Goodreads asked Sven Michael Davison:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Sven Michael Davison For "7 in 7" I wanted to address the trope of "live to work and work to live." I have struggled with this idea my entire life. Supporting my writing has been a tough road for many years. Trying to find unity between my drive to succeed and experiencing life has been a soul-twisting conundrum. In the end, I had to reject the conventional definition of success. Most define success in monetary terms, popularity, or both. I no longer agree with this idea of success. I wrote "7 in 7" to show how I came to this conclusion and entertain the reader along the way. I also wrote it as a love letter to my wife.

For my upcoming contemporary fantasy trilogy, I drew upon my internal struggles to define talent in the context of an artist— a writer in my case. Since art is subjective, one cannot define success in monetary terms. But if that is the case, how does one define it? More to come on this one, when I release my next series.

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