Ask the Author: Timothy Roderick

“Hey friends! I thought it might be a fun idea to answer questions about my new psychological/paranormal thriller that come out early in June, "One Crooked Thing," during the next couple of weeks. ” Timothy Roderick

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Timothy Roderick Writer's block. I do have bouts where my ideas go haywire. I am a big follower of astrology and I find that during the Mercury Retrograde (don't laugh, I was following this stuff in the 80s), I can't get any clear writing done. So I do a lot of meditation and re-writes. Other than that, I have never really had a creativity block (as of yet...). I try my best to do as many things as possible to keep my creativity flowing. I write daily. I watch movies and listen to music that moves me. I think a writer's block comes when we lose our nerve as writers. In my case, I can't lose my nerve. I have too much to say. And if you write books about witchcraft or dark fiction, as Stephen King says, you need to give up any illusions of participating in "polite society." It is when I think I somehow need to fit in with the crowd that I can sense my creativity shrinking away.

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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?

Timothy Roderick She lost her teeth. They were lodged inside the man's throat.

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

Timothy Roderick If I could go to any fictional book world, I would probably find myself in "Briar Blackwood's Grimmest of Fairytales'" setting --The Realms. Or, if I could not go to a world of my own making, I'd maybe choose the world/setting of Ursula Le Guin's "Earthsea" books. What would I do there? I'd go to the wizard school, of course. Right?

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