D.A. Holley
My most recent book is coming out over Gay Pride Weekend, which is a bar I'm trying to hit yearly, even if I do come out with more than one novel in a given year, which I think will be the case this year. That book is Boundless.
It's kind of weird, actually. I developed a character for a science fiction novel which was more or less The Fast and the Furious meets Gundam. I'd started writing entries into a notebook sort of like a diary from the perspective of the main character, and then used that as an outline to write the book. I think I got about 40k words into it before I gave it up. It wasn't working. It was probably pretty poorly written, if I'm being honest.
But one character kind of stayed with me after I wrote it. He was a kind of sociopath, just wanted to watch the world burn, do terrible things with no cares for who it affected. I mean he's a really nasty character.
Ten years later, I started thinking about the nature of power and corruption, and I ended up deciding to write something set in Minneapolis. I lived there for about 5 years and it's kind of home in a sense. I still have a lot of friends in the area.
Well, that character, Paul, seemed like a good fit for it. I didn't even put down an outline. I just started writing. Next thing you know, I have this really weird story with all of these details that reflect Paul's character pretty well. I don't know if it'll be a fun read. It's kind of violent, perverted in places. Pretty much right from the word go, I knew it would never stand a chance of getting published traditionally, and that was never the goal. Trying to write something with the intention that it would be just me writing for the sake of telling a story allowed me to take the kid gloves off in a way, and the result is something that will probably be controversial, but that manages to feel important to me nonetheless.
It's kind of weird, actually. I developed a character for a science fiction novel which was more or less The Fast and the Furious meets Gundam. I'd started writing entries into a notebook sort of like a diary from the perspective of the main character, and then used that as an outline to write the book. I think I got about 40k words into it before I gave it up. It wasn't working. It was probably pretty poorly written, if I'm being honest.
But one character kind of stayed with me after I wrote it. He was a kind of sociopath, just wanted to watch the world burn, do terrible things with no cares for who it affected. I mean he's a really nasty character.
Ten years later, I started thinking about the nature of power and corruption, and I ended up deciding to write something set in Minneapolis. I lived there for about 5 years and it's kind of home in a sense. I still have a lot of friends in the area.
Well, that character, Paul, seemed like a good fit for it. I didn't even put down an outline. I just started writing. Next thing you know, I have this really weird story with all of these details that reflect Paul's character pretty well. I don't know if it'll be a fun read. It's kind of violent, perverted in places. Pretty much right from the word go, I knew it would never stand a chance of getting published traditionally, and that was never the goal. Trying to write something with the intention that it would be just me writing for the sake of telling a story allowed me to take the kid gloves off in a way, and the result is something that will probably be controversial, but that manages to feel important to me nonetheless.
D.A. Holley
My most recent book is coming out over Gay Pride Weekend, which is a bar I'm trying to hit yearly, even if I do come out with more than one novel in a given year, which I think will be the case this year. That book is Boundless.
It's kind of weird, actually. I developed a character for a science fiction novel which was more or less The Fast and the Furious meets Gundam. I'd started writing entries into a notebook sort of like a diary from the perspective of the main character, and then used that as an outline to write the book. I think I got about 40k words into it before I gave it up. It wasn't working. It was probably pretty poorly written, if I'm being honest.
But one character kind of stayed with me after I wrote it. He was a kind of sociopath, just wanted to watch the world burn, do terrible things with no cares for who it affected. I mean he's a really nasty character.
Ten years later, I started thinking about the nature of power and corruption, and I ended up deciding to write something set in Minneapolis. I lived there for about 5 years and it's kind of home in a sense. I still have a lot of friends in the area.
Well, that character, Paul, seemed like a good fit for it. I didn't even put down an outline. I just started writing. Next thing you know, I have this really weird story with all of these details that reflect Paul's character pretty well. I don't know if it'll be a fun read. It's kind of violent, perverted in places. Pretty much right from the word go, I knew it would never stand a chance of getting published traditionally, and that was never the goal. Trying to write something with the intention that it would be just me writing for the sake of telling a story allowed me to take the kid gloves off in a way, and the result is something that will probably be controversial, but that manages to feel important to me nonetheless.
It's kind of weird, actually. I developed a character for a science fiction novel which was more or less The Fast and the Furious meets Gundam. I'd started writing entries into a notebook sort of like a diary from the perspective of the main character, and then used that as an outline to write the book. I think I got about 40k words into it before I gave it up. It wasn't working. It was probably pretty poorly written, if I'm being honest.
But one character kind of stayed with me after I wrote it. He was a kind of sociopath, just wanted to watch the world burn, do terrible things with no cares for who it affected. I mean he's a really nasty character.
Ten years later, I started thinking about the nature of power and corruption, and I ended up deciding to write something set in Minneapolis. I lived there for about 5 years and it's kind of home in a sense. I still have a lot of friends in the area.
Well, that character, Paul, seemed like a good fit for it. I didn't even put down an outline. I just started writing. Next thing you know, I have this really weird story with all of these details that reflect Paul's character pretty well. I don't know if it'll be a fun read. It's kind of violent, perverted in places. Pretty much right from the word go, I knew it would never stand a chance of getting published traditionally, and that was never the goal. Trying to write something with the intention that it would be just me writing for the sake of telling a story allowed me to take the kid gloves off in a way, and the result is something that will probably be controversial, but that manages to feel important to me nonetheless.
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