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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Erik Goddard Dinotopia. I would like to hang out in the city and surrounding area, observing and writing about it or painting/sketching what I saw. Maybe take some flying lessons. I would write--no shortage of material--and document what I saw. From the account left by those shipwrecked there, it seems to be quite a scientifically advanced society and I would like to see what their view of the outside world looks like--if it exists to them.

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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?

Erik Goddard After closing all the windows and doors she crouched and waited as the incessant knocking continued. From the corner of her eye she saw the shadow crossing the wall.

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Erik Goddard For "The Kidnapping of Sarah Easton" I was inspired by a "what if" scenario involving a real person. As far as I know that person has never been kidnapped.

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How do you get inspired to write?

Erik Goddard Sometimes when I see someone out in public, I think: there's a character. The way she moved or put out her cigarette or the way that guy pushed that kid out of the way with his cane. Or from dreaming. I get a lot of ideas from dreams. Sometimes when I'm having a conversation, or reading a book, or looking at a painting, I'll get inspired by a thought that occurs when that connection happens between a creator and a viewer. Sometimes I'll see a news item, a cloud, or a car. Anything can kick off a thought.

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What are you currently working on?

Erik Goddard Working on the next installment in my Requiem series. Hope to have about five stories in the series when done.

(Requiem: Death, Fate and the Unknown)

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Erik Goddard Dare to imagine! If you can imagine it, find ways to capture it through words. Brush up on the basics of expression and grammar.

But most important: READ A LOT!

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Erik Goddard Writing allows the intricacy of detail to actively create just about any world, character, or situation. Being a writer puts you in a position to exercise that creativity in different ways than a painter, or filmmaker, or photographer.

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