Ask the Author: P.R. Adams
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P.R. Adams
That's a great question.
I don't get to read anywhere near as much as I'd like or should. I might be able to read an average book in six to eight weeks. I just finished one ("Hell's Encore" by John L. Monk) in record time (for me), which says something about the writer. That's the downside to working full time and trying to have a writing career.
I don't get to read anywhere near as much as I'd like or should. I might be able to read an average book in six to eight weeks. I just finished one ("Hell's Encore" by John L. Monk) in record time (for me), which says something about the writer. That's the downside to working full time and trying to have a writing career.
P.R. Adams
I'm reading John L. Monk's Hell's Encore right now and loving it! After that, I'm heading back to finish Amy J. Murphy's first in the Allies and Enemies series, Fallen. I'll finish summer off with Heather Herrman's Consumption or Sarah Gailey's River of Teeth.
P.R. Adams
“Amazing” Amy and Nick Dunne ("Gone Girl"). I love a train wreck. Characters should be complicated, and these two were. I've never found perfect couples believable, and the place Gillian Flynn takes these characters is precious and awesome.
P.R. Adams
Short answer: a whole bunch of great SF books, comics, and movies.
Longer answer: the two biggest inspirations were Philip K. Dick's works and a Dead Can Dance song ("In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated"). PKD's constant questioning of what is reality and what makes us human were pretty different from more standard science fiction from his time, and I found the themes very compelling. The song I heard in the early 1990s, and it synced up with a sprawling science fiction epic comic book concept I was working on. The lyrics are open to interpretation, but for me, they spoke about faith, love, and fear. They ask, "Can you believe in something enough to overcome fear, even in the face of a host of human failings and impossible odds?"
Longer answer: the two biggest inspirations were Philip K. Dick's works and a Dead Can Dance song ("In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated"). PKD's constant questioning of what is reality and what makes us human were pretty different from more standard science fiction from his time, and I found the themes very compelling. The song I heard in the early 1990s, and it synced up with a sprawling science fiction epic comic book concept I was working on. The lyrics are open to interpretation, but for me, they spoke about faith, love, and fear. They ask, "Can you believe in something enough to overcome fear, even in the face of a host of human failings and impossible odds?"
P.R. Adams
If writer's block is meant as "not being able to write about something", I haven't really experienced that. I've always written something--short works, comic book scripts, novels--in some form throughout my life. If writer's block is meant as "not being able to complete a created work", I haven't really run into that in the last several years. Discovering indie publishing changed everything for me. Before, it was easy to become discouraged that my work could be undone by a gatekeeper. Now I can publish my own work and leave it to readers to determine whether or not I did the right thing. Maybe that means the answer is having hope and confidence?
P.R. Adams
My biggest thrill from any form of creating is knowing that someone was entertained by it. Laughter, anger, sadness ... any sort of reaction tells me the reader was touched. Nothing is worse than putting hours and hours of your life into something and having someone be unaffected by experiencing it.
P.R. Adams
Write. You can research and read and study, but none of that will help if you don't write.
P.R. Adams
I'm working on "Valley of Death". This is the fifth book in the On the Brink universe, following after the Rimes Trilogy and "Turning Point". Technically, it's the sixth, but "Deep Descent"--the manuscript I finished between "Turning Point" and "Valley of Death"--is for a different series (Lancers) in the same universe and won't be out for a while.
P.R. Adams
As far back as I can recall, I've always loved creating and telling stories. My imagination is constantly kicking out story and character ideas. Inspiration might come from music or real life experiences. Mostly it's a matter of my subconscious--daydreaming and dreams. The hard work is making the ideas into something entertaining.
P.R. Adams
I'm currently working on "Valley of Death", the second book in the Elite Response Force series, which picks up where the Rimes Trilogy left off. The ERF books are influenced by real military operations. "Turning Point" was influenced by the Battle of Mogadishu (which was covered in the riveting "Black Hawk Down" book and movie). "Valley of Death" draws from Operation Anaconda.
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