Plan it out into bite-sized chunks, grit your teeth and do it. – “What’s in front of you” – I think this may derive from Stoic philosophy but it basically means don’t be over-awed by the magnitude of the task ahead of you. – “Feel the fear and do it anyway” (from Susan Jeffers’ excellent book of the same name) is another way to cope with faker syndrome – it’s fine to feel fear when stepping into the unknown, everyone does. Keep doing that until it works (this is not permission to produce poor quality – in each iteration, you always aim for the best you can deliver for your audience given your resources and current skill set). If not, work out what went wrong and go again. Fail fast gives you permission to fail – failing is ok, provided you monitor and learn from the results. If you allow yourself to be paralyzed by faker syndrome or feelings of inadequacy then you’ll never get anything done. Unlike traditional publishing, Independent authors generally do not have vast armies of experts to handle every aspect of their pre and post-production tasks and so we have to learn on the job. Still, that’s not too much of a problem as I write between 5:30 and 8:30 am.ĭo you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?Īs an independent author, I live by the mottos “Fail Fast”, “Feel the fear and do it anyway” & “What’s in front of you”.
DRAKE KNOW YOURSELF PHILOSOPHY TV
I can’t have the TV or music playing in the background because my brain gets distracted and tries to follow what’s being said or sung rather than focusing on the scene I’m trying to write. I wouldn’t call it a quirky habit but I must have silence. It’s nice when that happens (all too rare though).ĭo you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.) I don’t know where that came from, the whole sequence just popped into my head and made me laugh. I think it is a scene in Riven where we learn why Riven was in hiding from the Fairy Tale Realm. What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
DRAKE KNOW YOURSELF PHILOSOPHY SERIES
And then there are about 15 non-fiction books on various facets/events of the seventeenth century I need to get through by way of research for a new magical reality/alt-history series I have planned. Cold Days, Turn Coat & Dead Beat (Dresden Files Series) by Jim Butcher Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds The Library of the Unwritten by A J Hackwith The Salvation Trilogy by Peter F Hamilton M Is For Magic by Neil Gaiman Dead Famous & Identity Crises by Ben Elton Midnight Library by Matt Haigh. What books are on your TBR pile right now?Įek. But I find both genres awe-inspiring in different ways. I prefer something with complexity to it, something like Stephen R Donaldson’s The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. I’m not really a one for dwarves and elves and such. Well, that depends on my mood, but it is either sci-fi or fantasy. What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write? Riven: The Hardest Part / Want To Tear You ApartĮlashom: In A Lonely Place by Bush (Tricky Mix) Gina Halaxi: Time Baby III by Medicine, Robin Guthrie If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Elashom The Great Refuses And Other Stories: A collection of dark sci-fi & fantasy short stories, what would they be? The Carpenter’s Tale has suggested a framing device for another series I am developing. In this collection, both Intercambio and Riven fall into the latter category. Short stories are an entertaining way for me to get interesting ideas out of my head and clear the way for longer works – or maybe explore an idea to see if it might develop into something larger. Not all story ideas have the legs for a full-blown novel or audio play, but yet they pull at my imagination and demand to be written. What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Elashom The Great Refuses And Other Stories: A collection of dark sci-fi & fantasy short stories?
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