We recently connected with Lis Anna Langston and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Lis thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. What do you think matters most in terms of achieving success?

I think success takes showing up to the task, telling the truth and being accountable for your choices.

Lis, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I auditioned for a Creative and Performing Arts school when I was eleven and continued through that program until graduation. After high school I studied literature in college but began to get this real sense that no one could actually teach me how to write. So I launched out on my own and moved to Florida where I took a job at a production company. I spent a lot of my free time learning to craft stories and plot. I moved around a lot, I endeavored to see as much of the world as possible.

I left a full-time sales job that took up most of my day when I moved to Madison, Wisconsin. There, I worked only two days a week. Suddenly, I had five days a week to write. My aspirations of “I want to become a writer” suddenly intersected with “Now I can”. I spent those years really learning the craft of writing, building up a body of work, and learning how I work, what my process is for creating. I was already an award-winning writer by then, so it’s interesting that it wasn’t until after my deep commitment to learning and practicing my craft that I considered myself a writer. While living in Asheville, NC, I started taking classes and workshops for writing that really took my work to a whole new level.

With all that said, I think my writing career really began at Writers Police Academy when a conversation with a Detective from NYC made me realize that I had a dream, a vision, but no trajectory. As a result of that life changing conversation, I created a real publishing plan to implement goals and strategies.

I love to be entertained. I love a well crafted story that stays with me forever. This is always my goal as an author. I want to take readers deep into a story they love, one they remember, one that has them thinking about it long after they close the book or turn the page.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding parts of being an artist are trusting the process, the excitement of story, the mystery of following a story from spark to completion. I love it when characters and stories surprise me,

Are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

I should have utilized talk to text way earlier in my career since I type twelve words a minute.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.lisannalangston.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lis.anna.langston/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lis-anna-langston-a93ba71a5/
• Other: https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B00IXKUOEQ
  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8333600.Lis_Anna_Langston
  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1662678/