Author Interview: Christian Terry
Back again, with another author interview!
This time, join me in the age of GameLit and LitRPG with an awesome guy and a very good friend of mine, Christian Terry. I love what this guy does and he has incredible talent. Check out his novel down below:
First of all, tell me about yourself! What do you write?
I’m Christian Terry, a huge gamer and author of GameLit series The Respawn Saga: Ten Lives with the next entry Seven Lives currently on the way.
How do you develop your plots and characters?
I write an outline for my characters and the plot and find how each character can benefit from it. Once I get an idea where the plot is headed, I go from there.
Tell us about your current project.
Seven Lives, it has been a ton of work but I hope to be able to share it with readers soon. The tone will be a little darker than the first one but I hope that it keeps folks at the edge of their seats.
Who would you say is the main character of your novels? And tell me a little bit about them!
Mike Wesley is the main character of the Respawn saga. He’s tough and talks a lot of trash which is something that I don’t read a lot of. Like I don’t get to read about too man main characters out there who talk a lot of trash and also can back it up. He’s also from where I’m from: the west side of Atlanta.
What advice would you give new writers on how to delve into creative fiction?
Three things that they should do. Number one read. Number two: Read and read often. You have to read in order to be able to be any kind of writer I don’t care who you are. And finally number three: Didn’t you read the first two, I said read damn it!
What real-life inspirations did you draw from for the worldbuilding within your book?
The ancient Mayans and how they mysteriously vanished always fascinated me. For a civilization that was really advanced to just up and disappear, to me that’s story fuel. Telling a great story is like telling a great joke. You get a persons undivided attention and they read your every word awaiting a payoff. I love it.
What was the hardest part of writing this book?
Finding the free time to do so with a heavy schedule. I don’t know what I would do without my handy notebook.
What was your favorite chapter (or part) to write and why?
When the gang finds the fire emerald that they were searching for. I still laugh at it to myself sometimes.
Did you learn anything from writing this book and what was it?
I learned that it may be hard when you start but it really is how you finish is when it counts…if that makes sense.
It’s sometimes difficult to get into understanding the characters we write. How do you go about it?
I don’t want to say this too loud for fear of being medicated but I talk with them…We’ll keep that between us. Okay?
What are your future project(s)?
Seven Lives will be coming in soon and the book after is already in it’s birthing phase. I’ve also began outlining a LitRpg novel which I think is a very unique take on the genre. I will speak more on that in the near future.
If you couldn’t be an author, what ideal job would you like to do?
I’d love to be a videogame tester and if I couldn’t do that then I’d love to be a food taster. If there were a real life genie that granted wishes then the answer would be both at the same time…with a collection of snow leopards in the background cheering me on. Don’t judge me.
What is your preferred method to have readers get in touch with or follow you (i.e., website, personal blog, Facebook page, here on Goodreads, etc.) and link(s)?
I’m just about everywhere.
Twitter: https: https://twitter.com/christerry4000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorChristianTerry/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/author_christian_terry/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15242302.Christian_Terry
Amazon: https://t.co/jFphPK741l
Thanks for joining the table, Christian! I will return soon with another spotlight. Feel free to check out the rest of my works!
