Ask the Author: Daniel Chong
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Daniel Chong
Writing is hard, telling a good story is even harder, but selling? Most of us would prefer to just sit at home and write and yet we can’t help but get discouraged when our books are not selling. But know that you are not alone. There are friends among you. And if you are starting to doubt, try to remember why you became a writer in the first place. That’s right, you enjoy writing. Now go and write. Tomorrow will take care of itself.
Daniel Chong
The best thing about being a write is to be able to tell stories. Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, you have given a voice.
Daniel Chong
When words are hard to come by, I turn to storyboards. Visualizing a scene offers a different prospective. It has helped me tremendously. For those authors who are struggling, give it a try. You don't have to be an artist, loose drawings or even stick figures will do.
Daniel Chong
I am currently working on my second book, Battle of the Burnt Ground.
Daniel Chong
My inspiration to write comes from my desire to tell stories.
Daniel Chong
In 1986, when my son was four years old, I had created a flimsy sketchbook, My Dear Old Bed for his birthday. I had no idea how much it had meant to him until November 1st, 2004, when the subject of the sketchbook came up again. Come to find out, he’d kept it in his safekeeping for the last eighteen years. And so on his 23rd birthday, I made a promise to my son. And that promise was to turn that flimsy sketchbook into a real book. I had plans to create a book for my daughter too. Then I thought it would make more sense to combine both books together. I would draw on my memories from all the nighttime stories that I had told them when they were toddlers to create the book. As a graphic designer / illustrator, a picture book was what I had intended. It would be a true picture book with no words. But fate is a funny thing; halfway through the project I realized—I wasn’t able to finish the book without words, so I started to write, the problem was, I struggled with writing. But my desire to tell the story eventually helped me overcame my fear. I gave myself a week to complete the project. Little did I know, the journey would take me a lot longer than I had anticipated, on January 2014, Secrets of the White Lake (the first book) was completed. It took another six months before I found the right publisher.
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