Ask the Author: Bryce Moore
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Bryce Moore
I don't know if I'll do a direct sequel, though I think I'd like to. I will say that my next book (Don't Go to Sleep) is connected to The Perfect Place to Die and acts as a sort of companion book to it.
Bryce Moore
Thanks so much! Yes, that's my plan for now. I'm currently researching and writing one that takes place in Kansas in the 1870s.
Bryce Moore
I hate naming favorites, so I'll just say the one that came into my head first: George and Martha, the two hippopotamus friends from picture books I read growing up. Why are they the first ones that occurred to me? I have no idea. But there you have it.
Bryce Moore
Ignore it. I don't get "librarian's block" when I'm at my library job. Sometimes I don't feel like going to work, but doesn't everyone? You go to work anyway. Sometimes I don't feel like writing, but I write anyway.
Bryce Moore
It's always changing. Easier for you to just check my blog to see what I'm up to right now.
Bryce Moore
For THE MEMORY THIEF, I got it from old Disney horror movies. Specifically Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Bryce Moore
I don't think I really get inspired to write. I'll have ideas occur to me, and I'll jot them down, but in the end, I write no matter what. No inspiration necessary! To me, writing is very much like a job. I don't get inspired to work in the library every day. Some days are better than others, of course, but I've found that if I just sit around waiting for inspiration, I might be waiting for a long time. Better to be writing while I wait for it.
Bryce Moore
Write. Don't just think about writing or talk about writing or read about writing. Write. Every day. Set a word count goal that's a stretch, but attainable, and then meet it day in and day out. That's what writing's all about.
Bryce Moore
Being able to have the story turn out just the way I want it. Too many times I'll watch or read something and like most of it, but be frustrated by a few parts. Maybe I don't like the ending or what a character does halfway through. As a writer, I have total control over that and can write it just the way I want it.
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