Ask the Author: Cody Wagner
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Cody Wagner
Y'all. For reals. I gave up even trying when I read this one:
Baby shoes for sale. Lightly used.
That is SOOO brilliant and sad and powerful and scary. I'm so jealous of that, and my brain won't let me write my own.
For me, it would be:
All the Thai restaurants have closed. FOREVER! :D
Baby shoes for sale. Lightly used.
That is SOOO brilliant and sad and powerful and scary. I'm so jealous of that, and my brain won't let me write my own.
For me, it would be:
All the Thai restaurants have closed. FOREVER! :D
Cody Wagner
Oh gosh, that's tough. My original answer would have been Hogwarts (as long as I wasn't a squib)... But since JK Rowling is worse than a squib (she's a TERF), I can't choose that anymore.
I'm reading The Magicians and that world is pretty interesting! Fillory would be fun. But there's so much angst and ickiness that I might not be happy.
This is too hard!
I'm reading The Magicians and that world is pretty interesting! Fillory would be fun. But there's so much angst and ickiness that I might not be happy.
This is too hard!
Cody Wagner
Well, I'm a bit late, and it's winter :) But next on my list is Cemetery Boys. I've heard it's AMAZING, so I'm really excited.
I also wanna read Red, White, & Royal Blue, cuz a nice LGBTQ romance sounds fun!
I also wanna read Red, White, & Royal Blue, cuz a nice LGBTQ romance sounds fun!
Cody Wagner
Hi Karen!! Thanks so much for reaching out. Your question made me do a little dance in my chair :) I'm happy to donate free copies of my novel to libraries. Anything to help the LGBT community. I'll send you a message and we can chat about the details. Thanks again :)
Cody Wagner
The most obvious answer is write. But if it weren't for writers groups, I wouldn't be where I'm at. So I'd say you have to let go of your insecurities, put yourself out there, and give yourself opportunities to improve.
And you have to be willing to dance naked on table tops. It may sound weird but trust me and just do it.
Oh, and you have to make me delicious Thai food. That always helps.
And you have to be willing to dance naked on table tops. It may sound weird but trust me and just do it.
Oh, and you have to make me delicious Thai food. That always helps.
Cody Wagner
Easy: Affecting people in some (hopefully positive) way. Awhile back I asked myself: Would I rather make a million dollars and have no one read my book OR make zero dollars and have a million people read my book. The answer is the easiest thing on the planet. Sure, I may be on the street corner with my cardboard sign. But at least there's a good chance one of those million readers will see me and offer me some Pad Thai.
Cody Wagner
Honestly, I deal with writer's procrastination more than writer's blog. During my laziest periods, I literally FORCE myself to sit down and write. It may just be stream of consciousness gobbledygook. But that usually contains emotion (even if it's negative: "I suck and need to work but am being too dang lazy.") and emotion is what I like to see in writing. And I get motivated seeing emotion. It's weird, LOL.
Cody Wagner
I'm one of those people whose ideas fade away within seconds. I've literally race-walked to my computer, repeating an idea over and over so it won't get lost in my head. Those random, fleeting ideas propel me. It's like a competition: me vs my stupid brain.
Cody Wagner
Oh so many things. Maybe that's why I keep seeing midnight roll around and I'm still at my computer. My two main projects are my blog (www.wagner-writer.com) and book 2 of The Gay Teen's Guide to Defeating a Siren. In addition, I'm really trying to learn this marketing thing. That means random guest posts and begging for scraps.
Cody Wagner
In the most unlikely way possible. I was sitting on the back porch having a margarita with my sister. We got into a discussion about gays and Sirens. I don't want to spoil things, but I jumped out of my chair, spilling my margarita everywhere (casualty of war), and screeched, "That's my next book!"
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