Derek
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David Dalglish:
Do you ever get into writing slumps, or experience writer's block? If so, how do you escape its evil clutches unscathed? Thanks, David!
David Dalglish
Writing slumps? All the freaking time. I don't often get legitimate writer's block, just slogs where it's hard to maintain enthusiasm and keep my butt in the chair writing as long as I want to. For real blocks, I just skip the segment, and talk about the story with my wife or my friend Rob, bouncing ideas until something feels right.
As for a daily slog? Then I just cheat until I feel less lazy. You'll see stuff like this in my first draft all the time.
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Bob Amazingman entered the room, looking .
"So," Bob said, "What's this I hear about a lazy author?"
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And then a day or two down the road, or even when finishing the entire manuscript, I'll hunt down all those <>'s and fill them in.
As for a daily slog? Then I just cheat until I feel less lazy. You'll see stuff like this in my first draft all the time.
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Bob Amazingman entered the room, looking .
"So," Bob said, "What's this I hear about a lazy author?"
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And then a day or two down the road, or even when finishing the entire manuscript, I'll hunt down all those <>'s and fill them in.
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Al Boeder
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David Dalglish:
Dear David, I have tried to keep up with your Dezrel books as best I can. I am, however, unable to find where Lathaar the Paladin shows up, if he does aside from in "The Cost of Betrayal." Do you have a book which describes the story he summarizes when speaking with Tarlak? Forgive me if I have butchered the spelling of your characters.
Rjbriggs
asked
David Dalglish:
Okay, I may have forgot the details on this topic but I figured I'd make use of this 'Ask the Author' bit. In their most "current" state are the brother gods absolute or even relative equals in power, as in their capacity to influence the physical world? I know Celestia balances the two but it has always seemed that Karrak was the more.... efficacious. In the Half Orcs books and such, that is. Thanks a bunch.
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