Jessica Tornese
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Scott Spotson:
Your books seem to be very different- which book is closest to your heart- and why? Which book was the greatest challenge to write?
Scott Spotson
Hi, Jessica, what an interesting question!
I would say "Life II" was closest to my heart, since I'd always wondered (even before I wanted to write about it and even outside the context of trying to think up a book plot) what it'd be like to live my life over again. There were some decisions that I'd like to do over again (nothing dramatic, mind you, stuff like "what if I chose a different choice of study?" or "what if I chose a different career?" or "what if I moved to a different country?").
"The Four Kings" is a close second, because I've also wondered what it would be like if we could just wipe out the basis of governance and replaced it with another, and just got straight to the changes that one political theory demanded (in this case it was the pure libertarian theory of Ayn Rand).
As for which book was the greatest challenge to write, I would say "Delusional". I wrote a draft, and it was terrible. That was because back then, I simply couldn't write romance. Had no concept of it as an author. So I had a co-author write it with me. I already wrote in all the fantasy, all the dreams and hallucinations that Patricia had, and all the main and secondary characters (the only new character added by the co-author was the wonderful Mrs. Stosh). Then the co-author added the romance story, and more character development. I actually had Ray die halfway through, but my co-author had him live until the end (and become the hero). Good job!
I would say "Life II" was closest to my heart, since I'd always wondered (even before I wanted to write about it and even outside the context of trying to think up a book plot) what it'd be like to live my life over again. There were some decisions that I'd like to do over again (nothing dramatic, mind you, stuff like "what if I chose a different choice of study?" or "what if I chose a different career?" or "what if I moved to a different country?").
"The Four Kings" is a close second, because I've also wondered what it would be like if we could just wipe out the basis of governance and replaced it with another, and just got straight to the changes that one political theory demanded (in this case it was the pure libertarian theory of Ayn Rand).
As for which book was the greatest challenge to write, I would say "Delusional". I wrote a draft, and it was terrible. That was because back then, I simply couldn't write romance. Had no concept of it as an author. So I had a co-author write it with me. I already wrote in all the fantasy, all the dreams and hallucinations that Patricia had, and all the main and secondary characters (the only new character added by the co-author was the wonderful Mrs. Stosh). Then the co-author added the romance story, and more character development. I actually had Ray die halfway through, but my co-author had him live until the end (and become the hero). Good job!
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