Ask the Author: Brandon Boyce
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Brandon Boyce
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Brandon Boyce
By not accepting that it exists.
Brandon Boyce
I'm thrilled to be working with the great David Tennant on an original film I wrote. Dean Devlin is directing for Electric Entertainment.
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My next novel will be a contemporary thriller for Kensington Book.
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My next novel will be a contemporary thriller for Kensington Book.
Brandon Boyce
Inspiration is great, but as Stephen King says, most of us just get on with the work. If writers only waited for inspiration to strike, books would never get finished. Oftentimes, the greatest moments of inspiration come from the act of writing itself. Start writing and good things will happen. But there are times when I need to mix things up, to get out of the office and get things flowing. A long, hard bike ride or a run can sometimes solve a story point or give birth to a new idea. An air travel, for some reason. Something about sitting captive for 3-4 hours unlocks creativity. If all else fails, going to bed before I'm totally exhausted. Putting my head down on the pillow with eyes closed has yielded some of the best ideas I've ever had--enough to get me out of bed to write them down before they slip away again.
Brandon Boyce
My new book, STORM'S THUNDER, picks up where the first one left off. I'm interested in tackling all the great forces of the American West. In HERE BY THE BLOODS I got to look at a small town and the sense of community--both good and bad--that came about mostly by necessity. The new book features the main character, Harlan Two-Trees, very much on the move. That meant the railroad as much as horseback. I rode the Southwest Chief--which is basically the exact same road of track that's been in place for 140 years--from Santa Fe to Los Angeles as part of my research. STORM'S THUNDER also allowed me to write the army for the first time. But the most fun was describing baseball through the eyes of someone who has never seen it.
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