Ask the Author: Adam Oster
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Adam Oster
From my kids...
Daddy of the Dead is my little exploration into what it really takes to be a father, and helps answer my own questions about what I would face for my children. It may not take the zombie genre in all that many new directions, but I believe it takes the yet-under-represented fatherhood genre in the right directions...namely, that the father is actually present.
Daddy of the Dead is my little exploration into what it really takes to be a father, and helps answer my own questions about what I would face for my children. It may not take the zombie genre in all that many new directions, but I believe it takes the yet-under-represented fatherhood genre in the right directions...namely, that the father is actually present.
Adam Oster
I find that inspiration comes from pretty much anywhere, like the feeling of time slowing down when jumping off a swing, to just random conversations that lead off into interesting directions.
When it comes to actually developing a full story, I tend to have the ideas percolating in my mind for years before I finally figure out exactly how I want to piece things together. As it is, I'm still three books behind on writing the stories I'm currently inspired to write about today.
When it comes to actually developing a full story, I tend to have the ideas percolating in my mind for years before I finally figure out exactly how I want to piece things together. As it is, I'm still three books behind on writing the stories I'm currently inspired to write about today.
Adam Oster
As is usual, I'm working on a couple of things at the moment. I'm finishing up the final edits on The Rise of the Fat Mogul, book 2 of The Defenders Saga, for its release at the end of the month. This thing is shaping up to be pretty awesome and I'm really excited for it to get out there.
I'm also working on the first draft of the sequel to The Agora Files. I'm just over the 10% mark on this puppy, but I'm having a ton of fun building the extra pieces that shape this story and mark it as taking the series in a new direction from the first book.
I'm also working on the first draft of the sequel to The Agora Files. I'm just over the 10% mark on this puppy, but I'm having a ton of fun building the extra pieces that shape this story and mark it as taking the series in a new direction from the first book.
Adam Oster
The best piece of advice I can give is simply to write. One of the biggest things that keep folks from actually following through on becoming a writer is that they don't actually write. I know for myself I spent years thinking about the stories I wanted to tell, but being absolutely frightened about actually putting the words to the page. Once I did, it was like a whole new world was put in front of me.
But that's not it. To be a writer, you have to force yourself to write. Daily, if possible. There will be more than your share of days in which writing feels as though it is the most impossible task ever laid out in front of you. If you want to be a writer, writing needs to be a part of you, a piece of your routine, something that you can't live without...which, you'll find easily, is probably the case.
But that's not it. To be a writer, you have to force yourself to write. Daily, if possible. There will be more than your share of days in which writing feels as though it is the most impossible task ever laid out in front of you. If you want to be a writer, writing needs to be a part of you, a piece of your routine, something that you can't live without...which, you'll find easily, is probably the case.
Adam Oster
I find writing to be something more of a compulsion than a blessing. I suppose the best thing about being a writer is that I finally get things out of my head that have been swirling around in there for decades.
One of the things that I've really enjoyed since I've become a writer is watching myself grow, seeing how my abilities to express an idea through words have gotten better...although not as much through interview questions ;-)
One of the things that I've really enjoyed since I've become a writer is watching myself grow, seeing how my abilities to express an idea through words have gotten better...although not as much through interview questions ;-)
Adam Oster
My fix to getting stuck on writing is to just keep writing, even if I have no clue where I'm going with something. I've found that some of my best plot points get even better when I just allow the random items to flow out, usually through dialogue, until something new makes sense and I see the next point.
Of course, this usually means thousands and thousands of words get thrown out once I finally deal with the editing process, but although I may have fixed the blockage, the stuff I actually wrote isn't worth all that much itself.
Of course, this usually means thousands and thousands of words get thrown out once I finally deal with the editing process, but although I may have fixed the blockage, the stuff I actually wrote isn't worth all that much itself.
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