Ask the Author: Peter Hackshaw
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Peter Hackshaw
Thanks for asking. It will be at least a trilogy and that will depend on how well book 2 launches. If there is interest and the publisher permits it, I would love to write more.
I am writing Netherdei 2 right now and it will release next summer.
I am writing Netherdei 2 right now and it will release next summer.
Peter Hackshaw
Not knowing my father. I would use time travel!
Peter Hackshaw
I would go to the world in the book I'm writing now - Netherdei - and I would take with me, the beautiful map of that world, drawn by Ursula Armstrong - which is to be featured in the paperback version of the book.
I'd get myself a wisp. I'd eat dream berries and I'd drink pots of perry with Warmund Tripp.
Most of all, I'd like to seek out Gao Pangfua.
I'd get myself a wisp. I'd eat dream berries and I'd drink pots of perry with Warmund Tripp.
Most of all, I'd like to seek out Gao Pangfua.
Peter Hackshaw
If I can't progress a chapter - I might have a go at writing some dialogue for later in the book. Something I can improve at a later point - when my book as 'caught up' to whatever I've jotted down.
But - there are also times where I know I'm not in the right headspace to right and then I close the laptop and do something else. There is no point forcing something out for the sake of it - because it won't be good enough, in my view.
But - there are also times where I know I'm not in the right headspace to right and then I close the laptop and do something else. There is no point forcing something out for the sake of it - because it won't be good enough, in my view.
Peter Hackshaw
Finishing - that's great. Sometimes if feels like you never will!
The best thing is when someone - that you don't know - reads your work and they get it. They get what you were trying to say.
The best thing is when someone - that you don't know - reads your work and they get it. They get what you were trying to say.
Peter Hackshaw
Read different genres and styles - as you do, try to work out what it is you liked about a book, as the reader.
If you're starting out, play with a couple of genres to see what suits you.
I started with short stories, under a pen name - to build my confidence.
Plot a rough story arc.
Write - but don't sit in front of a keyboard forcing it - often, if I get stuck on one chapter, I might put have a go at an idea for a later chapter in the book, or some dialogue - something I can go back to and improve later. That way, I've not wasted any time.
Don't beat yourself up - you can't please everyone - but you can find an audience for your writing.
If you're starting out, play with a couple of genres to see what suits you.
I started with short stories, under a pen name - to build my confidence.
Plot a rough story arc.
Write - but don't sit in front of a keyboard forcing it - often, if I get stuck on one chapter, I might put have a go at an idea for a later chapter in the book, or some dialogue - something I can go back to and improve later. That way, I've not wasted any time.
Don't beat yourself up - you can't please everyone - but you can find an audience for your writing.
Peter Hackshaw
We've just released the audio for Ever Winter, which was performed by actor Dan Stevens - so some of my work right now relates to promoting that, but I'm about to hand in book one of a new fantasy trilogy.
It comes under the genre of Western Cultivation, which originates from the world of Wuxia, Xianxia and Light novels.
I've kept my literary fiction style and had a lot of fun with the dialogue, characters, the magic system and the world-building.
It comes under the genre of Western Cultivation, which originates from the world of Wuxia, Xianxia and Light novels.
I've kept my literary fiction style and had a lot of fun with the dialogue, characters, the magic system and the world-building.
Peter Hackshaw
I get a sense when I'm going to be able to write and then it flows. If I know it's not going to come - I do something else. There is no point pushing it if your head isn't in the game.
Inspiration comes from everywhere. If I see something, hear something - maybe a really unusual word - I make a note of it.
I have notes of nonsense and I sometimes review them before I settle down to write and they make their way into what I'm doing.
Inspiration comes from everywhere. If I see something, hear something - maybe a really unusual word - I make a note of it.
I have notes of nonsense and I sometimes review them before I settle down to write and they make their way into what I'm doing.
Peter Hackshaw
I love post-apocalyptic worlds and I wanted to build one of my own.
I love robots too, so Ever Winter has one - Hepburn - and he helps the MC deal with his mental health.
The story features loss - a theme that all families experience at some point and you've only got to look around the world right now to see people suffering every day with both of these massive themes.
Everyone needs a Hepburn at some point in their life.
I wanted to write it.
I love robots too, so Ever Winter has one - Hepburn - and he helps the MC deal with his mental health.
The story features loss - a theme that all families experience at some point and you've only got to look around the world right now to see people suffering every day with both of these massive themes.
Everyone needs a Hepburn at some point in their life.
I wanted to write it.
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