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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Thomas Gaffney Cry. A lot. Then try to change my music from what I'm currently listening to, to something more conducive to the creative process. If that doesn't work - booze.
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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?
Thomas Gaffney The captives were saved, the heroes vanquished the enemy, peace was brought to the warring countries, and the citizens of Planet Earth rejoiced in a new age of unprecedented peace.
With a soul-piercing scream, a tearing of flesh, and a renewed thirst for blood, The Devil awoke from his nightmare and vowed vengeance upon God's children to prevent this dream from every happening...
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Thomas Gaffney Finish. Forget perfect. Forget editing. Sit down, type/write/transcribe/however you get your ideas out of your head and recorded, and complete a project. You get better at writing by writing. And you get better at stories/novels by completing something. So even if you have to jot down an unrelated short story ~ 1000 words just to have a finished work under your belt, DO IT.
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What are you currently working on?
Thomas Gaffney I have a few ideas for novels that are in various stages of "incomplete", but currently I'm focusing on a horror novel about a woman who was born with a unique defect in her eyes that brings unnatural results...
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Thomas Gaffney I knew I wanted to work on short stories, because I had the hardest time completing any of the novels I started. I finished one or two short stories on my own when I joined a writing group of my cafe coworkers. During the group meetings, we came up with various writing prompts and I used them to drive my creativity to come up with the rest of stories in Stranger Things Have Happened,
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