Tiffany PSquared
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J.D. Barker:
How do you choose the books that you read and do you ever worry about how what you read impacts the development of the stories you're currently working on?
J.D. Barker
I know many authors who will not read something in the same genre in which they're writing. I don't find that the stories creep in, but the author's voice does. When writing the Dracula prequel, I actually used this to my advantage. I read (and re-read) Dracula while writing, I also listened to the audiobook nearly on repeat while exercising. This helped me to write in Bram Stoker's voice, mimic his sentence structure and cadence. Large parts of the novel actually came from his notes so it was important that I matched his voice. The funny thing is, now when I go back and read our book, I can't tell which words came from me and which came from Bram. Hopefully readers will feel the same when it releases next year. It's one hell of a fun and terrifying story!
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Mary-ann
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J.D. Barker:
When you were speaking at Brentwood library in Pittsburgh a couple months ago you said your next book, which will come out in 2019, will be set in Brentwood, You mentioned the title and I wrote it down but I cannot find it. So--can you tell me the name of the book again and its release date? Is the title a certainty or can it be changed? Looking forward to this book especially as it will be set in my neighborhood!
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