Ask the Author: D.C. Williams
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D.C. Williams
I am so sorry!
I only now saw this, not sure why, I swear I check more often than this.
Most of my books have on page sex, although I'm usually not a very explicit writer.
Off the top of my head, Boardwalk is the only one that's truly no on page to speak of. It is out of print I believe, although I am planning to reissue soon.
I only now saw this, not sure why, I swear I check more often than this.
Most of my books have on page sex, although I'm usually not a very explicit writer.
Off the top of my head, Boardwalk is the only one that's truly no on page to speak of. It is out of print I believe, although I am planning to reissue soon.
D.C. Williams
I don't have a summer reading list. I have an "ooh! That one!" kind of relationship with books, so yeah, it' s like that.
D.C. Williams
No mysteries per se, and I'm not primarily a mystery writer anyway, but I'm constantly taking bits and pieces of the world around me and weaving stories around it.
D.C. Williams
Thank you so much! For the moment, yes, but I have always planned to write at least a couple of more. I think it will be a six or seven story series (which would also be a nice length for a complete volume, which is what I thought might be a good idea when I was done). The hold-up is that the next story that wants to be written is a fairly long chronological jump, and I keep waiting for an interim story to present itself. I actually started one, but it was just going nowhere.
I do have a couple of other Regencies, A Splendid Jape<'/i> and An Avoncaster Christmas but they are not in the same series, and they are a little sunnier than the Foxgroves.
I do have a couple of other Regencies, A Splendid Jape<'/i> and An Avoncaster Christmas but they are not in the same series, and they are a little sunnier than the Foxgroves.
D.C. Williams
Well, I've always written, and always wanted to be a writer. Why I suddenly got serious about it a couple of years ago is a little more complicated.
I was getting older, and I was starting to feel very much that it was "now or never". I had noticed that publishing had changed and there were more options. I wanted to be traditionally published, but the existence of easy self-publishing as an option gave me a lot more confidence. I was also aware that there was suddenly a market for the kind of stories I wanted to write.
Thank you so much for a great question!
I was getting older, and I was starting to feel very much that it was "now or never". I had noticed that publishing had changed and there were more options. I wanted to be traditionally published, but the existence of easy self-publishing as an option gave me a lot more confidence. I was also aware that there was suddenly a market for the kind of stories I wanted to write.
Thank you so much for a great question!
D.C. Williams
Hi Kathy! Thanks for asking this question. They're not linked because a)I'm not good at this stuff and should ask a librarian, and b) I didn't write them in order, so I always have to think about it to remember. Chronologically, the order is "When Nick Met Michael", "Acceptance", "Skylark", "Unexpected Gifts", "Closure", and "Another Gift", which is coming out in December. "The Price of Everything", which is related, but not part of the series, falls between "Closure" and "Another Gift" in the chronology. It's also a full-length novel, and the others are short stories or novellas. Hope this answers the question!
D.C. Williams
This should be more like how I get inspired NOT to write. Everything is grist for the mill. I get ideas from all kinds of things all day, every day. Some of them will never become anything, and sometimes a random thought will become a full length novel.
D.C. Williams
Well, I just finished a shortie for a book blog event, which I'll post a link to on my status when it goes live, and my second LL story, and I'm in progress on a sequel to Closer Than Brothers.
D.C. Williams
Write, join a critique group, listen to feedback with an open mind. Professionals need to grow thick skins, but not to tune criticism out.
D.C. Williams
I get to tell people that when they as me what I do. Seriously. I've been waiting for thirty years to be able to say that.
D.C. Williams
I just write through it. I also hop on and off of GR and FB and stare at the page. Seriously, trying to just work through it is often the best approach. I'll sometimes skip to another scene and come back, though.
D.C. Williams
Specifically for Closer Than Brothers I was struck by the way some older boys can seem sort of absorbed in each other. It's probably platonic most of the time, but being me, I started to wonder just how gay they would have to be to have that sort of "you are my person" override other considerations. I should add that when I use the word "boy" I really mean young adult, say sixteen or seventeen to twenty or twenty-one.
I get ideas from the world around me all the time.
I get ideas from the world around me all the time.
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