Jason Franks
Superstitions, no.
My routines have changed as my life has changed. When I was a student I would write whenever I could. I was always sneaking into a computer lab to try to smack out some paragraphs.
At my first job, if the fever was upon mine I would email paragraphs to myself when my manager wasn't looking. He used to sit about a meter away from me and spent half the day looking over my shoulder so that was tough!
I wrote a big chunk of both Bloody Waters and Faerie Apocalypse while I was staying with my Aunt Celia in Ottawa. I'd do three or four sessions a day, alternating projects, before and after lunch, sitting at her dining table with my laptop open and the radio on. (106.9 FM The Bear!) In between writing sessions I spent time applying for jobs all over North America. I have very fond memories of that time.
When I lived in Florida I would write after work. I had my CD collection again so I would listen to that, and I would usually have the TV on as well.
When I moved back to Australia I had, for the first time, my own home office. No TV in there, so I would listen to whatever I had in itunes or nothing. I worked from home for a company overseas for a long time so I had strange hours, then, and I would write at whatever time of the day I felt like it.
Since I got married I share the office with my wife, so I no longer listen to music while I write. I write mostly at night, now, after our son has gone to sleep.
My routines have changed as my life has changed. When I was a student I would write whenever I could. I was always sneaking into a computer lab to try to smack out some paragraphs.
At my first job, if the fever was upon mine I would email paragraphs to myself when my manager wasn't looking. He used to sit about a meter away from me and spent half the day looking over my shoulder so that was tough!
I wrote a big chunk of both Bloody Waters and Faerie Apocalypse while I was staying with my Aunt Celia in Ottawa. I'd do three or four sessions a day, alternating projects, before and after lunch, sitting at her dining table with my laptop open and the radio on. (106.9 FM The Bear!) In between writing sessions I spent time applying for jobs all over North America. I have very fond memories of that time.
When I lived in Florida I would write after work. I had my CD collection again so I would listen to that, and I would usually have the TV on as well.
When I moved back to Australia I had, for the first time, my own home office. No TV in there, so I would listen to whatever I had in itunes or nothing. I worked from home for a company overseas for a long time so I had strange hours, then, and I would write at whatever time of the day I felt like it.
Since I got married I share the office with my wife, so I no longer listen to music while I write. I write mostly at night, now, after our son has gone to sleep.
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