Me too, Leanne. I love watching Olympians and hearing what they have to say about it afterwards. Very inspiring. Great post, Kristen!

One thing I do is ‘write’ while I’m doing other things, especially driving. My kids are grown and out of the house and car so there aren’t as many distractions. I’ll work over a scene or plan what will happen in the next one as I’m driving to town. The major danger with this is paying attention to my driving and visualizing the scene at the same time. Fortunately I live in a rural area so the traffic is minimal.

Another thing is to listen to the character. They can dictate how they want to be. A character in Healing Love was supposed to be a nasty. She absolutely refused. I had to change how she would interact with other characters. It’s a good thing I listened to her. She’s now the main female in my second book.