Ask the Author: Mark R. Vickers
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Mark R. Vickers
"It goes so fast," said his father on his deathbed. That was 20 years ago, though it seems like yesterday.
Mark R. Vickers
Don't wait. Write right now.
Mark R. Vickers
I'm not sure where the original inspiration came from but many of the plot points came from Norse mythology, especially the Völsunga saga.
Mark R. Vickers
Enjoying other people's art helps. So does traveling. But ultimately, it's not about inspiration. It's about doing it regardless. That's what makes it hard.
Mark R. Vickers
It's a like a ouija board for the ghost in your own mind
Mark R. Vickers
I'm attempting a fantasy trilogy but have also been writing the occasional short story and a book of nonfiction
Mark R. Vickers
Lose the judgement and just write. You're going to wind up rewriting anyway.
Mark R. Vickers
Although it's a mythical rather than fictional world, I'd like to explore the tree of life, Yggdrasil. But that may be cheating since it's more a matrix of many different worlds. As for a truly fictional world, I think I'd like to see the solar system as it exists in The Quantum Thief.
Mark R. Vickers
Light from Other Stars by Erika Swyler, The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger, Less by Andrew Sean Greer, Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection, Weather by Jenny Offill, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, A Small and Remarkable Life by Nick DiChario, Devoted by Dean Koontz, The Enceladus Mission by Brandon Q. Morris, Lilith's Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy, Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
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