Ask the Author: R.G. Green
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R.G. Green
So many. Some are re-reads of older books - Josh Lanyon's Dangerous Ground is next on my list - but I'm really anxious for Rhys Ford's Back in Black too. Aimee Nicole Walker's Zero Hour is right up there too - I haven't read any of the series yet, but third book of the trilogy will be out next month and I so can't wait! And another that is super high on my list: Haley Turner's A Vigil in the Mourning. It's book 4 of the Soulbound series, and it you haven't started it yet, let me tell you - it's awesome!
R.G. Green
It would be somewhere in Victorian London, or alternate-Victorian London. Melissa Scott's Points series is one of my all-time favorites, as is Gregory Harris's Colin Pendragon series, and Charlie Cochrane's Lessons series. Something about that time period just really appeals to me - of course, this is also due to the vivid, extremely visual way these authors portray these worlds. The old-world nature of it just amazing!
R.G. Green
No. But oh how I wish I could :(
R.G. Green
Honestly, it's distraction. This really works for me because even though I step away from a story, my mind is still working on it. Still playing with it, still turning it over and looking at it sideways, and it's actually happened that I've been in the middle of a long drive when that "Oh!" moment happened because my mind stumbled over the perfect solution. I guess it's because even though I'm doing something else, the story is still there. Distraction just gives the frustration a rest.
R.G. Green
The flexibility of it. The creativity that surrounds it. The ability to let your imagination run wild. But most of all - that feeling when you've finished a story and you see what *you've* done! It's a really good feeling when you get to type "The End".
R.G. Green
Don't stop writing! It's so easy to get frustrated when it seems it's just not working, and it can get hard to keep going when it would be so much easier to just give up. But nothing beats the feeling of finishing a story and knowing you did that! Getting published and getting good reviews are goals for after, but don't ever shortchange yourself or anything you've done to get there!
R.G. Green
I just finished Rumors of the Archer - this will be out soon! Then it's down to the spit and polish of my backlist, and maybe try to get that darn horror story written. I want to write a horror story so bad, but the muse just won't let me do it. A little tidbit for you with this - Miller's Creek was intended to be a horror story. The muse had other ideas.
R.G. Green
My dad! I'm serious when I say that my dad was an avid, every-day-of-the-year writer, and I grew up listening to the tap of the typewriter. I loved reading the stories that he came up with, and I love coming up with my own. My dad never tried to publish anything, but I have every typewritten page he's ever written. :)
R.G. Green
This is such a good question, and the answer is and always has been - real life! Not so much big events, but personal ones. The little things. The town of Miller's Creek (in the book of the same name) is actually based on my hometown, right down to the corner diner and the old farmers at the center booth. That blurb from the book of poisons Kherin reads in And So It Begins is based on an actual entry I found in a real book of poisons I happened to come across that looked interesting. As far as the storylines themselves - honestly, it's just what grows from the seed. Start anywhere, with any little situation that comes to mind and then see where you can go from there. This pretty much means the plotlines are built as the story is being written, but it's a fun way to write. Real life just provides the perfect starting points.
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