James Snyder
Hey Kamryn,
Actually I’ve been writing almost from the time I learned how to hold a pencil and read books. Stories just began to form in my mind and I went with it. I wrote small things at first, bits of description, almost stories, and then moving toward real stories. I did not approach the writing of novels until I gained some maturity, moved out into the world, and got some ups and downs in life. When I left college and joined the military, the bigger stories that could only be told in novel form began to appear. The best way I can describe it is that these larger stories began to mirror the world around me, the life I was living, and eventually the two sides began to meld together. I probably wrote half a dozen or so novels, in various stages of development, before American Warrior, my first published novel, pushed everything aside and took precedent. I write novels, simply, because I have no choice. Connelly Pierce came to me during a road trip I was making with my daughter in the Texas outback. I was actually half way through another novel, but she (Connelly) kept pushing and pushing, and finally I stopped what I was doing and wrote The Beautiful-Ugly. The girl just wouldn’t let it go. Go figure. Anyway, thanks for your interest in my writing.
Actually I’ve been writing almost from the time I learned how to hold a pencil and read books. Stories just began to form in my mind and I went with it. I wrote small things at first, bits of description, almost stories, and then moving toward real stories. I did not approach the writing of novels until I gained some maturity, moved out into the world, and got some ups and downs in life. When I left college and joined the military, the bigger stories that could only be told in novel form began to appear. The best way I can describe it is that these larger stories began to mirror the world around me, the life I was living, and eventually the two sides began to meld together. I probably wrote half a dozen or so novels, in various stages of development, before American Warrior, my first published novel, pushed everything aside and took precedent. I write novels, simply, because I have no choice. Connelly Pierce came to me during a road trip I was making with my daughter in the Texas outback. I was actually half way through another novel, but she (Connelly) kept pushing and pushing, and finally I stopped what I was doing and wrote The Beautiful-Ugly. The girl just wouldn’t let it go. Go figure. Anyway, thanks for your interest in my writing.
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Feb 21, 2015 05:11PM · flag