Crystal scherer, Author of "A Different Virus Heartfire” And
Many More
What is your name?
Same as my user name, Crystal Scherer
How old are you?
30
What makes you happy and sad?
Happy: Nature, reading, writing, and family (most of the time...
lol)
Sad: people fighting or
refusing to even attempt to see things from someone else's pov (if you saw some
of the nasty comments left on the 'Important Note' chapter in Heartfire, you
would see the dark side of Wattpad readers).
What is your greatest fear?
Hmm… Possibly being badly
embarrassed/humiliated in public.
what is your favourite quote?
Favourite quote: (I'm from a
Christian background and have always loved this one)
"His
oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support
me in the raging flood;
When
every earthly prop gives way,
This
still is all my strength and stay."
How do you describe
yourself?
Quiet,
Friendly.
What is your life's biggest achievement you
want to achieve?
I like to go with the flow,
that being said, the only things that I would put on a 'bucket list' is to have
at least most of my books available in print.
What is most awkward moment
in your life?
Can't really remember a
specific time, although I'm sure that there are more than a handful of
embarrassing moments.
What is the best moment in
your life?
Hard to pick, Once again,
there are quite a few.
How long have you started
writing??
I started writing in April of
2016, although I didn't post anything until August of that year.
What made you inspire to
write?
The first time, I just wanted
to try putting a daydream on paper. It morphed far beyond the short story I had
originally planned as it became the 495K+ word story know as A Different Virus
Heartfire
From where do you get ideas
to write the amazing books you wrote?
Good question. Most of the
time, I have no idea. I usually take one piece that fascinates me, such as
someone becoming a trader in a zombie-infested world, and I build the story
upon that idea.
According to you, which book
is your best creation so far?
“A Different Virus Heartfire”,
It was my first book and still remains the closest to my heart.
Have you ever faced writer's
block?
Several times, yes. Most were
small ones that were solved by rereading the last handful of chapters before
going for a long walk. One or two took me several days to get past
In your book, "The Virus
Within" the idea of different rank of zombies Regular, Runners,
Nightstalkers and Terrors, was this your original idea?
if
yes, how you came up with that?
Yes. I had recently written a
werewolf book, and wanted to incorporate a ranking hierarchy system into the
zombie world
In future, do you see
yourself as full time writer?
Very doubtful. Most people
only manage writing as a side hobby, or at best, as a part time job. To make
money while writing, things like commercial covers and other expensive details
are needed and add up quickly.
How often you work on your
writing now? Like every day for sometime or some days in week?
I usually spend at least an
hour a day writing, editing, or looking through my Wattpad comments. It may
drop in summer due to the outside work, although I get a lot more time in
winter when the snow and cold makes the outside world less appealing.
Which book took most time to
complete?
A Different Virus Heartfire.
It took the most time to write it, and I have spent more time editing it than
all the rest of my books put together (possibly because it was my first book,
and thus, I was learning a lot of grammar and dialogue rules as I went)
What official profile
interests you most? Fantasy, horror, action etc?
For genre? I tend to write in
sci-fi the most, although I also enjoy a decent werewolf or fantasy book as
well
Now, that you have millions
of readers and your book "A Different Virus Heartfire" is selected
for Wattpad's beta program, how do you feel?
I honestly never that more
than a few people would ever read it, or even like it, so to have hundreds
coming back to re-read it...
It
can't be put into words.
It's
exciting to think that this book might go somewhere beyond a site loaded with
billions of free stories.
what are your other favourite
books to read?
My favourite published author
is Mercedes Lackey, particularly her Valdemar series.
I am
sure many of your fans(including me), we would like A Different Virus Heartfire
published and have a hard copy for ourselves :)
Now that is something I would
also love to have. Getting A Different Virus Heartfire in print is one of the
things on my list to do within the next couple of years.
How do you update your books
on wattpad, do you first write your whole book and upload or just write a
chapter and upload?
I tried posting as I went
once, and after that experience, I will never do it again. I edit too much. lol. Now, I write the story
and polish it up as much as possible before I start posting. And once I start,
I post an update every weekday – which most of my readers seem to love. For the
newer readers, I find it hilarious that they begin to detest Saturdays and love
Monday. I have confused more than a few parents who overheard their kids
muttering.... :)
What do you wanna say to all
of your readers?
Hmmm... "Have a great
day!" or "Happy reading!" (I am really not much of a public
speaker, lol....)
What advice do you give to
beginners ?
Beginners as in writers?
Don't give up. Even the mighty oak started off as a tiny nut - and even then,
it took 3 years to get knee-high.
My
first posting of my Heartfire was horrendously edited. I've had to go through
it at least a dozen times and have some friends and volunteers from the Wattpad
reading community also go through it.
You
will always keep learning, so never get discouraged.
Link to the author https://www.wattpad.com/user/Crytalscherer
Be sure to check her out
leave a comment what to you think and also what writer you want to hear from next.
Stay Blessed, Aiz :)
