Ohio Bard's Poetry Anthology 2025  Links Contact Lorna Instagram: @velvetdelenn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LornaWoulfeAuthor/ Discord: Lisa 089480   Things you can enter TREASURE CHEST GIVEAWAY From Poppy: 1 e-copy of Woken Kingdom and d1 e-copy of How to edit your own novel. From Elizabeth: Winners Choice of any 1 thing from her etsy store/a copy of her book. From Lorna: A winners choice of one of her Anthologies From BCP: 2x A copy of one of the BCP Low/Medium Content Journal range   Treasure chest Give-away 3: (open 30/07/2025 closes 8/10/2025)  https://www.bushlandcastleproductions.com/treasure-chest   Contact the Team Finding Elara Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FindingElara Discord: https://discord.gg/Ap8EWpPn BCP Website: www.bcpcreative.com.au BCP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcp.creative/ BCP facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577758720164   Contact Dianna Website: www.dlnix.com Facebook: (DL Nix) https://www.facebook.com/Faepatriantales Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findingelara/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@findingelarapodcast   Contact Jules Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/jaduxbury1/p/the-secrets-of-crickley-hall?r=376hxo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=j%20a%20duxbury Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3357069671029525 Discord: jaduxburyauthor   Sponsor Info Shadow Lair: https://ko-fi.com/findingelara Selva's Ality: https://www.facebook.com/awakinningality Selina Shapland: https://empoweredwords.com.au/   Show Notes Creating a playground for your characters. Worldbuilding can be a character on its own. The essential worldbuilding handbook by scribe forge SFWA Sack the towel is play character Always need s to work on Character and plot. You can go as deep into the world as you want, but keep in mind what needs to be in the story. There is only 1 character that was like Lorna and it was cathartic. Has written an poem and impact statement for court and it was helpful. External people can sometimes be a lilfeline, sometimes the opposite. Was horse crazy growing up.   Fast Fire Questions What's your favourite Colour? Green Would you rather draw a Sun or a Moon? Moon Would you prefer to live near the beach or a river? Beach Dream Holiday Destination? Italy Favourite Fairy Tale? Snow White   Linking to Elara 1.      Steph: Regarding writing, poetry and playing the flute (presuming she writes the music), how do you know when a piece is truly finished? How do you deal with writers/creative block? a.      When there is no more writing to do. You're happy with the story. Have others read it. Use text to voice. 2.      What is a piece of advice you swear by and one you ignore/ disagree with? a.      Writing down to the bones by Natalie Goldburg talks about monkey mind. b.      Sir Terry Pratchet: Get story down. c.      Just keep writing, Find Joy in what you do. She sees Editing like a Jigsaw puzzle. Become friends  with it, ignore the naysayers. 3.      Selena: I would love to know more about her experience with anthologies and how they have helped her develop her writing. Also, how does Lorna use poetry to develop her creative writing craft? a.      Practice. 4.      What are Lorna's best tips for getting into the flow for poetry writing? What tips does Lorna have for creating monsters or characters from non-human backgrounds and making them intriguing to pull readers into their stories? a.      Short story, smaller space with impact. 5.      Ryan: Where does she get her poetry inspiration from? What has been her favorite thing to write? a.      Nature b.      NaHiWrimo c.      A poem a day – (Guy who wrote Writer Market) 6.      Garry: Dose she play D&D and if so is she a bard? What is her favourite K-Pop Demon Hunter Song? (Moot) a.      DND Adventures. Discussed different characters she has played. 7.      DL: When you are writing a short story or Novella there are so many edits that you have to go through to get the story just right, do you think with Poetry the words are more considered before the even meet the page? a.      Same Same    Bibliography:  Still in print:  Cracks in the tapestry / Warps in the Tapestry. Her poem was the back cover in cracks in the tapestry.  https://www.amazon.com/Cracks-Tapestry-Arthur-David-ebook/dpB07H69PCT https://www.amazon.com/Warps-Tapestry-Arthur-David-ebook/dp/B08YJK2NHM   The Longest Nightwatch Vol. 2.  An anthology dedicated to raising funds for Alzheimer's research. It was an honor of Sir Terry Pratchett. Her story was under L. Anne Wooley at the time.  https://www.amazon.com/Longest-Night-Watch-Alzheimers-Association/dp/1537773755   Pride Park  This one she edited partially, helped finish and get published. She also wrote the forward.  This was written in honor of the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. https://www.amazon.com/Pride-Park-Anthology-support-freedom-ebook/dp/B07DBH4S1L   Ohio Bard's poetry anthology 2023-2024 and 2025.  https://www.amazon.com/Ohio-Bards-Poetry-Anthology-2024/dp/B0DH2HVV35  https://www.amazon.com/Ohio-Bards-Poetry-Anthology-2025/dp/B0F63QZNZW   COLLABORATION WITH Jamie Winters These Little Lovelies: https://www.amazon.sg/These-Little-Lovelies-Haiku-Collection/dp/B0B36DSCDT Under L. Anne Wooley  Fandom Universe: A Galaxy Far Far Away.  "Star Wars Memories." Her first Anthology Lupis Animus: https://www.amazon.com/Lupus-Animus-Anthology-Miss-Goodall/dp/1499793634   Socials: Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B01M61BBLG Patreon: Lisa Wooley  Goodreads : https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15853795.L_Anne_Wooley    

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