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Fellow Creative Cherie Reich

Fellow Creative Cherie Reich

Hey Everyone!

With the new year, I’m re-launching a blog series I had done a while ago. But I’m vamping it up and getting personal with some one-on-one interviews. This series is called Fellow Creatives. I’ll mostly be hosting Writers and Authors, but Visual Artists, Musicians, and others may be popping by too. If you call yourself a creative and want to participate. Submit your link in the Fellow Creatives link list on the right side menu of the blog or at the bottom of this post.

So to get us started, Cherie Reich is here with us today. Cherie is the Author of several fabulous works and a very kind member of the writing community. In fact, she was so welcoming when I joined the blogging world and has given me so much encouragement and advice, that she’s in the acknowledgements of my first published book, The Labyrinth Wall. She’s wonderful, so make sure to go visit her at her blog after the interview.

Thanks for coming Cherie. I’m so glad you are able to share some about yourself. Some of your responses made me laugh and giggle while others struck a chord with my experiences and encouraged me. I’m excited to share this interview with everyone. Take it away Cherie…

Fellow Creatives Feature: Cherie Reich

Being that the title of this blog is Anything Imagined, it seems
appropriate to first ask how you get inspired and what boosts your imagination?

I can find inspiration anywhere. A turn of
phrase in a conversation, reading, watching TV, etc. I daydream quite a bit,
and I find I get a big boost of imagination power when I’m reading. It seems to
activate that part of my brain. I always know when I’m not reading enough
because the writing dries up.

In your opinion, what is the funniest thing anyone ever imagined?
The tribbles from Star Trek were definitely funny. The way they took over, although
they were so cute. Just thinking of them makes me smile.

Tribbles

What first motivated you to write stories?
I was always telling myself stories, daydreaming
to escape the boredom of reality. I thought I was going to be an actress, be
able to live those stories, but then I decided to try writing them.


Do you remember ever feeling scared to share your creative works
and what helped you overcome the anxiety?
I had some bad experiences in school when we had to share our
work. I remember in college having to sit there in a group while they critiqued
my paper. It was anonymous, so they didn’t know I wrote it, but I was near
tears. I can more easily share my work with online people than in a writers’
group. I still get very anxious when critiques/edits come back, so I don’t know
if I’ve overcome my anxieties, but I’m able to rationalize them better than I
used to. I know it’s not personal, and if I take a deep breath and give me time
to think of their suggestions, then I’ll get excited to fix my work to make it
stronger.

Do you feel it’s important to explore creativity and dream outside
of everyday norms? Why or why not?
I definitely feel it’s important. Creativity saves people’s
sanities. I know it saved mine. I can’t imagine not being creative in some
form: writing, drawing, singing, etc. The arts encourage our humanity.

What advice would you give anyone who might be shy about exploring
creativity or sharing their works?
 
Critiques are 95% of the
time not personal. You might find that one person who does make it personal,
but that person isn’t worth your time. Critiques are about growing as a writer,
and as writers, we should never want to become complacent about our work. Write
for you first and worry about the
world later, if and when you decide to share your work.

Thank you so much for featuring me, Emilyann!
This was so great. Thanks again Cherie for visiting. The Tribbles are on my favorite list too now. 🙂

And thank you everyone for dropping by today.
More about Cherie:

Cherie Reich is a speculative fiction author and
library assistant living in Virginia. Her debut novel Reborn, Book One of The Fate
Challenges
, will release on May 23, 2014.
Website: http://cheriereich.webs.com

Blog: http://cheriereich.blogspot.com

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