Ask the Author: Mike Trigg
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Mike Trigg
Find a developmental editor. This is probably the most transformative decision I made in my writing -- really transitioning it from a hobby to a professional endeavor. The quality of my first book improved dramatically once I started working with a developmental editor. But really find someone you like and trust. It's a partnership. And, like any partnership, a good one is life-changing, while a bad one is worse than none at all. Pro tip: many great published authors moonlight as editors, so check the websites of authors you admire as a start.
Mike Trigg
The short answer is I let inspiration come to me. Usually an idea, whether it's for a blog post or an entire novel, just sort of comes to me. Then I obsess over it until I've cranked something out. I've never found that I can force creativity or inspiration. It needs to come naturally. I feel lucky to have these bursts of productivity.
Mike Trigg
I'm super excited about my second novel, BURNER! I describe it as a tragic love story featuring opposite ends of the political and socio-economic spectrum. Shane is the anonymous leader of a populist online movement, and Chloe is a progressive social media celebrity. Encumbered by their dissimilar pasts and sycophantic followers, the two become unexpected conspirators—unleashing catastrophic events beyond their control that may prevent them from ever seeing each other again.
I just finished a comprehensive developmental edit and plan to start submitting it in early 2022.
I just finished a comprehensive developmental edit and plan to start submitting it in early 2022.
Mike Trigg
I've spent most of my adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area and most of my career in the tech industry. But I always wanted to write novels. The idea for BIT FLIP originated by keeping a journal of some of the more humorous and outrageous things I observed about Silicon Valley. A novel seemed like the logical medium for the vignettes I was collecting, but I didn't have a plot yet. Then, after losing a job several years ago, I let my imagination run wild and a storyline just unfolded from there. I describe the novel as a social critique disguised as a corporate thriller. Although the main characters and companies are all fictional, many of the events are derived from my personal experiences living and working in Silicon Valley.
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