Phoenix
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Jeff VanderMeer:
Do you have a method for how you write long pieces, whether it's fiction or non-fiction? As in, do you pace yourself (so many hours of writing per day, or a certain word count a day...) or do you find that you use a different system for finishing a substantial writing project?
Jeff VanderMeer
I have learned to do whatever I'm inspired to do. So I don't write a certain number of words a day. Some days I might write 10k and then nothing for a week. For nonfiction, it doesn't take the same type of imagination and I just write it to whatever the deadline is.
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Christopher Walborn
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Jeff VanderMeer:
Authority has two sections that seem to be a nod to Roadside Picnic: the "Maybe they called it a holiday retreat" passage on pg 37 recalls the passage from which the novella gets its name, and the image of military vehicles on pg 189 echoes an image from Stalker. Were these conscious nods? There were also echoes Lem's Solaris. Are these Eastern European writers touchstones for you? I'm looking forward to September!
Sean
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Jeff VanderMeer:
Even though they are very different books, I felt like your books have a lot in common with "House of Leaves" (the whole Lovecraftian uncertainty, the focus on protagonists who aren't fully aware of the world they're interacting with) and I just wondered if "Leaves" happened to be a book that influenced your thinking or if it's just serendipitous reading on my part.
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