James Morrow
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Garon Whited:
Part Deux- I listened to the book for my 2.5 hour drive and fell in love with it. I want to thank you for writing such an amazing series! I have told coworkers about it and got 3 other people hooked. Now for the questions, when will book 9 be out? I am trying to sit down and write a book. I would like to know what inspired you to write the series?
Garon Whited
I'm working on the last book of Phoebe's Tale right now, so I'm guessing Eric's Book 9 will probably be out in 2025.
As for what inspired me to write it, I'd have to say it was spite and hatred. I was in a brick-and-mortar bookstore, picked up a book off the Bestseller shelf, and sat down to read a bit. After the second chapter I thought it was slow, but might pick up. Halfway through, I wondered where the story was. After finishing the book, I wondered if I could get a refund of the two hours of my life I wasted on this "best seller" crap.
"I could eat a pen and produce a better book the next morning!" I thought. Then I thought, "Why not write one? It'll take longer, but it won't taste as bad."
If you're looking for inspiration, don't look at your favorites. You'll think, "I could never write a book that wonderful." Find a book you *should* like, one you *wanted* to like, but absolutely hate. Use it as something to look at and know you're going to do better.
As for what inspired me to write it, I'd have to say it was spite and hatred. I was in a brick-and-mortar bookstore, picked up a book off the Bestseller shelf, and sat down to read a bit. After the second chapter I thought it was slow, but might pick up. Halfway through, I wondered where the story was. After finishing the book, I wondered if I could get a refund of the two hours of my life I wasted on this "best seller" crap.
"I could eat a pen and produce a better book the next morning!" I thought. Then I thought, "Why not write one? It'll take longer, but it won't taste as bad."
If you're looking for inspiration, don't look at your favorites. You'll think, "I could never write a book that wonderful." Find a book you *should* like, one you *wanted* to like, but absolutely hate. Use it as something to look at and know you're going to do better.
More Answered Questions
Grant
asked
Garon Whited:
When will we get to see Erick play with things like bags of holding? They seem like such a staple in the genre but he hasn't touched on them yet. Maybe he could come up with a big blue box that is bigger on the inside and is enchanted to open up portals and move through them?
Grant
asked
Garon Whited:
Are we ever going to get to see Eric really step up his physical daytime abilities to something like what we saw in the Luke Cage Netflix show? Since Cage was human and was established to not be using magic but his actual physical human body to pull of his feats should't Eric be capable of evolving to do the same in the future.
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